Sunday, December 15, 2013

Magnet Updates


The following are a ton of updates from the past two magnet meetings. Please read through and let me know if you have questions! I am hoping to continue to use the blog as an informal way to pass along some of the information from my meetings to you all! Enjoy! –Kelsey

Johnson and Johnson Gala
-       28 RNs from MUSC in attendance
-       3 of the top 4 videos came from MUSC and the winner was from 9E with a video about falls prevention

Nursing Excellence
-       Joint Commission Diabetes Center: keep up the good work! We help with this with our diabetes admissions!

RN III
-       Nurse alliance is looking into a new system for this…
o   Hopefully will not be based on points but rather, yes- something is completed, or, no- its not
o   Hopefully non-exempt employees will be able to become RN IIIs with a pay raise
-       Evidence Based Practice Workshop- if interested in RN III highly recommend doing this class where you can get your research project completed
o   One MUSC RN made a poster with the project she did and was able to go to New Orleans to present it

Back to School
-       38 RNs have taken advantage of tuition discounts at University of Phenoix- don’t forget there are 5 schools offering discounts to MUSC
-       We currently have several Nurses going back to school! (Sheri Fannin, Julie Taylor, Erin O’Donnell, Alli McCraw)

Certification
-       Last spring we had set a goal as a unit to have 5% certified
-       Currently we have 3 nurses including Melinda (Jason Williams, Patricia Prause)  
-       I am going to take the test in January so let me know if you want to study together! (FYI over TEN PC RNs are certified- only one did not pass on their first try)

AACN
-       Highly recommend membership- you get discount on certification exams, free CEs, opportunities to attend conferences, and a newsletter that has some interesting articles in it! (I will leave my copy in the break-room for you to take a look at)
-       *With the certification discount- I think there are some rules about when the discount will apply after becoming a member-FYI*

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