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WEbCONNECT Find Healthy Work Environment Standards Online [By Deborah Braccia, RN, MPA, OCN ®, ONS Web Site Editor] healthy work environment for nurses is essential to providing quality care. Strong links between work environment and patient safety, nurse retention, and recruitment have been demonstrated in a number of studies (www.rnao.org/Storage/28/2303_BPG_Professionalism.pdf). The following online resources provide information and standards on healthy work environments. ✱ Deborah Braccia, RN, MPA, OCN ® Title Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: TeamSTEPPS URL http://teamstepps.ahrq.gov/about toolsmaterials.htm Description Aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and other teamwork skills among healthcare professionals; includes a comprehensive set of ready-to-use materials and training curricula to integrate teamwork principles successfully into participants’ healthcare system Focuses on six organizational success factors: leadership development and effectiveness, empowered collaborative decision making, work design and service delivery innovation, values-driven organizational culture, recognition and reward systems, and professional growth and accountability Changes in population health and morbidity, the healthcare workforce, and healthcare delivery have led to significant changes in the healthcare workplace. This report makes recommendations on the working conditions of nurses and their relationship to patient safety. Identifies specific sentinel events, describes their common underlying causes, and suggests steps to prevent occurrences in the future Designed to support healthcare organizations in creating and sustaining positive environments for nurses A American Organization of Nurse Executives Healthy Work Environments: Striving for Excellence www.aone.org/aone/keyissues/ hwe_excellence.html Institute of Medicine: Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety www.iom.edu/?id=4671&redirect=0 Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert: Behaviors That Undermine a Culture of Safety RN Association of Ontario: Healthy Work Environments Best Practice Guidelines www.jointcommission.org/ SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/ sea_40.htm www.rnao.org/Page.asp?Page ID=751&SiteNodeID=241&BL_ ExpandID= Debuting November 13 at the ONS Institutes of Learning (IOL) and APN conference is the all-new RE:Connect blog! Get live updates from IOL and the APN conference in addition to our regular blog content. Visit www.ONSConnect.org beginning November 13. 20 ONS CONNECT November 2008 http://www.rnao.org/Storage/28/2303_BPG_Professionalism.pdf http://teamstepps.ahrq.gov/abouttoolsmaterials.htm http://teamstepps.ahrq.gov/abouttoolsmaterials.htm http://www.aone.org/aone/keyissues/hwe_excellence.html http://www.aone.org/aone/keyissues/hwe_excellence.html http://www.iom.edu/?id=4671&redirect=0 http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/sea_40.htm http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/sea_40.htm http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/sea_40.htm http://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=751&SiteNodeID=241&BL_ExpandID= http://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=751&SiteNodeID=241&BL_ExpandID= http://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=751&SiteNodeID=241&BL_ExpandID= http://www.ONSConnect.org

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ONS Connect - November 2008

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