Parkview Whitley honored for Outstanding Nursing Quality in 2011

Wednesday, 15 February 2012 3:32

Gabriel, Gough, Johnson, Palmer, Stuckey (With the award, from left: Scott Gabriel, Parkview Whitley Hospital Chief Operating Officer, Michelle Gough, medical/surgical manager; Bridget Johnson, vice president of patient services; Katie Palmer, RN; and Melissa Stuckey, RN.)

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Parkview Whitley Hospital has been chosen as the recipient of the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality for a Community Hospital in the year 2011. The award recognizes hospitals that improve patient outcomes and maintain high nurse job satisfaction. The NDNQI is the nation’s most comprehensive database of nursing performance measures.

Parkview Whitley was one of only six hospitals recognized out of 1,800 nationwide that report performance measures to ANA’s NDNQI. According to ANA, award winners “demonstrated superior results” on a broad range of nursing-sensitive performance indicators, including patient falls with injury, hospital-acquired infections and pressure ulcers.

Some of the strategies employed at Parkview Whitley Hospital included:

Use of NDNQI data to drive optimal results for patients Interventions/strategies for falls, pressure ulcers, infections

Investment in training, data collection for patient safety

Nurses driving design of patient care areas

“The award-winning hospitals recognize the importance of basing their nursing care strategies on data showing what produces the best results for patients,” said ANA President Karen A. Daley, PhD. “They are committed to continuous improvement, outstanding teamwork, effective leadership and evidence-based practices.”

“I am very proud of our nursing leaders and all of our nurses and support staff for their commitment to quality care,” said Bridget Johnson, vice president of patient services at Parkview Whitley Hospital. “It is not just nursing; it takes everyone in the hospital, so this is everyone’s award.”

The 2011 NDNQI Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality® honorees were identified from approximately one-third of all U.S. hospitals. In addition to Parkview Whitley winning in the Community Hospital category, the other winners were:

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J. – Academic Medical Center

Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City, Ind. – Community Hospital

Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, Colo. – Teaching Hospital (five-time winner)

Shriners Hospital for Children-Chicago, Chicago, Ill. – Pediatric Hospital

The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, N.Y. – Rehabilitation Hospital

Linden Oaks Hospital, Naperville, Ill. – Psychiatric Hospital

The awards were announced at the ANA Nursing Quality Conference™ in Las Vegas, attended by more than 1,100 nursing and healthcare quality leaders. The award winners demonstrated superior results and sustained improvement in patient outcomes that are tied to the quality of nursing services and nurse work environment factors. ANA has presented the awards for the last five years.

It is not an award for which hospitals apply. It is based on evidence, and determined by sustained improvement. To be eligible, hospitals had to report data on nursing indicators to NDNQI for four consecutive quarters and participate in the RN survey.