VHA and Magnet Recognition

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VHA and Magnet Recognition

• Alan Bernstein, MS, RN
• Director Care Development and Workforce
  Management
• Office of Nursing Services

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All Initiatives and Activities are Built
UponThree Transformational Principles For a
21st Century Organization
Veterans Health Administration
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People Centric
VHA
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Results Oriented
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Forward Thinking
Veterans Health Administration
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The VHA Magnet Journey

• 4 Designated Facilities Tampa, Houston,
  Portland, Atlanta
• 2 Documentation Submitted Madison, Little Rock
• 4 Applied Pittsburgh, Gainesville, Shreveport,
  Washington DC
• 20 Pre-application
• 77 Implementing Magnet Principles
• 36 Not Pursuing
• 1 Pathway to Excellence Martinsburg
• (reported on the May 2009 update)

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Transformational Leadership

• Quality of Nursing Leadership
• Management Style

• Nurse Executives in Quadrad
• Clinical Nurse Advisory Field Advisory
  Committees
• NPSB VISN Consultants
• Staffing Methodology
• ONS Strategic Plan
• ONS Annual Report
• Nurse Executive Business Acumen Course

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Exemplary Professional Practice

• Professional Models of Care
• Consultation and Resources
• Nurse Autonomy
• Nurses as Teachers
• Interdisciplinary relationships
• Quality of care
• Quality Improvements

• Structured Language for Nursing Documentation
• VA Nursing Academy (VANA)
• Nurse Executive Consultation Program
• Nurse Manager National Training
• Clinical Nurse Leader
• National Nurse Satisfaction Survey
• NPSB / LPN PSB
• Evidenced Based Toolkit

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Structural Empowerment

• Organizational Structure
• Community and the Healthcare Organization
• Image of Nursing
• Professional Development
• Personnel Policies and Programs

• NNEC (Shared Governance)
• DoD Joint Venture seamless transition Walter
  Reed Liaisons
• Career Paths
• Alternative Work Schedules
• Specialty Paybands
• RN Residency

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New Knowledge, Innovations and Improvements

• Quality of Care
• Quality Improvements

• Innovations Award
• Lets Get Certified
• MRSA Virtual Simulation
• VHA Annual Magnet Conference
• NRAG / APNAG
• Travel Nurse Corp (TNC)

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Empirical Quality Outcomes

• Quality of Care

• VA Nursing Outcomes Database (VANOD)
• ONS Annual Report
• ECF Performance Measures