We had the opportunity to ask Nursing & Hospital Leaders attending the 2018 Magnet Conference in Denver what their #1 Tip for those on the Magnet Journey would be.
Over 100 attendees added their voice in order to pay it forward with their Magnet experience!
If you’re on the Journey, or even considering it, below are many tips you’ll need to thrive!
Keep Your Data!
- Stories from front line staff years before you apply. Make this a HABIT!
- Tell the stories of how you keep patients safe & give better care!!
- Start Early – document every meeting!
- As 3rd time Magnet facility, write all your stories down, at every meeting.
- Create a Council
- Use a template – document outcomes all the time!
- Capture Your stories – nothing too small
- Keep good notes from meetings… you have to have that to prove the story!
- Scholarly Writing! (Precise)
- Embrace Research & Evidence Based practice
- Every opportunity is a MAGNET opportunity! Keep your data!
- Data Talks
- Save your evidence
- Document and write on a regular basis. Don’t let things lapse!
- Measure outcomes
- Always Outcomes
- Data, Data, Data collection
- Document your accomplishments
- Check into the requirements “documentation” ahead of time
- Organize your projects!
Attitude
- Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can!
- Be Resilient
- You will make it! Keep Going
- Focus!
- Be proud!
- Be Persistent
- Remain Positive
- Patience!
- You’re not alone!
- Stay Sane!
- Breathe!!!
- It will all be ok!
- Be positive!
- Don’t give up!
- Dedication
- KARSIVALLISYYS – Be Patient (in Finnish)
- Believe
- Worth It! Try Hard.
- Continue – don’t give up! Enjoy!?
- Make your hospital fun!
- No Ego!
- Believe
- Commitment to excellence
- Keep sane! Find a way to make the journey FUN!
- Be patient. Keep going!
- Enjoy the journey
- Faith Makes things possible, not easy. –SSF
Process
- Magnet Champions
- Process vs. Outcome
- Ask Questions
- Start early
- Get involved!
- Be consistent! Start Early!
- Don’t be afraid of making mistakes!!! You grow from them!
- Just keep moving forward
- Magnet is a culture… embrace the journey
- Start Early. Early early early!
- Innovate!
- Be a change agent!
- Do something
- My best weapon is anticipation
- Learn what you can! Have an open Mind!
Teamwork
- Allow bedside nurses time away to help with shared governance
- Involve everyone in the hospital in the journey! Not just the nurses.
- Engage ambulatory partners!!
- Teamwork! Have frontline as proofreaders!
- Be a mentor!
- Get the team together…. Don’t stop meeting!
- Teamwork
- Emphasize culture change – not just for Magnet survey!
- Listen to the frontline staff!
- Listen to the front-line!
- Give positive feedback!
- No Drama mama!
- Teamwork
- Takes A Team
- Get Excited! Your enthusiasm will be infectious
- Sustain the excitement. Keep going!
- Engage ambulatory partner! Team work
- Reach out to colleagues!
- Let the front line staff help guide you. Don’t be afraid to be different
- More engagement of clinical nurses in the process
- Be a team player! LOVE what you do!
- Nurses responsible for owning practice and supporting their peers to do the same
- Empower nurses!
- Be transparent as leaders
- Don’t forget we nurses are about “caring
- Teamwork!
- Nurses Matter
- Bring everyone back to their purpose & up teamwork. Value everyone!
- Organize! Keep staff engaged!
Be Proud / Show Off!
- Show you love for what you do & your patients!
- be proud to highlight all the good thing you are doing
- Empower, Lead, Support, Culture
- Share your success!
- Education – Take advantage of any & all education that applies to your path
- Believe in yourself and your team!
- You are already! Just prove it!
- It is ok to brag!
- Take credit for the hard work you already do. Stay engaged
- Look for every opportunity to present your work! (Posters/exhibitions)
We hope these tips are useful on your Journey, and want to say thank you to all the Magnet leaders who helped add to this list!
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