PNSO:

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• PNSO
• Professional Nursing Staff
• Organization

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PNSO Bringing all aspects of nursing together
Educational
Clinical
Administrative
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Purpose of the PNSO

• Connect registered nurses across roles and
  settings
• Provide a process to address practice and
  professional development issues
• Give authority to the President and Cabinet to
  speak for nursing
• Give every registered nurse a way to be involved

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Every registered nurse employed by The Medical
Center, The School of Nursing and The School of
Medicine is automatically a member of the PNSO
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UVA Nursing Vision

• Our professional nursing staff will be
• recognized as leaders
• in providing innovative, research-based nursing
  services
• in an environment that
• supports professional development
• and recognizes nursing excellence

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Values Statement of the PNSO

• As professional nurses at the UVAHS we commit to
• Accountability of governing our own practice
  through the Bylaws of the PNSO.
• Nursing excellence in accordance with the
  institutional core values of Respect, Integrity,
  Stewardship, and Excellence.
• The ANA Code of Ethics

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How does this get done?
It is not Magic! It takes work!
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PNSO Bylaws

• Provide a consistent governance structure for
  professional nursing at UVA
• Are unique for a professional nursing practice
  area
• Affirm the professional status of nursing along
  side physician colleagues

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Executive Committee
2007 President-Sharon Bragg RN BSN CCRN, PIC
6062, 982-1049, 243-2798
2007 President-Elect-Walter Mason RN MSN CS CSAC,
924-5569, 243-2798

• Additional Members
• 2007 Immediate Past President-Lisa Forsyth RN MSN
• 2007 Interim Director Nursing Governance-Teresa
  Haller RN MSN MBA
• 2007 Nursing Governance Manager-Holly Glassberg
  RN MSN
• 2007 Interim Communications Officer-Maria Carlton
  RN MSN

Chief Clinical Officer/Chief Nursing
Officer-Pamela F. Cipriano RN PhD FAAN 924-9112

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Nursing Congress

• Composed of Delegates elected by RN staff.
• Convenes every year has quarterly checkpoints,
  educational events, and ongoing communication
  role
• Delegates help to determine and prioritize the
  agenda of the Nursing Cabinet for the coming
  year.
• Incorporates feedback from the Nursing Work Life
  Survey

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Cabinet

• Appointed yearly by the Executive Committee
• Appointees come from across the Health System
• Members serve as liaisons to practice areas and
  are the conduit for PNSO news and issues
• Meets twice a month (1st and 3rd Thursdays
  1400-1600, Medical Center Boardroom.) All RNs
  are welcome to attend

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Committees
The work of the PNSO is completed through
collaboration of the Cabinet and PNSO committees

• The Clinical Practice Committee
• The Professional Development Committee
• The Governance Committee
• The Nursing Research Program

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The PNSO at WorkRNs Promoting Change

• Comfort care MIS ordering screen
• Re-labeling inpatient meds for home use
  (examples insulin, asthma meds, eye drops)
• Nurse research at UVA prompted sweeping IV
  practice changes
• Improved parking and transportation service to
  Scott Stadium
• Nursing Resource Portal

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PNSO Clinical Portal

• Created for Nurses by Nurses
• The go-to spot for up-to-date information
• The door through which you can access
  information
• The Portal is your one-stop source for all kinds
  of information useful to your daily practice and
  regulatory survey preparation

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Nursing Clinical Resource Portal

• Clinical Portal has links to
• policies procedures,
• clinical pathways clinical practice guidelines,
  
• patient education resources,
• forms documentation resources,
• electronic reference tools,
• the Practice News,
• and interdisciplinary partners' websites!

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PNSO Clinical Portal

• Hyperlink
• http//www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/home.html
• If you have suggestions regarding the portal,
  please let the PNSO know.

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PNSO Annual Report

• The PNSO Annual Report is distributed in
  early March to every UVA RN.
• The Annual Report celebrates the achievements of
  our shared-governance organization and the
  individual accomplishments of a large number of
  our professional nurses. 

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Nurses Have a Voice In UVAHS Decisions

• Clinical Staff Executive Committee CCO/CNO and
  President of PNSO are members
• Quality Council CCO/CNO co-chair, President of
  PNSO are members
• Health System Joint Operating Committee CCO/CNO
  is a member
• Medical Center Executive Group CCO/CNO is a
  member
• Patient Care Committee CCO/CNO is co-chair
• Parking Transportation Committee Nursing has
  more representatives than any other discipline
• Nursing Pharmacy Committee Chair is Nursing
  Practice committee member

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UVAHS is Magnet Recognized
Received ANCC Magnet Designation in August 2006
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Magnet Designation

• Magnet Recognition is the highest level of
  recognition awarded nursing services by the
  American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

A decade of research shows that nurses practicing
in Magnet facilities report high levels of job
satisfaction, control over their practice, the
ability to provide high quality care and strong
recruitment and retention.
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What Does Magnet Stand For?
Maintaining a highly satisfying and professional
environment. Acknowledging valuing nurses'
contributions to patient care daily. Governing
with institutional regard for the nursing
philosophy. Nursing autonomy that contributes to
positive patient outcomes. Excellence
demonstrated through achievement of Forces of
Magnetism criteria. Teamwork that fosters
collaborative and collegial practice and
communication.
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Why Magnet Status?

• NURSING AT UVA exemplifies EXCELLENCE at Our Top
  100 Hospital!
• Nurses seeking employment are looking for Magnet
  hospitals
• Consumers of health care are looking for Magnet
  facilities
• Improves retention
• Assures continued pursuit of nursing excellence
  with periodic revalidation

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Your Rights and Responsibilities

• annual nomination and election of
  President-elect, Nominating committee and
  Congress Delegates voting for Bylaws amendments
• annual Nursing Work Life Survey, voicing candid
  feedback to promote a healthy work environment
• identification and resolution of practice and
  professional development issues and concerns
• activities of PNSO such as Week of the Nurse,
  Nursing Excellence Awards, Nursing Grand Rounds,
  and Leadership Forums.

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How YOU Can Get Involved

• Check the web page often for updated nursing
  information! www.UVANurses.virginia.edu
• Connect with your Congress Delegate and Cabinet
  Liaison!
• Join a PNSO committee!
• Speak up and seek answers to practice questions
  others may be having the same questions!
• Attend the Nursing Assemblies Leadership
  Forums!
• Provide feedback in the annual Nursing Worklife
  Survey, and anytime by emailing PNSO_at_virginia.edu
• VOTE in the annual Elections!

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Professional Organizations Resource on PNSO
Website
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Questions?Comments?