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“Pathway to Excellence” designation - Congratulations to all Nurses!

Friday, September 24, 2010

Sally Gillam
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL NURSES…

We received notice from the American Nurses Credentialing Center that St. David’s South Austin Medical Center was just awarded the National Level “Pathway to Excellence” designation for another 3 years.

Three years ago we applied for the Texas Nurse Friendly status. We were successful in that endeavor. That program has grown into a National level program, awarded by the ANCC.

To remind you, it required that an extremely lengthy and involved document be produced and read by three reviewers from all parts of the Nation. Once they were in agreement that SAMC’s nurses had the correct vision and mission as well as control of their practice of nursing through strong and dedicated shared governance programs, a survey of nurses occurred to validate those thousands of pages of documents.

That survey was concluded and our results provided yesterday.

It is with great pride, as your CNO, that I share with you what the National director stated about YOU and OUR amazing group of nurses.

In summary:
  • Over 400 nurses completed the survey. Outstanding engagement.
  • Of the 40 questions, greater than 28 were answered at or above the 75th level. ( top quartile)
  • Many more questions had responses at or above the 90th percentile. ( top 10 percent)
  • They stated this demonstrates a high level of nursing engagement and control of practice, more than they are ever use to seeing, even at a national level.

I want to send each nurse my personal congratulations on this achievement. It demonstrates that you take tremendous pride in yourself and your colleagues. It validates that your shared governance councils are working hard to make sure your voice is well heard and acted on. It means we have a strong Nationally recognized Nursing program, and it means you don’t mind letting everyone know just how truly wonderful you are.

We know that, now everyone knows that.

For those who have the opportunity to work with one of these mastiffs in navy blue… please know they are among the best nationally and deserved to be awarded this most noble recognition for their commitment to patient care and safety as well as their parallel work on driving practice and making major contributions to their profession.

CONGRATULATIONS: NURSING TEAM- “You are the finest!”

Sally

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