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Awards and Prizes , Clinical Competence/standards , Nursing Care/standards , Chicago , Delphi Technique , HumansABSTRACT
Rogers' theoretical framework of diffusion of innovation guided the successful infusion of the educational training and implementation of the Magis model of care at a 570 bed hospital in the Chicagoland area. The Magis model of care was derived from several nursing theories along with information from the Institute of Family-Centered Care. By incorporating the components that relate to the institution's values and Magnet theme, the stages of innovation were readily adopted and sustained over the first year of implementation. The model has spread beyond the original and sister units as demonstrated by another department creating the Magnet poster with the various elements that they have incorporated into daily care delivery. What is so invigorating to the nursing administration is hearing how nursing staff articulates the care they give to the various components of the model and the theory that supports this practice.
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Diffusion of Innovation , Family Health , Models, Nursing , Nursing Service, Hospital/organization & administration , Nursing Theory , Patient-Centered Care/organization & administration , Accreditation , American Nurses' Association , Chicago , Decision Making, Organizational , Humans , Leadership , Nurse Administrators/organization & administration , Nursing Evaluation Research , Nursing Staff, Hospital/education , Nursing Staff, Hospital/organization & administration , Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology , Organizational Innovation , Outcome Assessment, Health Care , Patient Satisfaction , Philosophy, Nursing , Program Development , Program Evaluation , Teaching Rounds/organization & administration , United StatesABSTRACT
The benefits of Magnet status are well documented. However, the challenges of completing the Magnet application can overextend an organization's data collection processes and systems. The authors discuss the driving forces behind development of Step One, a cost-effective on-line system alternative to manual demographic data collection. The article presents an overview of staff's role in system development and rollout and describes improvements in efficiency, accuracy, and satisfaction from data collection to final American Nurse Credentialing Center report generation.
