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The true essence of a Magnet organization stems from exemplary professional practice within nursing. This entails a comprehensive understanding of the role of nursing; the application of that role with patients, families, communities and the interdisciplinary team; and the application of new knowledge and evidence.
Nursing at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center embodies exemplary professional practice in every aspect of our care, whether through our care delivery system, culture of safety or scheduling and budgeting processes. Here are some examples of how:
Highlights in exemplary professional practice at Ohio State
Workplace safety is a national concern and an important one to us here at Ohio State
In June 2023, as part of the Nursing Professional Practice Committee, a team focused on finding and evaluating evidence-based patient screening tools developed a new policy, “Patient Aggression and Violent Behavior, Screening for the Risk of Nursing” and an evidence-based assessment tool that launched in IHIS in December 2023. Named the Dynamic Appraisal of Situation Aggression (DASA), this assessment tool is a crucial step to evaluate risk for violent or aggressive behavior.
Nurses help in the development of new workplace safety signs
The Workplace Safety Committee has been working on updated signage outlining behaviors from patients and visitors we don’t tolerate. These signs will be placed in high-traffic areas across the health system, including at Harding Hospital, Rhodes Hall, Ross Heart Hospital, Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital, University Hospital, The James and East Hospital.
More than 50 signs will be installed, with plans to evaluate the possibility of placing additional signs in the future.
ASGE recognizes UH Endoscopy for Excellence in Quality Patient Outcomes
This award, given by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, honors units that have demonstrated a commitment to delivering quality and safety.
Hyperbaric Medicine receives Daisy Team Award
The DAISY Team Award annually honors collaboration by two or more people, led by a nurse, who identify and meet patient and/or patient family needs by going above and beyond the traditional role of nursing. Congratulations to the Hyperbaric Nurses for winning the Daisy Team Award for 2023.
Congratulations to the Comprehensive Stroke Center, which received top honors from the American Heart Association.
Preventing Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) and other infections is an important part of patient safety. And the number of days units go without a CLABSI or CAUTI is a helpful way we can quantify quality and patient safety across the medical center.
Congratulations to the following units that have gone 1,000+ or 365+ days without a CAUTI and/or a CLABSI as of Aug. 10, 2023. Special shoutout to East Tower 7 and Rhodes 7 West, which have each gone 1,000+ days without a CAUTI and a CLABSI.
More than 1,000 days CAUTI-free:
- Doan 6 North – Women and Infant
- Doan 6 West – Women and Infant
- Doan 7 West – Women and Infant
- Rhodes 7 West – Women and Infant
- 5 Ross
- 11E Doan
More than 365 days CAUTI-free:
- 7 Ross 916
- 9 BSH 884
- 9W Rhodes 821
- 8W Rhodes PCU 790
- 10E Doan 605
- 18 James 601
- 10 Rhodes 564
- 11W Doan 529
- 11E Rhodes 509
- 8E Rhodes PCU 504
- Dodd – D3 479
- 11 MICU 471
- 9E Rhodes 379
- 8 BSH 378
- 6 Ross 374
More than 1,000 days CLABSI-free:
- Doan 6 North – Women and Infant
- Doan 7 West – Women and Infant
- Rhodes 7 West – Women and Infant
- 10 East Doan
More than 365 days CLABSI-free:
- 8 BSH 628
- 11W Doan 624
- 6W Doan 398
- Dodd D3 380
Patient care has increased in complexity, with shorter lengths of stay, higher acuity levels and proliferation of technology, not to mention the pandemic! These nurses have demonstrated their clinical expertise at the bedside in critical thinking, ability to access and apply evidence and the ability to educate patients and colleagues.
Staff Nurse III
- Emily Linn, BSN, RN, PMGT-BC Jameson Crane
- Patricia Schmidt, BSN, RN East T7
- Taylor Stanley, BSN, RN, Med-Surg-BC East T7
- Cheri Curren, BSN, RN, CV-BC EP Lab
- Kjersten Stromberg, BSN, RN 4 Ross
- Erica Giblin, BSN, RN, CNOR Jameson Crane
Staff Nurse IV
- Cindi Moore, BSN, RN, VA-BC UH Vascular Access
- Rose Chumita, BSN, RN, CV-BC Ross ACC
- Jessica Hoffman, BSN, RN CNOR EEI
- Meghan Warren, BSN, RN, CCRN UH Stat Team
- Jonathan Spielberger, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC 4 Ross
- Stephanie Overbey, BSN, RN, CNN Comprehensive Transplant
- Sumer Woodruff, MS, BSN, RN, Labor and Delivery
- Sara Rinehart, MSN, RN, CPN 4 Ross
- Tara Matzel, BSN, RN, CNOR Jameson Crane
- Kathleen Thomas, BSN, RN, CCRN UH PACU
- Taylor Spalding, BSN, RN, PCCN 5 Ross
- Sarah Hicks, BSN, RN EEI
- Alex Watts, BSN, RN, PCCN UH PCU float
- Kristen Mohler, BSN, RN, PCCN 5 Ross
- Lisa Richardson, BSN, RN, CCRN UH Same-Day Surgery
- Edward Ted Osborn, MA, BSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC UH 11 E Doan
- Natalie Mostacada, BSN, RN, CRRN Dodd 4
Congratulations to these teams for being in the top tier for their quality and safety performance during fiscal year 2023! Teams were rewarded and recognized for their collective efforts in improving (or maintaining) quality outcomes for patients. The team includes providers, nursing staff, PCAs, UCAs, EVS team members, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy and other groups.
Most of the inpatient areas were assessed on falls, falls with injury, CLABSI, CAUTI, pressure injuries and C-diff.
- R11E
- K10E
- K8W
- 2 Ross
- Ob/Gyn/Nursery
- Ross OR
- Same-Day Surgery