BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:myVU PRODID:-//Sitemason, Inc//Sitemason Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US-Central LAST-MODIFIED:19870101T000000Z BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/element/a6yrypb/id/52132 SUMMARY:VUMC nurses top national workplace satisfaction survey DESCRIPTION:Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurses say they have  one of the best working environment among 277 of the nation'\;s top hospitals\, according to results from the National RN Satisfaction Survey conducted by the National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators.\nSurvey participants represented 136 Magnet hospitals\, 77 academic medical centers and 64 hospitals with 500-plus beds.\n“The essential elements of Magnet we have in place are working\,” said Marilyn Dubree\, executive chief nursing officer. “We'\;ve created the right environment for our nurses to do their best work for our patients and their families.”\nNearly 220\,000 nurses from across the country were asked 31 different questions that resulted in measurements to gauge job enjoyment and satisfaction with their work environment. New to the survey this year was the “Practice Environment Scale\,” which is defined as characteristics of a work setting that facilitate or constrain professional nursing practice.\nEighty-five percent of Vanderbilt nurses participated in the survey. Questions distilled into five key areas\: nurse participation in hospital affairs\, foundations for quality of care\, nurse manager leadership and support\, staffing adequacy and collegial nurse-physician relations.\nVanderbilt nurses scored high in all five categories and additionally\, the Vanderbilt scores surpassed the average for Magnet designated hospitals.\nHolly Tyler in the hemotology/oncology unit at the Monroe Carell Children'\;s Hospital at Vanderbilt\, isn'\;t surprised by the findings. She worked as a care partner at another hospital before joining Vanderbilt three years ago and sees a difference in culture.\n“On our unit\, we all get along well\, genuinely care about our patients and each other\,” said Tyler. “Additionally\, structures like the unit board have worked by being our collective voice with hospital administration that allows us to raise issues and get matters addressed.”\nThe survey results will be rolled out via nurse managers to the individual units throughout the Medical Center for further review and discussion during the next few weeks\, but the overall figures are impressive\, said Dubree.\n“This wonderful response only happens when you value your nursing staff and give them a voice in continually enhancing the way we do things\,” said Dubree.\n“Earning Magnet was just the beginning for us. We are committed to being a place where nurses like to practice\, and we will continually launch new initiatives to make that happen.”\nExamples of new efforts include the summer '\;08 nurse residency program that netted more than 400 applications from candidates in 30 different states\, and the introduction of the Nursing Staff Councils serve to enhance lines of communication between the Vanderbilt Medical Group and Clinics\, Vanderbilt Hospital\, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital\, Children'\;s Hospital and VUMC administration.\n“These results are a reflection of our quality culture at Vanderbilt\,” said Dubree. “The key now is to keep building our momentum at the same time we are gearing up for projected growth.”\nCurrent plans call for VUMC to add 700 nurses during the next fiscal year.\nContact\: Kathy Rivers\, (615) 322-3894 URL;VALUE=URI: CATEGORIES:myvu CLASS:PUBLIC SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20120205T205336 CREATED;TZID=US-Central:20080307T150503 LAST-MODIFIED;TZID=US-Central:20100205T091418 DTSTART;TZID=US-Central:20080307T150800 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR