Recognizing Nursing Excellence - American Nurse Today
Recognizing Nursing Excellence - American Nurse Today
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MAGNET UPDATE<br />
While evaluation feedback from this event was<br />
positive overall, the responses reflected varying levels<br />
of knowledge about the Magnet Model Components<br />
and the Magnet journey. For 2012, the challenge is<br />
to meet the needs of a diverse audience and address<br />
the wide range of Magnet-related knowledge.<br />
Mock site visits<br />
One of the most stressful times for an MPD is the<br />
Magnet appraiser site visit. To help prepare staff for<br />
anticipated questions and build confidence in their<br />
interactions with appraisers, our collaborative held<br />
mock site visits. These visits, conducted by the various<br />
MPDs, were designed to emulate an actual site<br />
visit. They were scheduled 4 to 6 weeks before the actual<br />
appraiser visit to give ample time for improvements<br />
and staff education, if necessary. To prepare<br />
for the visits, the collaborative developed a list of 60<br />
questions. Each organization chose mandatory questions<br />
to ask staff during the mock visit, based on gap<br />
analysis. The mock appraisers (Colorado MPDs)<br />
were escorted by staff members from the host organization,<br />
who would later escort Magnet appraisers<br />
for the actual site visit. The appraisers completed<br />
20- to 30-minute visits of each area. Staff escorts and<br />
mock appraisers took notes of findings and recommendations.<br />
The mock visits took 4 to 5 hours. Afterward,<br />
debriefings were held with Magnet teams and<br />
nursing leaders to share strengths, vulnerabilities,<br />
and opportunities for improvement. Each MPD was<br />
expected to maintain professionalism and confidentiality<br />
during and after mock site visits.<br />
Sharing information, ideas, and educational<br />
tools<br />
Our collaborative has broken through the competitive<br />
barriers between us by sharing information,<br />
ideas, and educational tools and by offering feedback.<br />
Members share ideas to inspire staff in the<br />
continuing Magnet journey. Innovation and creativity<br />
are essential to promoting staff engagement.<br />
MPDs feel ownership for this creativity. For example,<br />
one organization completed an educational<br />
tool for staff before the site visit. This pocket-sized<br />
guide, organized according to the Magnet model,<br />
listed important elements of the organization’s<br />
Magnet application. The idea was shared in the<br />
collaborative and used as a template for future site<br />
visits by all member organizations. Other shared<br />
ideas include a Magnet fair involving games, word<br />
puzzles, poster competitions, door prizes, physician<br />
information sheets, samples of electronic and written<br />
communication, unit-specific toolkits,<br />
MPD/CNO open forums, weekly huddles for Magnet<br />
teams, and targeted committee preparation.<br />
Reaching beyond the collaborative<br />
Our collaborative has established community part-<br />
Connecting To What Really Matters:<br />
Patients and Families<br />
Children’s National Medical Center is designated as a Magnet ® * Hospital.<br />
Our dedicated Professional Registered <strong>Nurse</strong>s have earned this designation<br />
because of their exemplary care and outcomes. Our nurses acknowledge<br />
that their practice allows the special “gift” to enter “sacred spaces” between<br />
children and their families.<br />
This relationship is part of a precious circle where trust is implicit and where<br />
professional nurses are part of the patient and family’s joys and challenges.<br />
We are proud to be a Magnet ® Hospital:<br />
• Transformational Leadership;<br />
• Structural Empowerment;<br />
• Exemplary Professional Practice;<br />
• New Knowledge, Innovations, and Improvements;<br />
and • Empirical Outcomes.<br />
For additional information, please visit: www.childrensnational.org/nursing<br />
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*Magnet status<br />
is granted by the<br />
<strong>American</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s<br />
Credentialing Center,<br />
the world’s largest<br />
nurse credentialing<br />
organization and<br />
a subsidiary of the<br />
<strong>American</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s<br />
Association (ANA).<br />
The Magnet<br />
Recognition<br />
Program ® , ANCC<br />
Magnet Recognition ® ,<br />
Magnet ® , National<br />
Magnet Conference ®<br />
names and logos are<br />
registered trademarks<br />
of the <strong>American</strong><br />
<strong>Nurse</strong>s Credentialing<br />
Center. Journey to<br />
Magnet <strong>Excellence</strong> TM<br />
is a trademark of the<br />
<strong>American</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong>s<br />
Credentialing Center.<br />
All rights reserved.<br />
48 <strong>American</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> <strong>Today</strong> Volume 7, Number 3 www.<strong>American</strong><strong>Nurse</strong><strong>Today</strong>.com