There are three professional organized groups at my facility that are in charge of new policies and procedures that get introduced, tested and implemented, including Unit Based Councils (UBC), Policy and Procedure Advisory Group (PPAG) and Professional Nursing Council (PNC).
The UBC provides a forum for dialogue and communication among professional nurses (RNs) at the point of impact, the patient care unit level. The UBC works together with nursing staff in the care unit to identify and resolve clinical practice and patient/family care issues and participates in shared decision-making through collaboration with patient care unit leadership. This group consists of Registered Nurses who currently work on hospital unit, the manager of clinical …show more content…
This group consists of a minimum of 4 staff registered nurses, 1 manager of clinical operations, 2 advanced practice nurses (oncology, and medical/surgical unit preferred), and a maximum of 3 nursing professional development educators. The responsibilities of this group are to coordinate the revision of nursing house-wide policies, procedures, and protocols on a three year rotating schedule, evaluation of house-wide policies and procedures based on evidence based practice, confirm publication of the nursing house-wide policies and procedures to the document management system, communicate changes to the direct patient care staff nurses, collaborate with other facilities within our organization regarding policies, procedures, and protocols as necessary, and prepare an annual report of their activities and report them to the …show more content…
This group consist of every chair and co-chair member of the patient care units of the hospital, 2 managers of clinical operations, 1 clinical information systems representative, 1 advanced practice nurse, nurse researcher, 2 nursing professional developmental educators, 1 registered nurse from quality and safety, and 1 administrative director. This group has numerous responsibilities which include but not limited to assist patient care units in the monitoring and evaluation of quality and safety of patient care through outcomes measurement, assist in the evaluation of quality initiatives within the Nursing Quality Plan and the organizations quality plan, represent nurses in developing, revising, implementing, and directing the clinical nursing standard including care, practice, and performance, facilitate education of nurses on the value and process of nursing research and utilization of research findings, integrate research findings into nursing practice and policies, evaluate the effectiveness of the nursing research program and evidence-based practice initiatives, support nursing education and professional leadership development based on needs assessment and/or recommended by Nursing Coordinating Council in conjunction with education department, develop and sustain principles of nursing care delivery through relationship-based
The UBC provides a forum for dialogue and communication among professional nurses (RNs) at the point of impact, the patient care unit level. The UBC works together with nursing staff in the care unit to identify and resolve clinical practice and patient/family care issues and participates in shared decision-making through collaboration with patient care unit leadership. This group consists of Registered Nurses who currently work on hospital unit, the manager of clinical …show more content…
This group consists of a minimum of 4 staff registered nurses, 1 manager of clinical operations, 2 advanced practice nurses (oncology, and medical/surgical unit preferred), and a maximum of 3 nursing professional development educators. The responsibilities of this group are to coordinate the revision of nursing house-wide policies, procedures, and protocols on a three year rotating schedule, evaluation of house-wide policies and procedures based on evidence based practice, confirm publication of the nursing house-wide policies and procedures to the document management system, communicate changes to the direct patient care staff nurses, collaborate with other facilities within our organization regarding policies, procedures, and protocols as necessary, and prepare an annual report of their activities and report them to the …show more content…
This group consist of every chair and co-chair member of the patient care units of the hospital, 2 managers of clinical operations, 1 clinical information systems representative, 1 advanced practice nurse, nurse researcher, 2 nursing professional developmental educators, 1 registered nurse from quality and safety, and 1 administrative director. This group has numerous responsibilities which include but not limited to assist patient care units in the monitoring and evaluation of quality and safety of patient care through outcomes measurement, assist in the evaluation of quality initiatives within the Nursing Quality Plan and the organizations quality plan, represent nurses in developing, revising, implementing, and directing the clinical nursing standard including care, practice, and performance, facilitate education of nurses on the value and process of nursing research and utilization of research findings, integrate research findings into nursing practice and policies, evaluate the effectiveness of the nursing research program and evidence-based practice initiatives, support nursing education and professional leadership development based on needs assessment and/or recommended by Nursing Coordinating Council in conjunction with education department, develop and sustain principles of nursing care delivery through relationship-based