An innovative health system strategy to create and sustain healthy work environments
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Susan A. Winslow, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Nursing Administration, Sentara Healthcare, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA; Joani S. Brough, MSHA, BSN, RN, Nursing Administration, Sentara Healthcare, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA; Genemarie W. McGee, MS, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, Nursing Administration, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, Virginia, USA; Cindy A. Parker, MA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Clinical Education, Sentara Healthcare, Chesapeake, Virginia, USA
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This evidence-based practice project presents an innovative tool used by nurse leaders across a complex health system to visualize unit work environmental health. The goal was to develop a useful visual to classify nurse sensitive unit elements necessary to monitor a healthy work environment.
Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019: Innovating Healthy Clinical and Academic Environments: Optimizing Patient Outcomes and Professional Well-Being, February 22-24, 2019. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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| Type | Poster |
| Acquisition | Proxy-submission |
| Review Type | Abstract Review Only: Reviewed by Event Host |
| Format | Text-based Document |
| Evidence Level | N/A |
| Research Approach | N/A |
| Keywords | Healthy Work Environments; Nursing Unit; Retention |
| Name | Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019 |
| Host | Sigma Theta Tau International |
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Date | 2019 |
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