The Magnet Model and 2023 stories of nursing practice excellence
Magnet® Model
There are five main components of the Magnet®Model: Transformational Leadership, Structural Empowerment, Exemplary Professional Practice, New Knowledge, Innovations & Improvements and Empirical Outcomes. The following stories are examples of how Riley nurses exhibited the components of nursing excellence and the Magnet Model in 2023.
Riley Children’s submitted Magnet documentation in the summer of 2023 and hosted Magnet appraisers from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) on Nov. 28 – 30, 2023, to obtain their fifth Magnet Designation. Magnet designation is a recognition given to a hospital for excellence in nursing. Only about 10% of hospitals in the world have this designation and less than 1% of hospitals have achieved this designation five times. The documentation and site visit demonstrates that a hospital meets the threshold of excellence in nursing set forth by the ANCC. The official designation decision was announced on Jan. 19, 2024, as the Riley One team members listened to the call in the Riley Outpatient Center (ROC) Auditorium. Sharon Pappas, chair of the national Commission on Magnet voluntary governing body, which assesses nursing quality, achievements, leadership, education, collaboration, innovation and patient outcomes, had the privilege of delivering the good news to an enthusiastic group of nurses and Riley leadership in the ROC auditorium. “The commission has reviewed all of your submitted documentation and findings from your recent site visit. It is my high honor and privilege to officially notify you that the Commission on Magnet has unanimously voted to credential Riley Children’s Health as a Magnet organization for the fifth time,” she told the group. “Congratulations!”
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Transformational leadership Elev8
In May 2024, more than 40 Riley One team members, including 14 nursing team members, were nominated by their leaders to participate in the Elev8 Riley Leadership first cohort. This leadership development series was comprised of eight sessions including Leveraging Change, Compassionomics, Crucial Conversations, Operational Excellence, Financial Acumen ending with Atomic Habits and a graduation ceremony. The purpose of Elev8 Riley Leadership was to explore each team member’s connection to purpose as leaders and how to foster those connections with team members.
“ Being a part of the initial Elev8 cohort was an amazing opportunity. I feel honored that Riley invested in our leadership development and growth in this way. Building relationships and learning alongside great leaders helped enforce the concepts we were learning. It also strengthened our leadership team; going through the experience with the triad of medical director, nursing director and administrator allowed us to implement the concepts in real time as we worked through projects over the course of the year.” – Jen Engelmann, MBA-HC, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Director of Clinical Operations, Acute Care Center “ The best part of Elev8 was attending with interprofessional leaders representing all of Riley Children’s Health. It gave me an opportunity to interact and learn from other leaders that I am not necessarily around in my day-to-day work … Overall, I took away the importance for me as a leader to take the time to reflect on my emotional side and tap into the emotional sides of others. I tend to prefer thought over emotions, but I have learned that it is really the emotional part that motivates us all. I often take on other people’s problems and fix the problems for them. As a leader, work isn’t in the answer but in the question and helping other team members manage their own issues. It was an honor to be selected to participate in the inaugural Elev8 cohort group along with so many excellent Riley Children’s Health leaders.” – Kristin Miller, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CPN, Director of Nursing Practice, Magnet Program Director
“ I appreciated learning more about compassionomics. I assumed positive intent previously, but this cohort helped deepen that appreciation and understanding of others and helped me guide them in that learning as well and being able to share my learnings with my team and other leaders around me. I appreciate the investment in me as a leader, and my growth and development. These sessions were clearly thought out and planned in advance. Taking the time to plan for these events to ensure they are meaningful to participants shows the initiative of Elev8 was intentional and purposeful in growing and developing leaders.” – Nettie Wilson, MSN, RN, CPEN, CPHQ, NE-BC, Clinical Manager – ED, Center of Hope/ Pediatric Forensic Nursing
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