A healthy work environment (HWE) is a key component of affirming the role of nurses in promoting excellent outcomes for patients.1 In 2005, when the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) implemented its HWE standards,1 a group of staff nurses from the cardiothoracic intensive care unit’s (CTICU’s) recruitment and retention committee collaborated with the leaders of the unit to implement the HWE standards. The impetus for adopting the HWE standards was the unit’s staff turnover rate, which was as high as 30%, requiring the hiring of 10 new nurses every year, a pace that was still not enough to keep up with the staff resignations. Moreover, the frequent use of agency nurses, overtime pay for regular staff, and the cost of training and orientation of new hires had a financial impact on the organization. The unit’s leaders believed that staff engagement was an important aspect of achieving an...
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1 April 2016
Creating a Healthy Workplace|
April 01 2016
Shared Governance for a Healthy Work Environment in a Pediatric Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
Nida Sulit Oriza, BSN;
Nida Sulit Oriza, BSN
Nida Sulit Oriza is Lead Charge Nurse, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Heart Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd, #74, Los Angeles, CA 90027 ([email protected]). Victoria Winter is Relief Charge Nurse, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Heart Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Flerida Imperial-Perez is Clinical Manager and Clinical Nurse Specialist, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
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Victoria Winter, MSN;
Victoria Winter, MSN
Nida Sulit Oriza is Lead Charge Nurse, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Heart Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd, #74, Los Angeles, CA 90027 ([email protected]). Victoria Winter is Relief Charge Nurse, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Heart Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Flerida Imperial-Perez is Clinical Manager and Clinical Nurse Specialist, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
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Flerida Imperial-Perez, MN
Flerida Imperial-Perez, MN
Nida Sulit Oriza is Lead Charge Nurse, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Heart Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd, #74, Los Angeles, CA 90027 ([email protected]). Victoria Winter is Relief Charge Nurse, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Heart Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Flerida Imperial-Perez is Clinical Manager and Clinical Nurse Specialist, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
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AACN Adv Crit Care (2016) 27 (2): 152–157.
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Nida Sulit Oriza, Victoria Winter, Flerida Imperial-Perez; Shared Governance for a Healthy Work Environment in a Pediatric Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit. AACN Adv Crit Care 1 April 2016; 27 (2): 152–157. doi: https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2016968
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