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Patient and Family Centered Care


MCCG’s care, delivery, and professional practice model reference

I. Patient Family Centered Care Model

*Conceptual framework woven throughout MCCG that frames each RNs role and responsibility, assures autonomy, and allows RN to take responsibility and accountability for care they provide.

Elements of our model include patient/ family education, plan of care and nursing process across the continuum, involvement in care and decision making, promoting independence and achievement of mutually determined goals of health, stability or peaceful death, cultural diversity honored, provision of resources and tools, communication and standards of care.

II. Patient Care Delivery Models

*Defines RN authority and accountability for clinical decision-making and outcomes. Unit level methods to deliver pt family centered care. Addresses how patients/ family involved in care; assignments made to assure continuity, quality and effectiveness of care; incorporates professional/ regulatory standards.

Total patient care: one RN completes all cares for patient. generally critical care, procedural areas.

Team: various levels of staff with RN coordinating care- generally medical surgical units

Primary: one nurse assigned for duration of episode or stay- can be modified- one or two nurses or provide consistent, coordinated oversight of patient care.

Team/ Total: one RN completes all cares with help of assistive personnel.

Couplet: one RN assigned to mother/ baby. L&D or Family Birth Center

Case Management: - RN coordinates, communicates, documents, chart review, providing oversight.. generally ambulatory, home health, hospice type settings.

Case care- RN provides care to patient for duration of procedure or encounter. Generally Urgent care, EC, GHC invasive.

Professional Practice Model

*Describes how nurses practice, collaborate, communicate and develop professionally while having the authority and responsibility for optimal patient outcomes. Provides foundation for care. Evidence based and theoretical, involves all levels of nurses, integrated throughout MCCG.

Element Brief Summary
MCCG vision To be a national leader in providing the safest, highest quality community-centered health care and wellness services through our highly skilled, diverse and valued workforce to meet the changing needs of those we serve.
MCCG Mission To enhance the health status of those we serve in partnership with medical staff and community organizations by providing wellness services, health education and training and access to safe high quality health care.
MCCG Values Excellence: We continually strive to provide the highest quality services at the lowest possible cost with the best utilization of resources.
Integrity: We act honestly and ethically in all relationships.
Diversity: We value and respect the uniqueness and dignity of all individuals.
Service: We responsibly anticipate the needs of our community and cooperatively work with our medical staff and community entities to provide a safe and seamless continuum of care.
Compassion: We respond through a caring environment to the holistic needs of those we serve
MCCG Pillars 1. Our People: We commit to value and support our employees. 2. Quality: We commit to continuously improve the quality of our services and outcomes. 3. Service Excellence: We commit to exceeding the expectations of our customers. 4. Safety: We commit to a safe environment for our staff, patients, and visitors. 5. Growth: we commit to build our services to meet the needs of our community. 6. Financial Performance: We commit to sound financial management.
MCCG Goals Defined each year. Categorized under our Pillars.
Nursing Philosophy: We C.AR.E. The foundation of our nursing philosophy is how we care for others. Our patient- and family-centered care is holistic and respects both

human rights and the unique needs of the individual. Each of us demonstrates a strong commitment to professional development,

education, organizational success, and improving the health of our community. Our commitment to quality care is seen through the

organizational values of excellence, integrity, diversity, service, compassion and competency. Accountability, collaboration,

empowering leadership, well managed change, and the use of evidence-based research is vital for the provision of quality, safe care.

Transformational Leadership from bedside RN to CNO and all levels in between. The transformational leader is one who: focuses and unites both leader and employee to common vision and ideals; promotes change and active and participatory roles in moving employees beyond self-interest; stimulates commitment to shared vision and goals; utilizes team development to assure effective communication and taps into creativity, problem solving, collaboration of team to solve problems. Key tenets: model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act and encourage the heart.
Nursing Goals Derived from MCCG goals each year through Organization Wide Councils, approved by Nursing Executive Council.
Shared Governance- Dr. Timothy Porter O'Grady Shared Governance (SG) provides a framework based on the belief that nurses closest to the patient are in the best position to make decisions related to patient care and nursing practice. This framework allows nurses, management and other skill levels to work collaboratively to develop nursing practice and patient care while empowering clinical nurses to participate and lead decision-making processes, based on evidence-based practice. The core of MCCG’s SG model are Unit Councils (UC), who are responsible for providing input and making patient care and nursing practice decisions at the unit level. The Chairs of the UC meet on a regular basis to share information, communicate and assure best practices are promulgated. The Chairs of the six organization wide councils (Education, Operations, Practice, Professional Development, Quality, and Research) , along with nursing Administration and CNO, comprise the governing Nursing Executive Council (NEC).
EBP/Research: Iowa Model MCCG's evidence based practice (EBP)/ research model is based on the Iowa Model by Marita Titler. The model describes the process and decision points for assuring patient care and nursing practice are evidence and researched based. Clinical policies and procedures are developed at the unit or organizational level and approved by UC, Nursing Practice and NEC.
Novice to Expert: Patricia Benner Utilized as the model for patient and staff competency and development, describes nurses as passing through 5 levels of development: novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert. Each step builds on the previous one as abstract principles are refined and expanded by experience and the learner gains clinical expertise. Recognizes experience is a prerequisite for becoming an expert.
Interdisciplinary communication/collaboration- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Team STEPS® tenets Interdisciplinary communication/ collaboration:
  • Practice Operation Excellence behaviors
  • Respect cultural beliefs, creates inclusive welcoming environment and recognizes importance of individual and cultural diversity in developing effective teams
  • Team STEPS® tenets: Leadership is key.
    • STEP: Status of patient, Team members, Environment and Progress toward goal
    • Situation monitoring including individual responsibility for making I’M SAFE decisions.
    • Mutual support-seek and offer task assistance, use CUS- “I am Concerned or Uncomfortable” “This is a Safety issue.”, two challenge rule, feedback should be timely, respectful, specific, directed toward improvement, considerate, DESC script: Describe specifics, Express concerns, Suggest alternatives, state Consequences
    • Communication- SBAR: Situation Background Assessment Recommendation, Handoff (shift, to/from procedure, caregiver change), Read-Back and Verify, Time Out

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