DQ 3 -1
DQ 3-1 response 1
Working in Oncology care, the Oncology Nursing Society or ONS is a national professional specialty nursing association that I have been an ongoing member of since 2010. As an organization, their mission is “to advance excellence in oncology nursing and quality cancer care” with a vision “to lead the transformation of cancer care” (Oncology Nursing Society, 2017). Innovation, excellence and advocacy is what guides ONS to improve the quality of life and outcomes for patients with cancer and their families as well as improving the nursing profession (Oncology Nursing Society, 2017). They are continually working towards promoting respect and recognition on behalf of patients and the nursing profession. They not only engage in providing education and training for nurses but also engage in international outreach and partnering with other organizations that share common goals to enhance quality of care for people with cancer. They also serve as advocates to promote public health policy. ONS sends members to the Nurse in Washington Internship program annually giving attendees a better understanding of political, legislative and regulatory issues facing nurses ending with a visit to Capitol Hill to influence policy for nurses and the patients they serve (Saria et al., 2014). Cancer care is complex and continuously changing. As a member of the health care team, I feel the values of excellence, innovation and advocacy are reflected in their mission and vision statements. I also feel their mission and vision statements also mirrors the organization I work for. As a health care provider, Aurora Health Care, helps people to live well, providing the best care possible during and after a patient’s hospitalization. They support and encourage their medical/oncology nurses to become oncology and chemotherapy certified. They provide annual mandatory cancer education and offer monthly oncology seminars for all health care providers. The also encourage and support local, state and national seminars as well for their nurses. As a health care provider, they are devoted to providing the most current up to date treatment and promote safety through the encouragement and participation of evidence based initiatives and quality improvement projects.
References
Oncology Nursing Society. (2017). About ONS. Retrieved October 9, 2017, from https://www.ons.org/about
Saria, M. G., Stone, A., Walton, A. L., Brown, G., Norton, V., & Barton-Burke, M. (2014). Voices of oncology nursing society members matter in advocacy and decisions related to U.S. health policy. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 18(6), 719-721. doi:10.1188/14.cjon.719-721
Response 2
Dignity Health hospitals are committed to furthering the healing ministry of Jesus. They pride themselves on delivering compassionate, high-quality, affordable health services while serving and advocating for the poor and disenfranchised and partnering with others in the community to improve the quality of life.
Their vision is to be “known as a national health care system knownfor service, chosen for clinical excellence, standing in partnership with patients and employees” (Mission, Vision, and Values, n.d.). Their values are dignity, collaboration, justice, stewardship and excellence. These values and missions align with my values perfectly. I believe that Jesus should be at the root of all that we do and where our care should begin. Dignity is important because everyone deserves to be valued. Collaboration is an imperative component of our how we should provide safe and effective care. Justice should be allotted to everyone regardless of their social status and we should demonstrate compassion as nurses and health care providers to everyone. Stewardship is a key factor in our ability to speak and advocate for others who trust us so that we can promote healing. Lastly, excellence should be the expectation of the standard of care provided. It seems to me that Dignity Health has a strong foundation and a firm faith that they utilize simultaneously to provide the best care for their patients. It sounds like a health care organization at its finest.
Reference:
Mission, Vision, and Values. (n.d.). Retrieved October 09, 2017, from https://www.dignityhealth.org/north-state/locations/mercy-redding/about-us/mission-vision-values
Response 3
I have been working in L/D for 2 years now ad ave seen lots of changes in the department. Recently i have been member of Baby Friendly comittee. Our organization vision is to become a Baby Friendly hospital by the end of the year. Their mission is to implement the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and follow the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes providing mothers and babies with the early support needed to achieve successful breastfeeding.
The Baby Friendly Hospital is a global, evidence-based, public health initiative and advocacy activity that supports practices promoting the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding and encourages women's informed infant feeding decisions. "The BFHI accreditation program was conceptualized as a global recognition of excellence and designed to act as an incentive for maternity facilities that implemented and practiced all the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. Between June 1991 and March1992 the BFHI was announced, developed, field tested and launched". (Marjorie Atchan, Davis, Foureur, 2016).
