February 2014 PICU Staff Meeting

PICU Staff Meeting Minutes

February 24 & 26, 2014

Wins

• Employees of the Quarter for PICU

o   July –  September 2013:  Angi Kemp, RN

o   October – December 2013:  Jason Williams, RN

Patient Satisfaction

•  Rolling out My Story and Take 5 in next few weeks
• CH scores dropped this past quarter.  We are on the way back up.
•  Remember the basics:  AIDET, hourly rounding
•  Melinda and Erin will rollout templates as soon as they are available electronically

Ideal Patient Rounds

• We will be trialing a more structured way of doing PICU rounds
•   Sterile Cockpit concept 
•  Kardex/Daily Goals Sheet combined
• Xray rounds at 0815, rounds start at 0830

Epic Rollout

• Superusers are attending block training.
•   Please know your superusers:  ABG, Erin, Melinda, Patricia, Erin, Gregg, Marilyn, Brooke
• Go Live is 7-1-14. Training for all staff starts in May
• Reminder of PTO restrictions May 1-July 31

Infection Control Update

• No CAUTI, VAP or CLABSI in Dec. or January

• We may start receiving monetary awards for the unit for months with no CAUTI:  stay tuned for details.

Magnet Update:  Kelsey Strawn, BSN, PICU Magnet Champion

• Staff reviewed the nursing excellence road map with a focused discussion of Exemplary Professional Practice
• PICU has good scores with the nursing sensitive quality indicators for falls, CLABSI, HAPU
• Professional Practice Model reviewed
• Kelsey answered any questions staff had regarding Magnet Journey.
• Staff need to continue to review Magnet manual and Kelsey will keep us updated on our Nursing Excellence program.

Employee Engagement Survey

·         Survey ends tonight at midnight– PICU has 51% response rate, 7C – 62%

·         Children’s Overall has the lowest response rate

·         Please use your voice and complete the survey

Staffing Update

• Interviewing for RN II now
• New Traveler Jillian Cannon starts 3/10
• New Administrative Assistant Rebecca Little starts today

 Kronos/Optilinks Update

• Optilinks starts 3/4/14.
•  Optilinks will replace the nursing checkbook, nursing operations database (acuities), and the assignment sheets with one electronic document.
• Everyone must attend training or do CATTS.
•  We will continue doing all pre-planning on paper.  The date to switch to pre-planning in Kronos has not yet been set.
• Please log in to kronos and get familiar with the system as soon as possible.

MUSC Financial Update

• Hospital is doing well.  $51 million cash on hand. PICU is meeting cost per patient day and hours per work load unit goals.
• We will find out in April if we have $ for merit raises.

Staff Recognition

• Patrice Nock and Patricia Prause were recognized by Dr. Tecklenburg for managing a Friday night shift with 6 admissions and very high acuity.
•  Great job ladies with your clinical expertise and “can do” attitudes!
•   Jason Williams has passed CCRN certification and been accepted into CRNA school in Pittsburgh.
•   We are so proud of you Jason!