A commitment to healthcare excellence has nurses at its heart

Nursing shortages, job dissatisfaction and burnout continue to impact hospitals around the world. Yet nurses play a vital role in the delivery of safe, effective and quality healthcare to the community.

While nurse retention strategies have had varying degrees of success¹, hospitals that invest in shared governance systems and professional practice models are being recognized internationally for their nursing excellence.

Developed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the Magnet Recognition Program² is designated to healthcare organizations worldwide where nursing leaders successfully align their nursing strategic goals to improve patient outcomes.

Hospitals can use the Magnet model to continually evaluate their strengths, weaknesses, and performance to embody a collaborative culture, and nurses are valued as integral partners in the patient’s healthcare journey.

According to the 2019 Centre for Clinical Effectiveness literature report, the Magnet Hospital program is a valuable assessment tool for Australian hospitals as they grapple with shortages and the difficulties they face in attracting and retaining good nursing staff³.

“Magnet is the only program for attracting and retaining nurses that has a body of evidence to support it — 20 years of rigorous research that shows powerful outcomes. Research also provides clear evidence that they also deliver higher quality care and a significantly lower patient mortality rate,” the report said.

WORKING TOGETHER TO ADVANCE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL

Nurses are not the only ones squeezed for time. Hospitals often do not have the resources or time to regularly develop new or update existing procedures, which means nurses may not have access to the latest evidence to inform their practice and clinical care.

• How do you manage change in an ever-evolving clinical environment?
• How do you and your nurses keep pace with new technologies, emerging developments, and unanticipated challenges such as staffing shortages, knowledge gaps, and public health emergencies?
• How do you increase compliance and quality metrics, improve nurse motivation, competency, and confidence, while keeping patient outcomes at the forefront?
   

Having quick access to current evidence-based knowledge allows nurses to make well-informed decisions and provide safer and consistent care right at the bedside.

INTEGRATE EVIDENCE INTO BEDSIDE PRACTICE

Pandemics and fast-changing, complex healthcare environments highlight the importance of implementing standardized procedures, up-to-date guidelines and technologies across a hospital to increase clinical efficiency, improve outcomes, and reduce cost and waste.

Ovid® Synthesis Clinical Evidence Manager is a workflow management solution that organizes, standardizes, and accelerates quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research projects across your institution.

Offering a single, cohesive view of projects, Ovid Synthesis Clinical Evidence Manager creates transparency and reduces duplication across teams while also fostering collaboration within projects by streamlining the literature search, appraisal process, implementation, and dissemination. The intelligent design of Ovid Synthesis Clinical Evidence Manager empowers staff to perform research more effectively and efficiently resulting in increased interest in quality improvement and a refreshed spirit of inquiry. No other solution will take your clinical practice improvement projects to the next level to ensure they are of the highest quality and based on the latest research insights and evidence.

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REFERENCES

^{[1] www1.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/work-review-australian-government-health-workforce-programs-toc~chapter-7-nursing-midwifery-workforce%E2%80%93education-retention-sustainability~chapter-7-nursing-midwifery-retention}

^{[2] www.nursingworld.org/magnet}

^{[3] monashhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Magnet-Hospital-Program_literature-report.pdf}

^{[4] www.nursingworld.org/organizational-programs/magnet/find-a-magnet-organization}

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