Leadership Seminar

Presentation
By Carina Victoria
Professional Organizations
American  ANA is known as the strongest voice for registered nurses, they

Nursing
are in all 50 states including territories. Founded in 1896
 Their purpose includes fostering higher nursing standards,
Association promoting safe and ethical work environments, strengthen the
health and wellness of nurses, and they advocate on issues that
(ANA) affect public health and nurses
  Organization represents all nursing practices in
Florida Nurses the state of Florida

Association  Their purpose is to advance the profession of

(FNA) nursing and promoting a healthy Florida (NOT
SPECIFIC since they encompass all)
 National  Founded in 1893, was the first nursing
League for organization in the US
Nursing (NLN)  Their purpose is to promote excellence in
nursing education to build a strong, diverse
nursing workforce. This organization is mostly
for nurse faculty and educators
 American  A subsidiary of the ANA
Nurses  Their purpose is to provide credentialing
Credentialing programs and high-quality continuing
education to nurses wanting to gain new skills
Center and work in different practices
(ANCC)
Florida Center
for Nursing
(FCN)
  Purpose is to advance excellence in emergency
nursing by collaborating with others, showing
compassion, embracing inclusion, diversity,
Emergency and mutual respect, and a culture of lifelong
Nurses learning and inquiry

Association
(ENA)
 National  Founded in 1975 and is the leading professional
Hispanic Nurses society for Latino nurses
Association  Their purpose is to promote safe, quality care
(NHNA) delivered to Latino people and communities
while also providing advancing education and
skill opportunities to Latino nurses.
  Organized in 1971 and now spans across the US, Canada,
Eastern Caribbean, and Africa
 Their purpose is to provide a forum for black nurses to
advocate for and implement strategies that ensure highest
National Black quality of care for people of color
Nurses
Association
(NBNA)
  Established in 1984 in Homestead, their purpose at the time
was to provide healthcare to migrant workers in the area
 Their purpose now is to provide nurses the opportunity to
unite as a group and to become effectively involved with
the issues and services relevant to the health and welfare of
Haitian
communities in Florida and abroad
American Nurses
Association
(HANA)
Core Competencies for
Health Professional,
per Institute of
Medicine
  Identify, respect, and care about patients'
differences, values, preferences, and expressed
Provide needs; listen to, clearly inform, communicate
patient- with, and educate patients; share decision making
centered care and management; and continuously advocate
disease prevention, wellness, and promotion of
healthy lifestyles, including a focus on population
health.
Work in  Cooperate, collaborate, communicate, and
interdisciplinary integrate care in teams to ensure that care is
teams continuous and reliable.
  Integrate best research with clinical expertise and
Employ patient values for optimum care and participate in
evidence-based learning and research activities to the extent
practice feasible.
  Identify errors and hazards in care; understand
and implement basic safety design principles,
such as standardization and simplification;
continually understand and measure quality of
Apply quality care in terms of structure, process, and outcomes
improvement in relation to patient and community needs; and
design and test interventions to change processes
and systems of care, with the objective of
improving quality.
  Communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error,
Utilize and support decision making using information
informatics technology.
Other Issues in Nursing &
Healthcare
 Magnet Status
 Magnet Status is given to ANCC accredited organizations that serve as centers of
knowledge and expertise for delivering nursing care globally
 Attaining magnet status increases RN retention, lower burnout, lower turnover rates,
and increased satisfaction
 For patients, there is increased satisfaction, decreased mortality rates, and improved
patient safety
 Magnet Status
 To become a magnet status, a facility must have/submit:
 100% Nurses Mangers and Nurse Leaders must have BSN or higher
 Submitted application and fee
 Chief Nurse Officer’s (CNO) resume must be included
 CNO and nursing’s current relationship to the facility
 Current chart including all areas nursing is practiced
 List of nurse and patient satisfaction with facility
 Magnet Status

Florida has just over 20 magnet status facilities:

Baptist Health System

South Miami Hospital
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
 Core Measures

 Core measures are considered  Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)

 Stroke
national standards of  Surgical Care Improvement Project
treatment for common (SCIP)
conditions  Pneumonia
 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
 Core measures are proven to
reduce complications and
improve patient outcomes
 - Per Joint Commission

Core Measure Example - AMI

Purpose of Joint Commission (JCo)

 continuously improve the quality of health care for the public by

evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in
providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value
 JCo was founded in 1951 and currently accredits more than 22,000
health care organizations and facilities in the US
2018 Nat’l Patient Safety Goals
 Purpose of Safety Goals

The purpose of the goals is to improve

patient safety. The goals focus on problems
evaluated year by year in healthcare safety
and how to solve the problem
2020 Nat’l Patient Safety Goals
Hospital Consumer Assessment
of Healthcare Providers and
Systems (HCAHPS)
 Pronounced as “H-caps”, is a nationally and publicly reported
survey of patient satisfaction and their thoughts of hospital
care. Allowing for comparisons of hospitals at a local, regional,
or national level
 The goals of HCAHPS surveys is to allow for hospital
comparisons, new incentives for hospitals to improve quality
care, and also to increase accountability and transparency
 HCAHPS in Nursing

 A patient’s visit and HCAHPS survey could rely almost

entirely on the service and care they receive from nurses
 By nurses being able to effectively communicate, educate,
and also gaining a patient’s respect and trust, could easily
translate to a good HCAHP survey
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 Reference
 ANA Enterprise: American Nurses Association. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2020, from https://www.nursingworld.org/
 Emergency Nurses Association. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2020, from https://www.ena.org/about
 Florida Nurses Association. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2020, from https://www.floridanurse.org/page/MissionVison
 Haitian American Nurses Association of Florida. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2020, from https://hanaofflorida.org/about-hana/
 HCAHPS: Patients' Perspectives of Care Survey. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2020, from https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-
Patient-Assessment-Instruments/HospitalQualityInits/HospitalHCAHPS

 Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on the Health Professions Education Summit. (1970, January 01). The Core Competencies Needed
for Health Care Professionals. Retrieved July 30, 2020, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221519/

 Joint Commission. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2020, from https://www.jointcommission.org/

 Mission and Strategic Plan. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2020, from http://www.nln.org/about/mission-goals
 National Black Nurses Association. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2020, from https://www.nbna.org/about
 National Hispanic Nurses Association. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2020, from
https://www.nahnnet.org/NAHN/About/NAHN/Content/About_NAHN.aspx?hkey=50fb985a-0be8-4aab-a6c3-74cd9fa722df