Comfort Applied At Miami Children’s Hospital

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Magnet Redesignation March 21, 2012 

Shown: Miami Children's Hospital Chief Nursing Officer, Jackie Gonzales
and Dr. Kathy Kolcaba during the MAGNET redesignation consultation March 21, 2012. 
Take Me To The Miami Children's Hospital Photo Set On Flickr

Preparing For Magnet Redesignation At Miami Children's Hospital 

Last week I was worked with nurses at Miami Children's Hospital, where dedication to  patients and families was awesome and inspiring. Indeed, I find that working towards Magnet (for more information see American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program) whether for the first or third award, brings health care workers together and helps them focus on and remember all of the wonderful things they do every day. Blog continues below photos.

 

Recognize and Celebrate Comfort Theory

When they choose Comfort Theory for their journey, they also see that the comforting strategies they employ intuitively, and which mean so much to their “clients, ” are legally
invisible!

The invisibility of comforting strategies was brought home during this visit when I discovered that one of the nurse leaders at Miami Children's Hospital had gotten her MSN (Master of Science in Nursing) and was now close to finishing her Law degree.

Invest  In Comfort Theory For Competitive Advantage 

After discussing with the larger audience of nurses some of their comforting strategies (which were so inspiring), I asked the nurse/lawyer if, legally, any of these strategies were being done. The answer was, of course, “NO,” because there was no place in the patient record to document this type of important nursing work.

This absolutely must change…..and is my goal for every health care institution that utilizes Comfort Theory as its framework for practice.  I always offer lots of suggestions for meeting this challenge, and hopefully, change will begin happening in this arena.

- Dr. K 

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