Nursing Excellence 2014 NursingYearbook_2014.indd 1 4/24/15 4:54 PM TABLE OF CONTENTS Magnet® Journey 4 Dear Nursing Colleagues, Transformational Leadership Welcome to the latest edition of 8 Nursing Excellence, summarizing the year 2014 – as we celebrate Structural Empowerment National Nurses Week! I’d like to 16 thank the editorial team for another amazing achievement in commemorating last year and to all of you Exemplary Professional Practice who submitted accomplishments to the Nursing Excellence Team. 35 The Magnet Journey is alive and well!! We continue to meet all HIEF NURSING OFFICER the Magnet Standards with the work of the 4 Magnet Component C New Knowledge, Innovations and Improvements Committees and many community projects. Our Professional 45 Practice Model (PPM) got a “refresh” after seeking your feedback on our original model. We have received many accolades for the newly designed PPM. In addition to many awards and recognitions in 2014 – among the most significant was receiving “Modern NURSING EXCELLENCE Healthcare’s Top 100 Best Places to Work Award” as voted by you, COMMITTEE who were randomly surveyed. I was able to participate in the award ceremony in Chicago and it was truly an honor to be among the Letter from the from the Letter Jennifer Bower other recipients of the award. (Education/CHS) Ellen Fenger Additionally, it was a very proud moment for nurses at Cottage (Surgical and Trauma/SBCH) Health System when we opened the Gary Hock Family Simulation Training Center on 2 East at SBCH last November. Through Mr. Dodi Gauthier Hock’s incredibly generous gift to Nursing, we were able to fund (Education/CHS) the redesign of 3 former Operating Rooms to create the simulation Herb Geary center and also to partially fund the staffing for the next 5 years. CONTENTS | (Chief Nursing Officer) We also were able to purchase 4 new “state of the art” mannequin Carol Henderson Nelson simulators. We expect over 1,500 participants in 2015 to experience (Education/CHS) the art of Simulation Training. Many thanks to Jennifer Granger Brown, Simulation Coordinator and Gordon Arkell our Simulation Table of Table Shawn Hodges (Materials Management) Technician for their hard work in designing, programming and sharing their expertise in the art of Simulation Training. Jan Ingram (Parish Nursing) I would like to thank all of you for your dedication to our patients, Linda Reimer for your expertise in your specialty, for seeking further certification (Patient Care Services) and advanced degrees, and your commitment to Cottage Health System. You are the best!! Happy Nurses Week… Tokie Shynk (Critical Care/SBCH) Dan Thomas (CRH) Kathryn Von Dollen (PACU/SBCH) Herb Geary, MBA, BSN, RN, FACHE Cover photo by Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer 2 Glenn Dubock (Media Services) Cottage Health System NursingYearbook_2014.indd 2 4/24/15 4:54 PM What an impressive year! 2014 has brought many exciting changes in health care as well as in Nursing at Cottage. The Magnet journey continues to thrive with the four component committees continuing to meet monthly along with the Magnet steering committee. Each of the component committees can proudly reflect on their work this year; work that continues to gain momentum. The accomplishments are many and the highlights include: TRANSFORMATION LEADERSHIP (TL): Herb Geary’s Quarterly Newsletter: The committee discusses important trends in nursing and provides recommendations on topics for the newsletter. His themes focused on professionalism, change, national/CHS perspective, CHS projects, Simulation, and the nurse’s role in the Ebola challenge. Each of the letters has provided insight on CHS STOCK PHOTOS things to come. We have all seen and possibly used Created a Working List of Nursing Committees: The TL committee was able to put those generic pictures of nurses on together a list of committees with nursing involvement; the list is based on information flyers, PowerPoints and posters. from the Nursing Professional Portfolios. The list identifies the committee chair/ With such talented staff of our co-chairs, mission statement, and meeting dates/times and can be found on the Portal, own, we determined it was time Education and Training website under the Magnet tab. to create a stash of stock photos highlighting CHS nurses. With STRUCTURAL EMPOWERMENT (SE): the assistance of Glenn Dubock, Nursing Back to School Day: The SE committee supports and encourages nurses as photographer extraordinaire, we lifelong learners. In May, this event allows staff the opportunity to explore their option: to now have nursing photographs become a nurse or to further their nursing education. that give a glimpse into the “day Recognition of Certified Nurses: The committee sends a personalized letter to the home in the life” of CHS nurses