CNA Convention - Nursing and Quality: A Natural Link - October Staff Nurse of the Month

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CNA召开并发布面向1995年州立法机构的医疗改革建议进展信息，强调截至目前尚未形成具体方案。内容包含10月“Staff Nurse of the Month”评选，表彰Susan Brown在心脏内科重症监护病房的领导与专业护理贡献。另有CNA 1994-1995立法议程，提出全民可及、健康生活方式、无歧视规则、服务范围与质量一致、融资公平以及强化公共卫生基础设施等主张。会议综述涵盖护理交付模式与运营重塑讨论，关注护理任务拆分、岗位授权教学及以个案管理支持患者贯穿诊疗流程。

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October Staff Nurse of the Month

CNA 1994-1995 Legislative Agenda

Nursing News

Office of Health Care Access Update

Keynote Address

Plenary Session

CONNECTICUT NovJDee.1994 # CNA Convention:Nursing and Quality:A Natural Link Throughout the month of October theOHCA Advisory Board has been holding or-ganizational and working sessions with thegoal of presenting health care reform recom-mendations to the State Legislature in early1995.To date no specific plan have beenadopted. her presentation. CNA has been represented at these ses-sionsby CNAPresident Barbara Pokony andCNA Board Member Marilyn Richard whohave been appointed asalternates to the OHCAAdvisory Board.Information regarding thework of OHCA will be distributed to CNAmembers as it becomes available. # October Staff Nurse ofthe Month The CNA Awards Committee is proud toannounce that Susan Brown,a staff nurse inthe Medica Coronary Intensive Care Unit atSt.Francis Hospital in Hartford has beenselected as the October Staff Nurse of theMonth.Susan was nominated by two of herstaff nurse peers.Susan was nominated be-cause of the excellent leadership skills shedemonstrates in a staff nurse role.She exhib-its ahigh degree of professionalism in provid-ing excellent patient care.She is recognizedand utilized as aresource person by her peers.Her dedication to unit based committees fa-cilitates the quality of patientcare.Susan goesabove and beyond the call of duty to meet herpatients needs. The Awards Committee looks forward tohonoring Susan and the eleven other staffnurse who were selected as StaffNurse of theMonth during the pastyear at theCNAAwardsLuncheon at the AnnualConvention on Octo-ber 21,1994! CNA1994-1995 Legislative Agenda 1.CNA supports health care reforms thatprovide for:a.Universal access to care b.Promotion of healthy lifestyles c.Rules thatare uniformly applicable andnon-discrimina-tory to all consumers d.A full range of indi-vidual services e.Consistent quality of ser-vices based on the needs of the consumer f.Fair,equitable and realistic financing mecha-nisms that include nurse providersg.Initiativesthat strengthen the Public Health Infrastructure. 2.CNA supports legislative measures rec-ognizing the right of registered nurses to pro-vide their full scope of professional servicesauthorized by law. Continued on page 2) # NURSING NEWS Office of Health CareAccess Update The meeting began with a Clinical Prac-tice Forum:Changing Delivery Models:CanYou Give the Kind of Care You Want toGive?Judy Schindul-Rothschild PhD,RN,CS presented a historical view in the fortiesand fifties of scientific management whennursing was dissected down to it tiniest dis-criminant components in order to design timeand motion studies.In the fifties the humanrelations approach came into vogue followedin the sixties and seventies by primary nurs-ing. As we have rapidly shifted into hospitalredesign she pointed out some interestingstatistics,In Canada the overheadexpenses inhospital care are significantly lower than inthe United States while nurses salaries inCanada in proportion to the gross nationalproduct are higher.In addition the nurse topatient ratio in the hospital setting remainslower than in the United States.The implica-tion is that managed care is not good fornurses and in the end may be detrimental toquality care. Karen Camp MS,RN presented the Pa-tient Focused Operational Redesign model atYale New Haven Hospital.They have begunimplementing it on specific units.She de-scribed unbundling nursing tasks to try todetermine which type of worker is needed todo what parts of care.For example,she de-scribedaunit where nurses were still washingitems that should have long ago been done byhousekeeping.So,in theirredesign efforts thehospital is putting in place support servicesthat will then free the nurse to give morehighly specialized care.Finally Ms.Campemphasized the important of teaching nurseswhat and how to delegate as an essentialcomponent in this change. Regina McNamaraMS,RN,presented thechanges that have been occurring at BristolHospital.She described how the goal is tohelp get the patient throu

FAQs

CNA在1995年初向州立法机构提交的医疗改革建议进展如何？

10月期间，OHCA Advisory Board举行组织与工作会议以呈报改革建议，但截至目前仍未采纳具体计划。

10月的Staff Nurse of the Month是谁，因为什么被提名？

Susan Brown被选为10月Staff Nurse of the Month。她因在staff nurse角色中展现出出色领导力、专业精神与优质患者照护表现，并作为资源人员支持同侪、推动岗位委员会工作以促进护理质量。

CNA 1994-1995立法议程主要支持哪些医疗改革方向？

议程强调全民可及、促进健康生活方式、规则对所有消费者同等适用且不歧视、提供完整的个体服务范围、基于消费者需求的一致服务质量、包含护士提供者的公平且现实的融资机制，以及强化公共卫生基础设施的倡议。

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