Nursing News Now: Unit of Distinction winners
Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive
This month, we held our sixth annual Unit of Distinction Awards ceremony. Unit of Distinction celebrates how our nurses deliver safe, high-quality care with compassion and expertise. These awards highlight the positive outcomes from our nursing strategy and the work unites us all toward a common goal. It is a privilege to celebrate you, the individuals who drive patient care. You give voice to the needs of our patients and ensure our mission is lived out. You and your units are exemplary in every way, and the Unit of Distinction is a physical representation of the immeasurable mark you make on our patients, colleagues and communities every day. Every year, I look forward to celebrating you, and this year was no different.
The Unit of Distinction program represents a piece of the larger Professional Practice pillar of our nursing strategy. This pillar focuses on nurse-driven metrics (nursing sensitive indicators) to ensure delivery of high-quality care: pressure prevention and falls prevention practices, leveraging national designations to promote nurse engagement and drive outcomes: Magnet Recognition and Pathway to Excellence and nursing research to provide a continuous commitment to advancing knowledge: Knowledge Center and Ovid Discovery (HCA Healthcare Library).
Professional Practice is the heart of nursing excellence, and I am proud to lead you as we focus on quality-driven outcomes. Thank you for delivering excellent care to our patients and communities. Congratulations, again, to our Unit of Distinction winners and honorable mentions.
Nursing strategy
Expanse go-live update
The New Hampshire sites went live with Meditech Expanse January 18, and we are very grateful for the partnership and collaboration with those teams, helping us take this wonderful step toward an exciting future. It was amazing to see our nurses with the power of mobility in their hands.
Expanse comes with an app that allows nurses to use iMobile to review the patient’s chart, lab results and document assessments. This app also includes the ability to review the medication list - no more handwritten notes when going to the Pyxis and the ability to scan and document medication administration at the bedside.
With the move to Expanse, our New Hampshire facilities have also created one comprehensive medical record number for all patients between those three sites, allowing improved continuity of care for all caregivers with Health Information Exchanges no longer needed to see the records from a prior visit at a sister site.
Thank you to all who participated in the pilot. We are excited for Expanse to be implemented across our HCA Healthcare enterprise.
Survey now open! New questions for nurses and care team members
Use your voice to change the healthcare experience today! We need your participation in an anonymous survey that will provide a deeper understanding of nursing and care team member experiences. Your responses are valuable for our company’s culture. The questions go beyond what is covered by Vital Voices and are specific to you and the care team members.
This survey will help us focus and prioritize our efforts based on your voice. Your input will ultimately influence HCA Healthcare’s operations, branding, communications and culture.
This survey is 100% anonymous. All responses are confidential. There is no way for you to be identified or for your responses to be linked to you.
Why safe care is the ultimate care
Patient Safety Week marks a time to celebrate our teams working every day to provide the safest possible care for patients – because safe care is the ultimate care. HCA Healthcare’s Chief Patient Safety Officer, Dr. Karla Miller, shares gratitude for our colleagues’ unwavering commitment to protecting patients, and offers insight into how we engineer patient safety into our health system.
What to know about your 401(k) plan statements
In response to colleague feedback and to help protect personal financial information, HCA 401(k) Plan quarterly statements will only be distributed electronically starting in 2023. Colleagues will receive a letter in the mail from BConnected. The letter will be personalized to If you would like to opt out of electronic delivery and receive these documents by mail, go to HCAhrAnswers.com, click Benefits: HCA Rewards and select BConnected. Then, click on your name and select Communications. To update the email address listed in the letter, select Personal Information.
Women’s History Month
Women’s History Month is a time to celebrate the contributions women bring to our nation and the healthcare industry. Today we join the International Women’s Day 2023 theme of #EmbracingEquity, by celebrating six colleagues across our organization that are providing care in unique ways. Read about their experiences here.
Take your nursing career to the master level
Help shape the future of nursing. Galen offers two online MSN Program options that allow you to pursue a fulfilling career path: Nursing and Healthcare Leadership Option and the Nurse Educator Option. With a reduced credit hour cost just for HCA Healthcare nurses, the total tuition is $12,600. The online MSN program credit hour cost was reduced from $525 to $350. The next term starts May 8.
Ready to apply? Access the EdAssist platform to apply before your course start date. Log on the HCAhrAnswers.com, choose HCA Rewards and select Education Assistance.
Optum Wellbeing Wednesday
Optum Wellbeing will be hosting a series of 15-minute Wednesday sessions at 1:30pm, CST for all colleagues.
- May 24
- July 19
- September 20
- November 15
Join the sessions at this link or connect to the recordings after the session date by going to HCAhrAnswers > Benefits: HCA Rewards > Wellbeing Hub.
Career Opportunities
New leadership opportunities are posted regularly for internal applicants.
Internal Candidates: InternalCareers.HCAhealthcare.com
Know someone who is perfect for HCA Healthcare? Ask them to go to Careers.HCAhealthcare.com and enter your name in the field for “were referred to this job by an employee.”
Did you know?
HCA Healthcare works with more than 45,000 active and affiliated physicians across the United States and the United Kingdom (as of Dec. 31, 2021).