Three Times Magnet Always flexible and creative, caregivers didn’t miss a beat when ChristianaCare’s spring 2020 Magnet survey visit was pushed to the summer and made virtual because of the pandemic, based on nurse input. By computer, iPad and other videoconferencing technology, some 800 nurses, several hundred collaborative caregivers, community partners and nursing school representatives joined our four Magnet appraisers for more than 50 sessions. These caregivers knocked the virtual three-day visit out of the park, capping a journey that resulted in the health system’s third consecutive Magnet designation. The designation includes Christiana and Wilmington Hospitals, Ambulatory Services and ChristianaCare HomeHealth.
Magnet Masters Liaisons between 160 Magnet ambassadors and ChristianaCare’s director of Nursing Professional Excellence/Magnet Recognition, Michelle Collins, DNP, APRN, CNS, ACNSBC, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, LSSBB, Magnet Masters are the pillars of ChristianaCare’s Magnet program. They steer Magnet culture systemwide. And over the past three years, they have guided ChristianaCare through our redesignation journey. Kenneth Anderson, BSN, RN, CCRN Transitional Medical Unit Maria Brown, MSN, RN IV, PCCN, CNL Transition Surgical Unit Elaine Farr, BSN, RN III-BC 2B Transitional Neuro Unit Ashley Jackson, BSN, RN 3B/3C/4B Postpartum Karen Karchner, ADN, RN, OCN Cancer Research Samantha Lewis, BSN, RN 6S Wilmington Intensive Care Unit Kara Welcher, BSN, RN ChristianaCare HomeHealth Rochelle Williams, BSN, RN Ambulatory Infusion
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