PNSO:

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• PNSO
• Professional Nursing Staff
• Organization

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PNSO
Bringing together all aspects of Nursing
Educational
Clinical
Administrative
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Every registered nurse employed by the Medical
Center, the School of Nursing and the School of
Medicine is automatically a member of the PNSO
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Values Statement of the PNSO

• As professional nurses at the UVa Health System
  we
• commit to accountability of governing our own
  practice through the Bylaws of the PNSO.
• commit to nursing excellence in accordance with
  the institutional core values of Respect,
  Integrity, Stewardship, and Excellence.
• commit to the ANA Code of Ethics

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PNSO Bylaws

• Provide a consistent governance structure for
  professional nursing at UVA
• Are unique for a professional nursing practice
  area
• Affirm the professional status of nursing along
  side physician colleagues

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Purposes of the PNSO

• Connects registered nurses across roles and
  settings
• Provides a process to address practice and
  professional development issues
• Gives authority to the President and Cabinet to
  speak for nursing
• Gives every registered nurse a way to be involved

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Office of Nursing Governance Programs

• Formal infrastructure supporting and improving
  nursing operations
• Full time Director (Leah Wacksman) and Manager
  (Holly Glassberg) dedicated to nursing support
  endeavors
• Work very closely with PNSO Officers and Cabinet
  to coordinate initiatives and communicate
  progress.

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• Executive Committee
• 2006 President Lisa Forsyth, MSN, RN982-0866,
  PIC 2145 law6u_at_virginia.edu
• 2006 President-elect Sharon Bragg, RN,
  BSN982-1049, PIC 6062 slb4w_at_virginia.edu
• 2006 Past President Kim Elgin, RN, BSN, BC
  982-0590 /243-2798, PIC 2753 kwe2y_at_virginia.edu
  
• Chief Clinical Officer/Chief Nursing Officer -
  Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, FAAN, 924-9112
  chiefclinicalofficer_at_virginia.edu
• Director of Nursing Governance - Leah Wacksman,
  MSN, RN924-2384 lcw2t_at_virginia.edu
• Communications Officer Holly Glassberg, MSN,
  RN, 243-7072, PIC 4041 hhg8a_at_virginia.edu

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Congress

• Composed of Delegates that are elected by each
  patient care service area.
• Convenes once a year (may change to alternate
  years in 2006) has quarterly checkpoints and
  ongoing communication role.
• Based on feedback from the Nursing Worklife
  Survey and their constituents, Delegates help to
  determine and prioritize the agenda of the
  Nursing Cabinet for the coming year.

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• Cabinet
• Appointed yearly by the Executive Committee
• Appointees come from across the Health System
• Members serve as liaisons to practice areas and
  are the conduit for PNSO news and issues
• Meets twice a month, and all RNs are welcome to
  attend

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• Committees
• The work of the Cabinet is accomplished in
• standing and subcommittees of the Cabinet
• The Clinical Practice Committee
• The Professional Development Committee
• The Governance Committee
• The Nursing Research Program

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Clinical Practice

• The Clinical Practice Committee is accountable
  for guiding the development, implementation and
  evaluation of nursing practice guidelines,
  procedures, documentation and standards

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Professional Development

• The Professional Development Committee is
  accountable for promoting education, mentorship,
  peer review and recognition opportunities for
  members of the PNSO

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Governance

• The Governance Committee is accountable for the
  development of structure and mechanisms that
  establish professional nursing practice and for
  professional advancement within the UVA HS

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Nursing Research

• The Nursing Research Program utilizes research
  mentors trained to conduct projects and oversee
  nursing peers involvement in research
  initiatives several projects are reaching the
  publication stage.

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Initiatives of the Cabinet

• Outgrowth of an issue that requires an extended
  process to resolution through the
• Establishment of a Task-Force
• Establishment of other standing groups which do
  not fit into the normal Cabinet structure

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PNSO Membership Rights and Responsibilities

• Participation in
• annual nomination and election of
  President-elect, Nominating committee and
  Congress Delegates voting for Bylaws amendments
• annual Nursing Worklife Survey, voicing candid
  feedback to promote a healthy work environment
• identification and resolution of practice and
  professional development issues and concerns
• activities of PNSO such as Week of the Nurse,
  Nursing Excellence Awards, Nursing Educational
  Forums

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PNSO Membership Rights and Responsibilities
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• Assume responsibility for
• individual nursing practice
• overall quality of nursing practice at The
  University of Virginia Health System

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Clinical Career Ladder
Clinical roles represent a continuum of nursing
from novice to expert. Advanced roles represent
masters-prepared nurses in roles which may
include nurse practitioner, clinical nurse
specialist, nurse case manager, certified nurse
midwife and certified registered nurse
anesthetist.
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• Magnet Recognition is the highest level of
  recognition accorded nursing services by the
  American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
• The UVAHS' Magnet Documentation was submitted to
  American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) March
  30, 2006. The documentation celebrates the
  excellence in nursing practice within 16 volumes
  and 1918 pages. There are over 600 UVAHS Nurses
  featured within the evidence.
• The PNSO is delighted to announce that UVA Nurses
  have earned a Site Visit, the next phase in
  achieving Magnet Recognition! A team of Magnet
  Appraisers will conduct a Site Visit on June
  20-23, 2006, to learn about nursing excellence
  from direct care nurses and interdisciplinary
  colleagues across the Health System.

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Maintaining a highly satisfying and professional
environment. Acknowledging and valuing nurses'
contributions to patient care daily. Governing
with institutional regard for the nursing
philosophy. Nursing autonomy that contributes
to positive patient outcomes. Excellence
demonstrated through achievement of Forces of
Magnetism criteria. Teamwork that fosters
collaborative and collegial practice and
communication.
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Nurses Have a Voice In UVAHS Decisions

• Clinical Staff Executive Committee CCO/CNO and
  President of PNSO are members
• Quality Council CCO/CNO co-chair, President of
  PNSO are members
• Health System Joint Operating Committee CCO/CNO
  is a member
• Medical Center Executive Group CCO/CNO is a
  member
• Patient Care Committee CCO/CNO is co-chair
• Parking Transportation Committee Nursing has
  more representatives than any other discipline

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How YOU Can Get Involved

• Check the web page often for updated nursing
  information! www.UVANurses.virginia.edu
• Connect with your Congress Delegate and Cabinet
  Liaison!
• Join a PNSO committee!
• Attend the Nursing Assemblies Leadership
  Forums!
• Provide feedback in the annual Nursing Worklife
  Survey, and anytime by emailing
  PNSO_at_virginia.edu!
• VOTE in the annual Elections!

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