Building a Bridge Between MLA and the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program

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Building a Bridge Between MLA and the ANCC Magnet
Recognition Program

• Melody M. Allison, RN, BSN, MSLIS, Associate
  Biology Librarian, University of Illinois at
  Urbana-Champaign Immediate Past Chair, NAHRS
• Margaret Bandy, MLS, AHIP, Manager, Library
  Media Services, Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital,
  Denver, CO Member, MLA Board of Directors
  Immediate Past Chair, HLS Standards Committee
• Presented at MLA08 NAHRS Section Program
  Connecting Libraries, Nurses, and Accreditation/
  Credentialing Organizations to Improve Patient
  Care May 20, 2008, 430 600 pm

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Magnet Working PaperAllison, MM. Magnet Working
paper. 2006 Jan1-13.

• Comparison of several publications about Magnet
  standards that are required for Magnet
  Recognition , including The Magnet Recognition
  Program Recognizing Excellence in Nursing
  Service Application Manual 2005 and the Scope
  and Standards for Nurse Administrators, Second
  Edition, (both official ly used by MRP) to MLA
  Standards for Hospital Libraries 2002 and MLA
  Standards for Hospital Libraries 2002 with 2004
  Revisions.
• The magnet recognition program recognizing
  excellence in nursing service application
  manual 2005. Silver Spring, Md. American Nurses
  Credentialing Center, 2005.
• American Nurses Association. Scope and standards
  for nurse administrators, 2nd ed. Washington, DC
  nursesbooks.org, American Nurses Association,
  2004.

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Magnet Working PaperMLA Hospital Standards

• Standards for hospital libraries 2007 Hospital
  Libraries Section Standards Committee. J Med Libr
  Assoc. 2008 April 96(2) 162169. doi
  10.3163/1536-5050.96.2.162. (cited May 6 May
  2008). lthttp//www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlere
  nder.fcgi?toolpmcentrezartid2268237gt.
• Hassig RA. Standards for hospital libraries 2002
  with 2004 revisions. Med Libr Assoc. 2005 April
  93(2) 282283. Med Libr Assoc. 2005 April
  93(2) 282283. (cited May 6 May 2008). ).
  http//www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcg
  i?toolpmcentrezartid1082947gt.
• Gluck JC, et al. Standards for hospital libraries
  2002. J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 October 90(4)
  465472. (cited May 6 May 2008).
  lthttp//www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fc
  gi?toolpmcentrezartid128964gt.

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Magnet Working Paper

• Example
• Forces of Magnetism
• Force 9 Autonomy
• Provide evidence that nurses throughout the
  organization have access to the Internet,
  library, and other/or other appropriate
  literature/data sources

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MLA/ ANCC Magnet Get Acquainted Dinner

• Post Magnet program at MLA Annual Meeting, 2006.

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• Dr. Christina Joy, Senior Magnet Program
  Specialist
• Melody Allison, NAHRS Program Chair
• Carolyn Brown, NAHRS Chair
• Deborah Lauseng, NAHRS Secretary
• Carla Funk, MLA Executive Director
• Margaret Bandy, MLA Board and HLS Standards
  Committee (wine glass!)

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• Melody Allison, NAHRS Program Chair
• Mary Fran Prottsman HLS Program Chair
• Dr. Christina Joy, ANCC Senior Magnet Specialist
  --
• Richard Barry, Librarian/Archivist at American
  Nurses Association

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• Presentation of commemorative poster to Dr.
  Christina Joy.

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Task Force to Create Standards for Nursing
Information Resources and Services in Healthcare
Settings

• Ascertain current standards and criteria used by
  accrediting bodies
• Establish guidelines and standards
• Consider various avenues of implementation
• Collaborate with relevant MLA bodies and external
  library and nursing organizations

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Key MLA and Affiliate Groups

• MLA Section Council
• MLA Vital Pathways Task Force
• Hospital Libraries Section
• Intergency Council on Information Resources in
  Nursing

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National Magnet Conference

• Available at http//www.anccmagnetconference.org/

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MLA Representative to ANCC

• to represent, interpret, and promote the
  interests of MLA
• to attend meetings of the allied organization
• to serve ex officio on the appropriate committees
  of MLA to facilitate
• communication between MLA and the allied
  organization
• to make recommendations through the appropriate
  MLA committee for action to be taken by the board
  of directors concerning activities of mutual
  interest to the allied organization and MLA
• MLA Representatives to Allied Organizations
  2008 April 28 http//www.mlanet.org/about/lead
  ers/allied.html

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MLA Magnet White Paper

• Magnet Recognition Program Collaboration
  Proposal
• The American Nurses Credentialing Center and the
  Medical Library Association
• White Paper
• Available at http//www.mlanet.org/resources/vi
  tal/mlawhitepaper.html

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MLA Core Values ANCC MRP Goals

• Improve the knowledge and skills of health
  information professionals
• Advance health information research and
  evidence-based practice
• Advance the role of health information
  professionals in providing the best health
  information to all who work in healthcare, health
  education and research
• Promote the use of scientific evidence in making
  healthcare decisions
• Promote a sense of community and collaboration
  with similar organizations to ensure that the
  best health information is available to all

• Promoting quality in a setting that supports
  professional practice
• Identifying excellence in the delivery of nursing
  services to patients/residents and
• Disseminating best practices in nursing services

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MLA Magnet White Paper

• Its about time.
• Its about expertise.
• Its about standards.
• Its about collaboration.

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Results and Conclusions
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