The Journey Makes Us Stronger
October 18, 2011
By Mary James, RN, BSN, Magnet Program Coordinator and Chris Stevenson RN, BSN, Magnet Program Director
As many of you may know already, members of the nursing division launched our Magnet Journey in 2009.
Magnet designation is granted by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a division of the American Nurses Association (ANA) to recognize organizations that have implemented the over 100 required sources of evidence and demonstrated positive outcomes as a result of this implementation.
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Call to Action
October 6, 2011
By Mary James, R.N., B.S.N., Magnet Program Coordinator
In September, I was invited to attend the Leadership Council meeting of the California State Action Coalition for the Future of Nursing (CA AC) by Mary Dickow, M.P.A., California statewide director of the CA AC, whom I met at NorthBay's Nursing Shared Governance Day in August.
It was a well-attended meeting with more than 25 nurse leaders from all over California as well as some national nurse leaders on the conference phone.
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National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators
September 27, 2011
By Mary James, R.N., B.S.N., Magnet Program Coordinator
The American Nurses Association (ANA) established the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) in 1998 to measure various nursing activities that identify and promote nurses' roles in care quality. Nearly 1,400 hospitals participate, with representation from six countries in addition to the United States.
With the leadership of Kathy Richerson, R.N., M.S., Chief Nursing Officer, NorthBay Healthcare joined NDNQI in 2002 because we were interested in quality improvement and wanted data to measure our improvement initiatives. Our data for patient falls, pressure ulcers and restraint prevalence studies are submitted quarterly to NDNQI.
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Benefits of Magnetizing NorthBay
September 21, 2011
How will our employees benefit from Magnet Designation? Magnet status isn't just a prize or an award. It's an evidence-based, performance-driven designation granted to an organization that has provided evidence of all the components of Magnet.
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Time for a New Title: Magnetizing NorthBay
August 23, 2011
By Mary James, R.N., B.S.N., Magnet Program Coordinator
It's been an honor to blog as Magnet Mary, but now is the time to make our focus wider, and to do so, we'd like to rename this blog, "Magnetizing NorthBay."
Not only will I still be writing from the Magnet Coordinator perspective, but I'll be welcoming other writers on the Magnet Steering Committee to participate.
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Pulling Us All Together: Magnetizing NorthBay
August 16, 2011
There is a concern among some employees that the Magnet program is only for nurses.
"It is a nursing award, only nurses are involved in the Magnet program," stated an employee recently. While Magnet Recognition is awarded by a nursing organization, it is not just nurses that contribute to achieving Magnet designation.
The Magnet appraisers from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) evaluate the nursing division first by examining 15 inches of documentation based on an application that asks for more than 70 sources of evidence.
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Progress Report on Magnet Journey
July 26, 2011
Guest blog by Chris Stevenson
Magnet Program Director
About 18 months ago NorthBay Healthcare declared its intention to seek Magnet designation.
Our nursing members at all levels have implemented activities aimed at achieving that goal. Let me provide a brief progress report on our status:
- We have completed our gap analysis comparing our current state of practice with the Magnet components.
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RACE to the Role
July 5, 2011
Nursing stories of heroism and life-saving successes are told throughout the world. Every nurse has a story about a patient who affected them like no other.
I enjoy hearing these stories. A few weeks ago, Human Resources Service Manager Becky Lessler shared an empowering story during a conversation about teaching, education and the role development of staff.
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Commitment to My Co-workers
June 29, 2011
On the back of every R.N. extension badge are the following phrases:
As your co-worker and with our shared organizational goal of excellent patient care, I commit to the following:
- I will accept responsibility for establishing and maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships with you and every other member of this team.
- I will talk to you promptly if I am having a problem with you. The only time I will discuss it with another person is when I need advice or help in deciding how to communicate with you appropriately.
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Pink Empowered NorthBay
June 10, 2011
While riding my bicycle with hundreds of NorthBay Healthcare employees walking in the Fiesta Day Parade a few weeks ago, it was great to see so many employees from all the different positions taking part in a magical "Pink Heals" parade.
The air was full of life as Mary Dickey led walkers in chants and danced along with the crowd.
Several pink clad employees and their family members road on the float that followed the large pink fire truck.
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