Getting Magnetized - Search and Service Strategies for Nursing Excellence

Course Objectives:

Participants will:

1.    Describe the development of the ANCC Magnet initiative, its main provisions and its importance to hospitals.

2.   Describe knowledge-based information needs of nurses in clinical and academic settings, with an emphasis on evidence based nursing and the ANCC Magnet initiative.

3.    Identify collaborative education and service strategies to improve knowledge-based information services for nurses in clinical and academic settings.

4.    Suggest some search terms in Medline, CINAHL, and Google which could be used to identify material about Magnet or the Magnet principles.

5.   Identify the librarian's role in evaluation of point-of-care products and their usefulness in the librarian's particular setting.

Class Schedule:

Jan. 14 - 20, 2010

o      Topic One:  The history of ANCC Magnet Program and why it is important to hospitals

Jan. 21 - 27, 2010 

o    Topic Two:  Magnet components ("Forces of Magnetism"):  Overview and Discussion of Component 1 (Transformational Leadership) and Component 2 (Structural Empowerment)

Jan. 28 – Feb.3, 2010

o     Topic Three:  Discuss and explore Model Component 3 (Exemplary Professional Practice), Component 4 (New Knowledge, Innovations, and Improvements) and Component 5 (Empirical Outcomes)  Note:  the readings are extensive for this week so prepare to spend additional time on them

Feb. 4 -10, 2010

o    Topic Four: Evidence Based Nursing and Nursing Research & Its Importance in Hospitals and Magnet.  Librarians’ responses to the Magnet initiative

Feb. 11 – 17, 2010

o    Topic Five: Evaluating point-of-care resources for interdisciplinary practice: The Librarian's Role  Note:  expect to examine at least two point-of-care products and discuss their merits.  Passwords will be provided.

Feb. 18 – 24, 2010 

o    Topic Six:  Reflect on collaborative education and service strategies for the library to offer to improve knowledge-based information services to nurses in clinical and academic settings  

 

For each topic, course resources include PowerPoint 97-2003 slides, Word forms, one or two readings and discussion, and shared slides for teaching these concepts.   We've also included a lot of supplemental material for you to read/download now or at any time during the course or for the next 90 days.  Your access to the site will continue until then.  Once a Topic has been activated it will continue to be available to you for that entire period so feel free to come back later and review resources or discussion, ask us questions, etc. 
Page updated December 14, 2009

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