FY12 Annual Report - St. John Health System

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To Our Nursing Team
Maryann Barnes
Maria Strom
Please join us in honoring the nurses across St. John Providence Health System in our first annual report. As we reflect on the
past year, there are many accomplishments to celebrate, and the following pages highlight just some of them. You will see
examples of teamwork, successful projects, awards and points of pride shared by our community of nurses from across the
health ministry. Although they reflect the uniqueness of our clinical sites and specialties, they also demonstrate our shared vision
and philosophy of nursing at St. John Providence Health System. We cannot possibly hope to capture all of our nurses’ amazing
achievements and activities, but here are a few examples that were driven by our strategic plan for nursing:
• We committed to a shared vision and philosophy of nursing.
• We selected Relationship-Based Care and Jean Watson’s Caring Theory as foundational to our work.
• We developed a Shared Governance structure.
• We revised the structure and process for performance evaluation.
• We implemented pilot projects for purposeful rounding and bedside reporting.
• We began unit-based nursing research driven by staff nurses.
In the dynamic environment of health care, we are challenged to be exceptional stewards of our resources while delivering
quality patient care. Daily, we feel, see and hear the commitment of our nurses to clinical excellence, quality and safety while
delivering spiritually centered holistic care.
We are deeply grateful to work alongside the outstanding nurses at St. John Providence Health System to provide exemplary care
for our patients and look forward to travelling the path of excellence together in the future.
Sincerely,
Maryann Barnes, RN, MS, HNB-BC Maria Strom, RN
Chief Nursing Officer, East Region Chief Nursing Officer, West Region