FY21 nursing annual accomplishments
At Baylor Scott & White Health, our nurses are dedicated to the care of a diverse community of patients. As members of our frontline care team, they take pride in seeking opportunities to provide a higher level of care.
In 2021, the nurses at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Irving worked together to deliver excellence in key areas of nursing.
Transformational leadership
- CNO led the team through a very challenging time during the pandemic
- CNO led initiative for staffing model using NCTTRAC for COVID-19 patients
- CNO led the creation of surge plan for Covid-19 to add 46 new negative pressure rooms by cutting out windows and using blowers
- CNO led the team through the implementation of EPIC
- CNO serves as executive sponsor for BSWH for the new MDR program
Structural empowerment
- BSN rate 90.99%
- Certification rate 54%
- Nurse Residency Program improved graduation rate to 100%
- DAISY Award recognition for nurses continues to be rolled out
- Nurses recognized with the D Magazine Nursing Excellence Award
- Study group for nurse leaders to take nurse executive exam
Exemplary professional practice
- Re-designated as Chest Pain Center from The Joint Commission
- Re-designated as Stroke Center from The Joint Commission noviembre 2021
- Earned recognition on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals list by receiving a high performing rating in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and
- Insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva
- Earned Silver Plus Award for Stroke from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get with the Guidelines
- Awarded Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Five-Star Quality Rating
- Awarded Healthgrades’ America’s 250 Best Hospitals
- Awarded Best Emergency Department in the City of Irving
- Received Level II Maternal Care Center designation by the Texas Department of State Health Services
- Received Level II NICU designation
- Awarded Best Hospital and Best Emergency Room by Living Magazine, Las Colinas-Coppell
- Awarded Best Medical Center of Irving by the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce
- Awarded Best Medical Center by the readers of Coppell Gazette/Star Local Media
- Completed Pulse Oximeter Pilot with success; readmissions from Jan-May – 4.5%
- Length of Stay goal met at .95 (Goal = .98)
- HCAHPS Composite Score: YTD Above Goal: 73.3 (Goal: 72.4)
Does the John Hopkins Highest Level of Mobility Scale influence fall reduction in patients as compared to patients not rated by the John Hopkins Highest Level of Mobility Scale within a 6-month period? By Effie Thomas completed 9/2021
- CEO Award received by Amy Thomas, pharmacist clinical coordinator for COVID-19 response, vaccine distribution and research trials at Irving, which was among 700 nominees
- One of 143 hospitals that received CMS approval to implement a Home Recovery Care Program
- 5 patients have received acute care at home
BSWQA Workplace Violence Grant obtained by Penny Huddleston, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
ED submitted three posters to the IER Quality Summit, receiving second place for poster titled “House-wide Collaboration”
- Huddleston, P. (2020). Measuring unlicensed assistive personnel perceptions of a healthy work environment in acute care settings, part 4. Journal of Nursing Administration, 50(10), 526-532.
- Arroliga, M.E., Dhanani, K., Arroliga, A.C., Huddleston, P.S., Trahan, J., Aguilar, T. & Weldon, D. (2021). Allergic reactions and adverse events associated with the administration of mRNA-based vaccines: A health-care system experience. Allergy and Asthma Proceedings, 42, 395-399.
- Moral Distress Among Nurses in the Environment of a Pandemic: A Survey Study completed 6/2021
- Measuring the Clinical Nurses Perceptions of Workplace Bullying Part 3
- Measuring the Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Perceptions of Workplace Bullying Part 3
- Delaying the Bath to Increase Breastfeeding Rates in Mothers who Vaginally Delivered Newborns
- Use of Weighted Blankets in Patients with Behavioral Disturbances in Acute Care Settings
- Team Support: Help When You Need it! #3
- Measuring Interventions for Meaningful Recognition and Skilled Communication using the Healthy Work Environment Scale for Direct Care Nurses in Acute Care Settings #10
- Measuring Interventions for Meaningful Recognition and Skilled Communication using the Healthy Work Environment Scale for Nurse Leaders in Acute Care Settings #11
- Effects of Virtual Reality for Non-Opioid Pain Management for Patients after a post-surgical procedure in Acute Care Settings