CNO: The Role Of The Chief Nursing Assistant
The Chief Nursing Officer at any institution has the responsibility to acts as a leader and spokesperson for its nurses. They must have a strong work ethic, dedication, and stout moral character. Chief Nursing Officers, also known as CNOs have a profound impact on the everyday duties of their nursing staff. They primarily establish nursing policies and procedures, manage budget, and participate in important decision making in regards to nursing services at board meetings. Based on the excerpt presented on this topic it was alarming to see that nurses make up such a small percentage, as compared to physicians when participating in board meetings. According to the excerpt, “a 2009 survey of community health systems found that nurses made up only
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She works to synchronize the nursing staff with the core values, vision, and mission of our organization. I feel that a CNO should be concerned with making sure that nurses use best practice and evidence based practices when dealing with patient care. At our facility the CNO encourages nurses to perform research on evidence based practice measures. Such topics which have been studied and published include the ratio of patients to nurses in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit as well as nursing care for the critically ill child. In order to retain nursing staff as well as engage nurses to participate in evidence based research, our CNO has organized a points system where nurses are inclined to participate in committees, board meetings, and research projects. Nurses have the ability to gain points when participating in these areas and are ranked with the use of the point system to obtain bonuses and higher pay …show more content…
Our institution has earned magnet recognition three times consecutively. Magnet recognitions is the gold standard for nursing excellence and provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark for measuring quality of care. Having such a great accomplishment gives the staff and indelible sense of pride and makes them eager to strive harder each day to maintain and improve the healthcare of the patients and families. Without the help of our current CNO overseeing our making sure that our nursing staff is achieving and surpassing its goals, we could never have achieved such astounding
She works to synchronize the nursing staff with the core values, vision, and mission of our organization. I feel that a CNO should be concerned with making sure that nurses use best practice and evidence based practices when dealing with patient care. At our facility the CNO encourages nurses to perform research on evidence based practice measures. Such topics which have been studied and published include the ratio of patients to nurses in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit as well as nursing care for the critically ill child. In order to retain nursing staff as well as engage nurses to participate in evidence based research, our CNO has organized a points system where nurses are inclined to participate in committees, board meetings, and research projects. Nurses have the ability to gain points when participating in these areas and are ranked with the use of the point system to obtain bonuses and higher pay …show more content…
Our institution has earned magnet recognition three times consecutively. Magnet recognitions is the gold standard for nursing excellence and provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark for measuring quality of care. Having such a great accomplishment gives the staff and indelible sense of pride and makes them eager to strive harder each day to maintain and improve the healthcare of the patients and families. Without the help of our current CNO overseeing our making sure that our nursing staff is achieving and surpassing its goals, we could never have achieved such astounding