Organization is contributing to mother/baby bonding and the goal is to achieve optimal infant feeding outcomes using Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. Hospital promote BF by giving the mothers information, confidence, skills, and support to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding. Developing Baby-Friendly facility is a challenging, and exciting with the opportunities to implement high functioning work team, build leadership skills among employees, promote education and skills, increases patient satisfaction, and increase in breastfeeding. The staff is getting trained in techniques to support exclusive breastfeeding to support mother to increase rate of breastfeeding.
Reference:
Marjorie Atchan, Deborah Davis, Maralyn Foureur. (2016). An historical document analysis of the introduction of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative into the Australian setting. ELSEVIER, 51-62. http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2016.07.004
Response 4
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) contends that the education level plays a critical role on the knowledge and competencies that a registered nurse possess. The current research linking the patient safety outcomes to BSN and ADN nurses simply states that the quality of patients care relies on the level of the well-educated nursing workforce. As per the research, hospitals that employ a large number of the BSN-prepared nurses have a lower patient mortality rates. A 10% rise in the nurses’ proportion with BSN got associated with a 7% reduction in patient deaths (Aiken, et al., 2014). When BSN-level nurses care for patients it results in less mortality, shorter time in hospital beds, and also faced lower costs of health care. The research concludes that there exists a strong relationship between the nurses’ education level and the patient safety outcomes. It is clear that majority of the nurses practicing in the field holds either a BSN or ADN degree, making up an approximately 70% of the nursing workforce. That shows the impact that education level has on the nursing, i.e. the measure of the nursing educated employs RNs with a BSN or a higher degree. According to the research, hospitals with highly educated nurses record a low cardiac death rate, low rate of rescue failure and a lower in 30 days mortality (Yakusheva, et al., 2014).
In my view, the practical nursing experience is vital compared to the education level because just learning cannot generate the clinical expertise. Nursing is mostly based on integration of the theoretical knowledge into clinical expertise. Theoretical degrees only enable nurses to query and clarify the quiz from patients and have a contribution to the skill development and the clinical setting, but patients get dealt with and rescued with the clinical expertise. A year ago, I got admitted to a hospital for 10 days. Through my experience and the care that I received from the nurses, I can just conclude that experience and knowledge are interdependent. Thus, best services and safety of the patients’ outcome are better when nurses have higher education qualifications and also have more clinical experience.
References
Aiken, L. H., Sloane, D. M., Bruyneel, L., Van den Heede, K., Griffiths, P., Busse, R., ... & McHugh, M. D. (2014). Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European countries: A retrospective observational study. The Lancet, 383(9931), 1824-1830.
Yakusheva, O., Lindrooth, R., & Weiss, M. (2014). Economic evaluation of the 80% baccalaureate nurse workforce recommendation: A patient-level analysis. Medical Care, 52(10), 864-869.
Response 5
A great organization that has similar values and beliefs to the organization that I practice at is Shriners Hospital for Children. Both organizations are non-profit organizations and both mission statements and vision put patient centered care at the forefront. Shriners Hospital for Children specialize in the pediatric population but at Tampa General Hospital we also have a very specialized Pediatric department. For example, Shriners Hospital for Children mentions family-centered care and collaborative care environment in their mission statement (Shriners Hospital for Children, 2017). The vision and mission statement at Tampa General Hospital is accurate. For this reason, in the mission statement it discusses importance of clinical outcomes, care processes, cos effectiveness, and patient experience (Tampa General Hospital, 2017). Our organization practices what they mention in the mission statement and vision.
References:
Shriners Hospital for Children, 2017. Mission and Vision. Retrieved from: https://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/mission-and-vision
Tampa General Hospital, 2017. Who We Are. Retrieved from: https://www.tgh.org/more-about-tgh/who-we-are