Nursing Strategic Plan
Nursing Strategic Plan 2018 - 2020
The 2018 - 2020 nursing strategic plan is vital to moving the nursing division
along the path of nursing excellence. Using the Magnet manual as a roadmap,
this strategic plan focuses on clinical excellence through the high reliability
organization process for safety and quality with maintaining a commitment
to supporting continued professional development and safe care transitions
for patients.
Goals:
- Improve patient outcomes and improve nursing retention through Practice Transition programs.
- Reduce patient readmissions through inter-professional and cross-continuum collaboration for safe care transitions.
- Enculturate High Reliability into nursing structure, support, tools, mentorship, and evaluation through analysis and reports
Priority Initiatives:
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Practice Transition Program (PTAP)
• Successfully Implement a nationally accredited RN residency transition to practice program -
CMS Star Readmission Team to reduce 30 day readmissions
• Reviewing current readmission data
• Literature Review
• RWJBH Site Visits
• Explore new model for inter-professional team focus on patients at high risk for readmissions
• Continue focus on Medication Management across the continuum with complete & accurate home medications list upon admission -
Enculturate High Reliability into Nursing
• Education and training
• Integrate into Shared Governance Councils: charters with patient outcome focus
• Clinical Leadership: a department/unit will present their patient outcomes
• Quarterly unit showcase meetings with the CNO with a focus on the unit’s patient outcomes -
Partner with Ambulatory to promote excellence in ambulatory nursing practice
• Implement bi monthly Ambulatory Shared Governance Council
• Integrate into JCMC Shared Governance Structure
• Review and achieve data requirements for Nurse Engagement, Patient Engagement, and Nurse Sensitive Indicators - Increase the percentage of RNs with professional Nursing Certification
- Sustain > 80% RN with BSN Degree or higher