at all of individuals who achieve initial and recertification. During the week of Certified Nurses campuses. The pictures focus on day on March 19th, the committee along with Herb Geary sends a recognition email to collaboration, teaching moments, those who hold specialty nursing certification. eTh committee also distributes green “I am role-to-role interactions, team a specialty certified nurse” ribbon for nurses to wear during the week. A celebratory ad meetings, simulation, and HIPAA was also placed in the Santa Barbara News-Press and Independent honoring the certified compliant patient interactions. nurses. Special thank-you to those who were photographed and represent NURSING MAGNET PROGRAM COORDINATOR EXEMPLARY PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE (EP): the spirit of nursing at CHS Nursing Professional Practice Model Revision: We asked, you answered, we listened… and exemplify our core values The Professional Practice Model (PPM) is an important reflection of the nursing care of Excellence, Integrity, and provided at CHS. Based on a series of surveys and the determination of the EP committee Compassion. to represent the voice of nursing, our original PPM image was changed. The wording associated with the PPM remains consistent as nurses agreed that the words accurately If you have questions about the reflect our values. Magnet journey, I am here to Peer Evaluation for 2015: The EP committee embraced the challenge to lead CHS nurses assist! toward the best practice of Nursing Peer Evaluation. With staff input via surveys and Letter from the from the Letter focus groups, the process will be implemented in 2015. NEW KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATIONS, AND IMPROVEMENTS (NK): Communication Enhancing Access to Conducting Research at CHS: The NK committee has been working on spreading the news about CHS New Knowledge, Innovations, and Improvements. NK collaborates with the Research Department to distribute the Research newsletter quarterly. Each member of the NK team takes turns contributing to the newsletter that features information about research, quality improvement (QI), process improvement (PI), and Evidence Based Practice (EBP). Sincerely, Attend the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) meeting: Members from the NK Jennifer Bower, MSN, RN committee rotate attendance at the RAC meeting. Here the NK committee members Nursing Magnet Program learn about the process of nursing research as well as new and exciting ideas nurses have Coordinator for research. [email protected] MAGNET QUALITY CELEBRATION 805-448-5941 (cell), x54641 August brought our 2nd annual Magnet Quality celebration, another successful showing of quality outcomes driven by nursing see the full story on page 7. 3 NursingYearbook_2014.indd 3 4/24/15 4:54 PM RECOGNIZING MAGNET JOURNEY LEADERS: Exemplary Professional Practice: Passions for the Professional Practice Model, Transformational Leadership: Visionary, Courageous, Strategic Planner, Influential, Nurse/patient Satisfaction, Nurse-Sensitive Empowering Indicators, Interdisciplinary Influence LEADERSHIP Co-Chairs: Linda Bacon, Herb Geary Co- Chairs: Darcy Keep, Liz Lundquist, Sherrie Grimes Members: Amy VandenHeuvel, Amy Vanderputten, Caroline Members: Karin DeWitte, Christine Pimentel, Daniela Rosen, Denise McDonald, Edmund Wroblewski, Jim Ouellette, Maaia, Danilyn McLaughlin, Jennifer Dunn, Jennifer Kim Morales, Nick Urton, Sabine Keller Ferrick, Jennifer Granger, Jennifer Wobig, Karen Rose, Lauren Sutherlin, LeAnn De Luna, Lindsay Picotte, Mary Gensler, Sandra Ibrahim, Stella Riddell, Susan E. White, Tammy McDevitt, Tegan Hannah, Colleen Wheeler. NURSING MAGNET PROGRAM Structural Empowerment: New Knowledge, Innovations, and Life-Long Learner/Teacher, Commitment to Improvements: Innovator, Adventuresome, Community, Professionally Engaged, Nurse Role Tolerant of Uncertainty, Confident, Risk Taker, Model Forward Thinking, Tech Savvy Co-Chairs: Mary Meola, Carol H. Nelson Co: Chairs: Tokie Shynk, Dan Thomas Members: Tia Caldwell, Diane Barkas, Dodi Gauthier, Ellen Members: Emily Rorden, Jacki Cutroni, Laura Canfield, Fenger, Gary Milgram, Gina Randall, Jan Ingram, Judy Corliss, Lindy Chavez, Lorie Loomis, Patti Wicklund, Vicki Lekas, Kim Velasquez, Rhonda Bernstein, Roya Nassirpour, Shawn Marsha Baselice Hodges, Shelley Algeo 4 NursingYearbook_2014.indd 4 4/24/15 4:54 PM NURSING POSTERS • Critical Care: Compassion Doesn’t End When • CNSs: Advanced Practice Registered Nursing the Heart Stops: Perceptions of Honoring APRN Ceremony at End-of-Life • NK: Advancing Nursing Research With Tools • MICU: The Upside Down World of ARDS: Care You Can Use of the MICU Patient on a RotoProne Bed • EP: We Asked, You Answered, We Listened: • 1RT: Day/Night Shift Rotation: Staffing Our New