Nursing Magazine, Spring 2013 - Hartford Hospital!

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Letters to Our Readers Enhancing the Patient Experience One of the most meaningful events in our hospital community each year is the celebration of Nurses Week. It’s wonderful to set aside that special time every year to pay tribute to these extraordinary professionals. In a sense, in our hearts, every week is Nurses Week. It may not be formal, but everyone in this hospital—physicians, administrators, staff and especially patients—is thankful every day for the knowledge, skill and compassion of the nurses of Hartford Hospital. We often talk about the fact that we’re on a journey to create the ultimate patient experience. That means focusing on the patient in everything we do and delivering the right, best, most compassionate and safest care at all times. Nurses are integral to this journey. Whether it’s the way you care for patients, the education you provide to families, the innovative ideas you suggest or the way you collaborate with colleagues, you make a positive difference and move us ever closer to providing that ultimate patient experience. So, as we observe Nurses Week 2013, please know that we appreciate all you do to exemplify the art, science, ethics and advocacy of nursing and to improve the lives and health of the patients who trust us with their care. Jeffrey A. Flaks President and Chief Executive Officer A Model for Moving Forward The nurses of Hartford Hospital have made a remarkable achievement by developing the Nursing Professional Practice Model you’ll read about in this issue of Nursing. This model, created through consensus and based on our hospital’s core values, positions nursing to achieve our ultimate goal: the very best outcomes possible for our patients. I’ve been in nursing at Hartford Hospital for 21 years, and I know what a groundbreaking accomplishment this model is. While Hartford Hospital nurses always have been passionate about doing their best for their patients, we had not yet coalesced around a framework that explicitly defined what constituted our best. Now, with the leadership of the Nursing Professional Practice Council, countless staff nurses and dedicated nurse champions, we have a model that serves as a touchstone for every nurse at every level in every setting in our hospital. It’s an exciting moment for all of us. Many innovations that have taken place at Hartford Hospital in the last few years paved the way for the Nursing Professional Practice Model. Key was the initiation of H3W. With that structure and process for improvement in place, and with everyone involved, we learned what amazing things people can accomplish when they align themselves toward shared goals and move forward in the same direction. The Nursing Professional Practice Model will play a similar role, aligning nurses throughout the hospital and ensuring that all of us are moving together, in one direction, toward the same goals and rooted in the same values. I hope you’ll enjoy reading about this watershed innovation, and I hope you’ll join your colleagues in embracing it as your own. Cheryl Ficara, RN, MS, NEA-BC Vice President, Patient Care Services 2 HARTFORD HOSPITAL NURSING / SPRING 2013
Nightingale Awards Congratulations to Hartford Hospital’s 2013 Nightingale Award Recipients! We salute these 15 nurses who were chosen by their colleagues as exemplars of nursing excellence. They and other award recipients will be honored at the Eleventh Annual Hartford Regional Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing Gala hosted by VNA HealthCare on May 9, 2013, at the Hartford Marriott Downtown. Lynn Belanger, RN Jefferson House Jason Doonan, RN, CCRN, CFRN, CEN LIFE STAR Ilona Sapieha, RN Surgery Diane Braga, RNC Women’s Ambulatory Health Services Lanetta Gann, RN-BC, BSN, MSSW Medicine Linda Shapcott, RN West Hartford Surgery Center Izabela Burzynski, RN GI Endoscopy Ray Lilburn, RN, BSN Institute of Living Man-Ling Tang, RN, MSN Orthopedics Christine Calheno, RN, BSN Oncology Susan Mullin, RN, BSN Cardiology Judith Tartaglia, RN, MSN, CCRN, CMC, TNCC Surgery Phyllis DeMaine, RN, BSN Case Coordination Linda Raye Olander, RN Cardiac Surgery Christine Werner, RN, BSN, ITS Electronic Health Record Team PHOTOS BY CILL RUSSO HARTFORD HOSPITAL NURSING / SPRING 2013 3
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