Sammie Mosier
DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive
September is National Suicide Prevention month, and I want to pause for a moment to say, as an organization and as a nursing leader, your mental wellness and health matter. You bring a unique set of experiences that contribute to your colleagues, your family, our organization and the nursing practice. HCA Healthcare, your leaders and colleagues are here to support you.
One of the ways HCA Healthcare is focusing on clinician wellness is through the research of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation. Their research shows that many healthcare professionals refrain from pursuing necessary mental health treatment due to intrusive and stigmatizing language in applications and questionnaires. Colleagues should never feel that pursuing mental health-related treatment would put their careers at risk. Compliance with standards established by the foundation has earned HCA Healthcare recognition by the ALL IN: Wellbeing First for Healthcare coalition as a Wellbeing First Champion for 2024.
The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Act was signed into law by President Biden in 2022 and is in effect throughout our organization. Please pursue mental health treatment options without fear of risking your career.
Thank you for sharing your talents, personality and passion each day. I am thankful to work with you and look forward to continuing to improve lives.
Nurse Forward Strategy
NVHAP quality improvement initiative
HCA Healthcare is taking a national lead in preventing non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NVHAP). Pneumonia is the number one hospital-acquired infection in the U.S., and most cases occur in non-ventilated patients. NVHAP may account for as much as 10% of in-hospital mortality. The good news is that new research suggests that risk of NVHAP can be reduced by following three easy steps: routine oral care, early mobility and patient education. It is now recognized that these simple, nontechnical, daily maneuvers may be lifesaving.
Pursuing an enterprise-wide initiative to emphasize the importance of ensuring every patient gets appropriate oral care (tooth brushing) and the opportunity to mobilize to the best of their ability, HCA Healthcare clinicians and leaders have access to data on compliance with these two key aspects of patient care, down to the unit level. The effort has been supported with educational materials targeting patients and clinicians and coaching calls with all divisions. Also, HCA Healthcare is partnering with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute to evaluate whether the focus on these maneuvers correlates with a decrease in NVHAP.
While less than a year into the active program, results show a 10% improvement in documentation of mobility and oral hygiene and a 5% decrease in NVHAP. Prevention of NVHAP will continue to be a key focus for patient safety in 2025, with HCA Healthcare setting an example for all other hospitals nationwide. Additional resources are available below.
Resources:
- Educational materials
- Nursing Insights NV-HAP Prevention KPI Dashboard
- Nursing Insights NV-HAP Surveillance Dashboard
- Nursing Insights Unit of Distinction Dashboard
Clinical and nursing dashboards: How to address access and troubleshoot common issues
“How-To” videos are now available in Clinical Services HEAL . These videos are short snippets intended to help users quickly solve commonly asked dashboard questions. These videos can be found in the Useful Links section of the HEAL page for future reference.
- Getting Started with CSG HEAL - Video
- How to Reset Filters in Power BI - Video
- How to Reset Filters in Nursing Insights - Video
- How to Use Troubleshoot Dashboard Access - Video
Please follow the steps associated with these scenarios:
- Access Issue: You are not able to login to the dashboard
- Access Issue: You are able to login to the dashboard, but do not see any data or see the wrong facility data
Knowledge Center site migration
The Knowledge Center SharePoint site has migrated to a new platform. The new site is available here . Links from the old site will expire at the end of the year. This move will provide an enhanced user interface and streamlined evidence summary request process.
Links to individual evidence summaries will need to be updated. For example, if you have a link to a Knowledge Center evidence summary, guidance document or newsletter, it will need to be replaced with the corresponding link from the new site.
Questions or need assistance? CORP.KnowledgeCenter@HCAHealthcare.com
NSI art contest winner
Nearly 50 submissions were entered for the inaugural Nursing Sensitive Indicators special issue of the HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine.
We are pleased to announce that the work of Dammika Abeygunawardena, Charge Nurse ICU at Princess Grace Hospital, will be featured on the cover of our special edition. We would also like to recognize our runner-up, David Burton, Director of Clinical Informatics at HCA Florida Largo Hospital.
Stay tuned for the upcoming NSI issue of the HCA Journal, which will feature even more of your art and scholarly work. We are honored to work with a nursing community of such diverse talents.
2024 HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction
HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction, including the Frist Humanitarian Awards, Innovators Award and Excellence in Nursing Awards, are the highest honors HCA Healthcare bestows on our colleagues, physicians and volunteers.
To ensure optimum broadcast quality, all colleagues will be able to view a recording of the 2024 HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction ceremony beginning Thursday, Sept. 26 at 12:00pm CT on MediaConnect. Colleagues will receive an email reminder with the link to view the ceremony.
Galen’s online RN TO BSN term starts October 28
As an HCA Healthcare RN with an Associate Degree in Nursing, your BSN could be tuition-free!* Galen’s CCNE-accredited online RN to BSN program can be completed in as few as 12 months or longer if life demands. With eight-week courses and six starts per year, you have the flexibility to complete the program at your own pace. The next term starts October 28.
Ready to advance your opportunities with a BSN Contact a Galen Online admissions representative at (844) 848-1515 or click here (link).
* Certain colleagues are not eligible to participate in these programs, including individuals covered by a collective bargaining agreement(CBA) unless their CBA permits participation.
** If your facility does not use HCAhrAnswers: While on the HCA Healthcare network, go to Atlas Connect (https://hcahealthcare.sharepoint.com/sites/Corp-AtlasConnect) and click the HCA Benefits and Rewards icon. If your facility does not have access to Atlas Connect, go to HCArewards.com.
Career pathway profile
Clinical Support Resource Nurse Spotlight
Roxie Zamora: Read story (link)
What keeps you up at night?
Let the Wellbeing Hub help
HCA Healthcare offers a wide range of physical, emotional and financial wellbeing benefits and work-life resources to support you in your health, life, career and retirement - and you can find them all in the redesigned online Wellbeing Hub. The new Wellbeing Hub has been updated based on user feedback to make it easier to find the support you need. To get started, go to HCAGHR.com , click Benefits and select Wellbeing Hub.
September is Suicide Prevention Month
You can use these resources to provide support to someone struggling:
- Learn how to recognize the signs: Join the Optum Wellbeing Wednesday session Sept. 18 to learn about suicide prevention. To register, go to HCAhrAnswers.com and click the Wellbeing Wednesday link in the My Total Rewards box.
- Know where to get immediate help: In a mental health or substance use crisis, call or text 988. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
- Access resources: Free and confidential counseling is available to all colleagues and their household members. To get started, call (877) 950-5075 or go to liveandworkwell.com (access code: HCA) and click Get Care. For more information about all of the emotional, physical and financial wellbeing support available to you, go to HCAGHR.com , click Benefits and select Wellbeing Hub.
