It Takes a Village
Though California has done better than much of the rest of the country on these measures, it has not been immune, with hemorrhage affecting 6.3% of all patients giving birth.
Issue: 2022
2022 Nursing Annual Report
Nursing Director’s Successful Advocacy Delivers Critical Staff Support
Feedback to date has been extremely positive. Many staff members are clearly grateful to receive support they didn’t know they needed.
Gratitude Tree Supports Nurses’ Well-Being in Critical Care
While many forms of formal recognition already existed, Laurel Black, MSN, RN, CCRN, liked the idea that the Gratitude Tree is easy for clinical nurses to engage with while offering steady recognition.
Enhanced Communication Improves Patient Care in the Med-Surg Cluster
Quiet Champions educate stakeholders and reinforce strategies for maintaining a quiet environment.
Beyond Clinical Care – Helping Build a Strong Foundation for Moms and Babies
Because it is too often a silent crisis, Salinas Valley Health nurses are committed to continue helping meet this essential need and raise awareness about the impact of lack of diapers on maternal mental health.
Naloxone Distribution Project in the Emergency Department Promotes Socially Sensitive Care
Programs that distribute naloxone to opiate users and their acquaintances have been successful and have shown that nonmedical personnel are able to administer naloxone to reverse opiate overdoses and save lives.
Nurse Board Certification, Advanced Degrees, and SNIII Clinical Ladder Rates Continue to Rise
On Certified Nurses Day, recognition activities and rewards are provided for all board-certified nurses. A poster listing all the names of board-certified nurses is on continuous display in the medical center lobby.
New Graduate Nurse Residency Program Earns Accreditation With Distinction From Practice Transition Accreditation Program®
The revitalized program enables newly graduated nurses to enter the clinical environment with the skills, confidence and cultural sensitivity to deliver the outstanding care that characterizes a hospital that has earned its Magnet® designation.
Recognizing Nursing Excellence
Nurses at Salinas Valley Health are encouraged to heal, protect, empower and teach.
Exemplary Professional Practice
The Many Roles of Nursing
This rewarding field has a tremendous capacity for anyone passionate about helping people lead their best lives.
Exemplary Professional Practice
Empowering Nurses to Assess Mobility in Joint Replacement Patients
Nurses, occupational therapists and physical therapists on the Med-Surg and Rehabilitation Unit Practice Councils reached consensus around the need to improve early mobility and reduce length of stay for joint replacement patients.
Exemplary Professional Practice
Interdisciplinary Team Achieves Dramatic Increase in Vaginal Births
“Within six months, our team forged a multipronged intervention that has the department consistently meeting the CMQCC target – and usually exceeding it,” Julie Vasher, DNP, RNC-OB, APRN-CNS, C-EFM, C-ONQS, says.
Exemplary Professional Practice
Exceeding National Benchmarks on Nurse-Sensitive Indicators
Great progress has been made in promoting a data-driven culture with a focus on improving unit- and organization-level patient outcomes.
Exemplary Professional Practice
Interprofessional Collaboration Improves Safety for Patients With Diabetes
The program drew on key components of the collaborative plan of care for preventing hypoglycemic events.
Exemplary Professional Practice
Nurses and Teamwork Play Vital Role in Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries
Together, they reviewed the data and the literature and then created an evidence-based HAPI prevention bundle tailored to the needs of ICU patients.
New Knowledge Innovation & Improvement
Partnership in Design – Teamwork Puts the Puzzle Pieces Together for the Benefit of Patients
With careful review of workflow, input from staff, consideration for maximizing use of shared space, and a lot of meetings and negotiation, a plan emerged.
New Knowledge Innovation & Improvement
Magnet Infrastructure Supports Nursing Research
This mixed-methods study used The Peer Review Survey to measure nurses’ perceptions of nursing peer review before and after the implementation of Salinas Valley Health’s ‘brain-friendly’ peer feedback program.
New Knowledge Innovation & Improvement
Publications and Presentations
We congratulate our nurses and other professionals who have disseminated their work both internally and externally via presentations and publications.