5 Ways to Meet the ANCC’s New Magnet Ambulatory Requirements

by Dan Tipton | Jun 28, 2023 | Certifications & Accreditation, Nursing Excellence

Over the past 20 years, U.S. health care has shifted from an acute inpatient fee-for-service model to an outpatient model, with nurses supporting this change through increased roles in ambulatory care settings. The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) first...

Get Involved: Nurses Should Influence How Patient Care is Delivered

by Dan Tipton | Jun 20, 2023 | Nursing Excellence

Nurses work hard to live up to their promise to deliver the very best care to patients. But the reality is that many patient care decisions are made far from the bedside–by lawmakers in Washington, D.C. and state capitols. Think about the effects of the...

Professional Practice Model in Action: John Muir Health’s Walnut Creek Medical Center

by Dan Tipton | Jun 13, 2023 | Certifications & Accreditation, Nursing Excellence

At Tipton, we are privileged to get a behind-the-scenes look at our client’s Sources of Evidence narratives for their Magnet® submissions. A painstaking amount of time and effort goes into sourcing, writing and editing these documents to help tell each organization’s...

Retain Your New-to-Practice Nurses: A Review of Recent Research

by Dan Tipton | Jun 7, 2023 | Nursing Excellence

New-to-practice nurses are perhaps the fastest growing nursing workforce group in many healthcare organizations, and we know that their success is paramount to strengthening the workforce and profession of nursing for the future. To understand how nurse leaders can...

Partnerships Between CNO and Exec Team Are Key to Meaningful Change

by Dan Tipton | May 2, 2023 | Nursing Excellence

Hospitals across the country continue to fight nursing shortages and retention challenges in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The executive team at SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital in Syracuse, New York has been able to make significant progress in...