To provide excellent care for every patient, every time.
Purpose
As an entity within Baxter Health, the Nursing Division commits to build,
develop, integrate, and sustain a transformational culture through Shared
Governance. Supported by our Core Foundational Documents, nursing practice
adheres to relationship-based care and the Theory of Caring, our Nursing
Philosophy, Professional Practice Model, Care Delivery System, Scope of
Services and Nursing Professional Code of Ethics.
The Nursing Division outperforms national benchmarks in transformational
leadership, empowerment, and the practice environment, clinical outcomes,
research, Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), performance improvement, and
the patient experience setting the standard for our region and improving
the health of the populations we serve.
Nursing Strategic Plan 2020 Goals
Coordinate learning activities and establish plan for Magnet site visit
Achieve Magnet Designation
Staff understand hospital mission, purpose, external drivers and priorities
Implement Succession Planning focused on retention, talent and stewardship
Maintain < 3.75% open RN Clinical Nurse (bedside) positions
Leverage partnerships ensuring the ability to recruit and hire 40 RN residents per year
Ensure traveler usage to <10
Conduct a Nursing Continuing Educational Assessment
Create plan for Nursing Clinical Ladder
RN Practice Environment Scale (PES) – outperform the Magnet mean
Nurse-Sensitive Quality Indicators (e.g. injury falls, pressure injuries
stage 2+, CAUTI, CLABSI, etc.) – outperform the Magnet mean
Add Nurse Sensitive Indicators for Inpatient (C-Diff, MRSA, Device Related
PI) and Ambulatory (Return to Acute care, Extravasation rate, Unplanned
Post-Op transfers/admissions, Patient Burns, Procedural Errors).
