Kenmore Kronicle January/February 2016

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January/February 2016

The Kenmore Kronicle A Newsletter for the Nursing Staff at Kenmore Mercy Hospital

Kindness is like snow ... it beautifies everything it touches. A Note From Cheryl

Where are we going in 2016? Just follow the dots, that’s our “Big Dots,” and you’ll know.

•Associate Engagement: Continue the Move with Care program, Voice of the Associate initiatives, and enhancement of wellness program.

•Patient Safety & Experience: Support patient

experience, infection control initiatives, restful environment, medication side effects, the culture movement, Responder 5 and pain management.

ICU Receives Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence Kenmore Mercy’s Intensive Care Unit has been granted the Beacon Award for Excellence - Silver Level, for exceptional nursing and patient care in the critical care setting. Created by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the award is intended to recognize individual units that distinguish themselves by improving every facet of patient care. The award is given for a three-year period at gold, silver and bronze levels. Kenmore Mercy Hospital has maintained its silver status for two consecutive periods. The ICU associates are already working on their goal to receive gold status during the next cycle.

•Surgical Services: Work toward the opening of

”As a bedside critical care nurse, I am very proud we have received the Beacon Silver Award. We are blessed with an outstanding interdisciplinary team within our unit. I feel each and every individual on our team is a champion of care, contributing and promoting the standards of excellence this award denotes,” said Mary LaMartina BSN, RN CCRN.

•Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Campus of

Beacon criteria include: leadership structures and systems; appropriate staffing and staff engagement; effective communication; knowledge management and best practices; evidence-based practice and processes; and patient outcomes, according to the AACN.

our new Ambulatory Surgery Unit in mid-April and the remodeled of Post Ansthesia Care Unit in late 2016. We also recently added a the da Vinci robot which will be a huge asset for our surgical team. Excellence: Working towards growth in orthopedic surgeries and excellence in orthopedic care and outcomes.

LaMartina

•Nursing Excellence: Continue on our Magnet

According to the AACN’s website, there are only twelve hospitals in New York State that have received the Beacon award, and Kenmore Mercy Hospital is the only one in Buffalo. Recipients of a silver-level Beacon Award demonstrate excellence in sustained unit performance and patient outcomes, according to the AACN.

“We are committed to working together, and across other disciplines, to achieve evidence-based excellence in patient care, training, mentoring, recruitment and retention at Kenmore Mercy Hospital, for the best possible outcomes for our patients,” says Kristen Parisi, BSN, RN, CCRN, nurse manager for the Intensive Care Unit. “I am extremely proud of our entire ICU staff for their continuous dedication to our patients, and each other.”

journey, working towards and growing excellent care and outcomes for our patients, improved safety and nurse satisfaction. We have also set a goal to increase the number of certified staff and individuals obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Clinical Integration: An interprofessional team is working on initiatives to reduce length of stay.

•Operational Effectiveness: Improve processes

in the Emergency Department to reduce wait times, and enhance the discharge process 3 East by improving documentation and communication effectiveness. ~ Cheryl

Parisi


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