Challenges of the Nursing Department
Challenges of the Nursing Department
The Nursing Department of St. Luke’s International Hospital values the autonomy of the nursing profession. As a leading hospital with superior-quality nursing staff, we have been proactively engaged in a variety of innovative initiatives. One such activity is our challenge for the Magnet® designation, a recognition program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to recognize excellence in nursing practice. Striving to become a hospital with the magnetic attributes to attract patients, nurses and physicians like a magnet, the Nursing Department has lead the initiative toward this prestigious credential. And now we are proud to announce that St. Luke’s has achieved Japan’s first ever Magnet Recognition® designation on November, 2019.
St. Luke's International Hospital was grandly introduced at the Magnet Conference 2021 Celebration Parade for becoming the first Magnet Hospital in Japan.
What is Magnet® Recognition?
Magnet® Recognition is a prestigious international credential awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the world's largest nursing credentialing organization and recognizes healthcare organizations that provide the best quality patient care and nursing expertise. The Magnet Recognition® program is the highest honor for nursing excellence in the US and provides the community with the ultimate benchmark to measure the quality of care. This hospital is the first in Japan to be designated.
More information about The Magnet Recognition® program and current statistics is available at the following link: https://www.nursingworld.org/magnet
At St. Luke's International Hospital, the nursing department’s shared governance system includes conferences aimed to improve quality nursing care. Nurses proactively participate in these conferences which serve to strengthen the bottom-up organizational system while empowering staff nurses at all levels. The following are some examples of such conferences:
Representative Nurse Conference
Nurse delegates from all units in the hospital participate in this conference to perform activities that will enhance nursing practice, valuing and reflecting the voices of the bedside clinical nurses. Targeting all aspects of nursing within the hospital, staff nurses discuss matters of concern as well as new ideas which emerge from their everyday tasks. Some examples of cases handled to date include:
- Enhancement of across-the-unit collaboration and support activities.
- Regular meetings to support staff members returning to the workplace after maternity/childcare leave
- Discontinuing/decreasing oral handoffs between nurse shifts.
- Preparation of document files for nurses aiming to improve the explanation skills for medical procedures and exams.
Members of the 2018 Representative Nurse Conference
The meeting to support staff members returning to the workplace after maternity/childcare leave
Clinical Nursing Conferences
Clinical Nursing Conferences, which are led by nurse experts in various fields, actively take part in raising the quality of nursing care and disseminating information throughout the hospital. The information thus received serves as the basis of improvement activities for quality care in each unit. Clinical Nursing Conferences also serve to nurture nurses’ interest and expertise in specific fields, and related activities help nurses discover their own career models.
Clinical Nursing Conferences
- Pressure ulcer care
- Diabetes care
- Mental care
- Respiratory care
- Nutritional support
- Dysphagia nursing care
- Oral care
- Critical care
- Cancer treatment care
- Infection prevention care
- Delirium prevention/Dementia care
- Clinical ethics nursing
- Home Care Support
Clinical Nursing Conferences related to nursing administration / education
- Nursing procedure
- Outpatient nursing
- Education programs
- Nursing documents
- Nursing incident
St. Luke's Magnet Express
2018 St. Luke’s Nursing Olympics
As we decided to challenge for our first Magnet® designation, this team of champions were created to enroot the culture of praise and recognition by making an appeal about the activities of nursing department to both inside and outside the hospital and by acknowledging each other for the great initiatives taken. In addition to sharing knowledge and exchanging information about Magnet® Recognition, in-house events such as “Magnet® Fair” and “St. Luke’s Nursing Olympics” are also planned and held to visually showcase nursing excellence at St. Luke’s. Magnet® Recognition is often compared to a journey, and as a team we are proud to be on the Magnet® Journey in unison with all the hospital staff.