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For optimal experience please enable JavaScript in your browser when using this site.Donate Contact Us Menu × Topics Exemplary Professional Practice New Knowledge Innovation & Improvement Structural Empowerment Transformational Leadership Flipbook Search Toggle Search Menu ArchiveDonate Contact Us Search for: Transformational Leadership It Takes a Village Extenuating and changing circumstances in the healthcare environment can lead to unique challenges. The following two stories demonstrate how our entire organization came together in village” fashion, combining efforts to address life-threatening situations. The result of these collaborative, interdisciplinary teams produced sustainable solutions to improve care and positively impact patient outcomes. Transformational Leadership , COVID-19 , Patient Care , RSV Nursing Director’s Successful Advocacy Delivers Critical Staff Support In February 2022, in response to two unexpected fetal deaths, trained peer supporter Jennifer Hiller, BSN, RN, C-EFM, RNC-OB, listened thoughtfully and compassionately to the concerns and feelings of seven nurses and one obstetrics technician from the Labor and Delivery department at Salinas Valley Health. Transformational Leadership , BETA HEART Care for the Caregiver Gratitude Tree Supports Nurses’ Well-Being in Critical Care In spring 2022, Salinas Valley Health Nurse Manager for Telemetry/1 Main (1 Main) and Telemetry/4T (4T) Laurel Black, MSN, RN, CCRN, was preparing for a major unit reconfiguration for 1 Main. Transformational Leadership , Critical Care Transformational Leadership Enhanced Communication Improves Patient Care in the Med-Surg Cluster Because Salinas Valley Health’s original hospital structure was built in the early 1950s, it lacks many of the innovations that mitigate sources of ambient noise in the facility. Transformational Leadership , Quiet Champions Structural Empowerment Beyond Clinical Care – Helping Build a Strong Foundation for Moms and Babies Passionate about supporting the emotional and mental health needs of new moms, our perinatal nurses are going beyond clinical work to bridge an important gap and provide diapers for local families. Structural Empowerment Structural Empowerment Naloxone Distribution Project in the Emergency Department Promotes Socially Sensitive Care Opiate overdose persists as a major public health problem, contributing to significant morbidity and mortality among opiate users globally. Structural Empowerment , NARCAN Structural Empowerment Nurse Board Certification, Advanced Degrees, and SNIII Clinical Ladder Rates Continue to Rise The acuity and intensity of patient care increase with each passing decade. Nurses must make complex decisions, adapt to ever-changing technology, understand health policy, and integrate seamlessly as a team. Structural Empowerment , Board Certification Structural Empowerment New Graduate Nurse Residency Program Earns Accreditation With Distinction From Practice Transition Accreditation Program ® Last year’s annual report highlighted how the Education Department at Salinas Valley Health Medical Center enhanced its already outstanding six-month program of classes and preceptorship for new nursing residents. Structural Empowerment , Nurse Residency Structural Empowerment Recognizing Nursing Excellence Salinas Valley Health recognizes exemplary clinical practice, extraordinary service, and compassion and caring demonstrated by nursing staff with The DAISY Award ® for Extraordinary Nurses. Structural Empowerment , DAISY Awards , Exemplar Awards , Physician Excellence Exemplary Professional Practice The Many Roles of Nursing Nursing today offers a wide variety of fulfilling opportunities that stretch far beyond the four walls of a hospital and traditional patient care. All nursing roles, however – clinical and nonclinical – involve support, compassion, attention to detail and a desire to make a positive difference in the lives of others. Exemplary Professional Practice , Nursing Roles Exemplary Professional Practice Empowering Nurses to Assess Mobility in Joint Replacement Patients Because research clearly links delayed mobility after joint replacement to poor clinical outcomes, Orthopedic Nurse Navigator Lydia Sapien, MSN, RN, ONC, CMSRN, took note when, in the summer of 2021, she found that only 79% of knee replacement patients and 54% of hip replacement patients were ambulating within two hours of their arrival to the Ortho-Neuro-Spine (ONS) unit. Exemplary Professional Practice , Orthopedics Exemplary Professional Practice Interdisciplinary Team Achieves Dramatic Increase in Vaginal Births Seeking to support vaginal births whenever medically appropriate, the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative set a 23.6% target for the Nulliparous, Term, Singleton, Vertex (NTSV) cesarean birth rate in 2021. Exemplary Professional Practice , Labor & Delivery Exemplary Professional Practice Exceeding National Benchmarks on Nurse-Sensitive Indicators Salinas Valley Health Medical Center uses the Press Ganey ® National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators ™ (NDNQI) to benchmark performance on various nurse-sensitive indicators (NSIs) against national averages. Exemplary Professional Practice , NDNQI Exemplary Professional Practice Interprofessional Collaboration Improves Safety for Patients With Diabetes In February 2022, Salinas Valley Health Diabetic Nurse Navigator Veronica Zesati, BSN, RN, HACP, noticed that the rate of hypoglycemic events for patients with diabetes over the age of 14 had climbed to 21.1%. Exemplary Professional Practice , Diabetes , Interprofessional Collaboration Exemplary Professional Practice Nurses and Teamwork Play Vital Role in Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries During late 2021 and early 2022, Salinas Valley Health Intensive Care Unit (ICU) clinical nurse Francie Espino, BSN, RN, CCRN, CSC, noticed increases in both the rate (incidence) of new hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) and their quarterly prevalence. By February 2022, the rate had jumped to 3.88%. Exemplary Professional Practice , COVID-19 , Intensive Care Unit New Knowledge Innovation & Improvement Partnership in Design – Teamwork Puts the Puzzle Pieces Together for the Benefit of Patients The transition involving space used by our Progressive Care Unit and Outpatient Surgery Unit highlighted teamwork at its best as it forged a new solution for the benefit of Salinas Valley Health patients. New Knowledge Innovation & Improvement , Outpatient Surgery Unit , Progressive Care Unit New Knowledge Innovation & Improvement Magnet Infrastructure Supports Nursing Research Magnet ® -designated hospitals have structures and processes in place to support nurses in integrating evidence-based practice and research into practice. New Knowledge Innovation & Improvement , Magnet-Designated New Knowledge Innovation & Improvement Publications and Presentations We congratulate our nurses and other professionals who have disseminated their work both internally and externally via presentations and publications. New Knowledge Innovation & Improvement , Poster ExpoDonate Contact Us Flipbook Visit us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter Subscribe to us on Youtube Connect with us on LinkedIn The annual nursing report of Salinas Valley Health © 2023 Salinas Valley...