From the Chief Nursing Officers
Cindy Sayre, CNO, UWMC Montlake and Christin Gordanier, ACNO, UWMC Northwest
UWMC is pleased to present our 2022 Nursing Annual Report. This document highlights the accomplishments of nurses across all domains of our Professional Practice Model.
Top of the list for 2022 was the achievement of an unprecedented 7th Magnet designation. This prestigious recognition was the culmination of work spanning 2016-2021. The document included 79 stories about how nurses provided key leadership to improve patient outcomes such as Falls with Injury, Sepsis Mortality and Safe management of glucose levels. In addition, UWMC demonstrated important improvements in the nursing environment such as standardized transition to practice and mentorship programs.
The recognition cited no deficiencies and 3 exemplar practices:
- Our COVID-19 response including the decision to share policies with other hospitals across the country
- Authentic Leadership
- A higher percentage of nurses educated at the BSN and Higher level compared to national benchmarks
UWMC was also proud to sponsor 2 projects designed to benefit the healthcare teams in 2022:
- Project Recharge-Funded by a generous donation by Mary Piggott to the Roger G Giesecke Fund, UWMC solicited applications for grants to improve break spaces across both campuses. Overall, 44 teams were granted resources to refresh break spaces. Some examples included the addition of massage chairs and improved lighting and seating for these areas.
- Healthy Work Environment Projects-Based on the Healthy Work Environment framework from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, support was offered to teams across the medical center to develop and implement a program. In total, 31 teams completed projects that have improved their environments. Many of those teams saw an improvement reflected in the 2023 Press Ganey Employee Engagement survey.
We hope you enjoy reading this Annual Report. We encourage you to join us in celebrating the incredible work we have done together.
Cindy Sayre, PhD, RN
Chief Nursing Officer
Senior Associate Administrator, Patient Care Services
University of Washington Medical Center | UW Medicine
Christin Gordanier, RN, MN
Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Northwest Campus
University of Washington Medical Center | UW Medicine