As a hospital administrator, you play a key role in establishing standards of excellence and are responsible for building relationships with your patients, healthcare professionals, and the community. A staff of credentialed, educated professionals within a hospital is seen as both a necessity and a commitment to patient safety and quality patient care.
By providing credentialing for your operating-room registered nurses and ongoing competency education for your staff, CCI wholeheartedly supports your commitment to professional development and to promoting recognition, confidence, and autonomy in the workplace.
Staff Development Educators
Nurses who manage staff development are often charged with significant responsibilities in addition to ongoing staff and patient care responsibilities. CCI is dedicated to providing relevant easy-to-use tools for helping you develop and assess your staff's competency in a variety of clinical settings.
Value of Certification – The survey conducted by our Research Committee reveals many reasons why certification is valued by surgical nurses and hospital administrators.
Competency Workshops – Find out more about the latest issues in the surgical environment.
Consulting Services – CCI can help you create competency-based programs that complement your existing hospital programs.
Leadership Opportunities – CCI provides many ways for your healthcare professionals to be leaders in the workplace.
Magnet Hospitals
CCI partners with the many hospitals seeking or maintaining Magnet Recognition Program™ status and provides competency assessment, education, and consulting to create competency-based programs for your staff.
Magnet hospitals are known for high employee retention and higher standards of patient care. These are the top factors considered essential for producing and maintaining quality care:
Working with other nurses who are clinically competent
Good RN-MD relationships and communication
Nurse autonomy and accountability
Supportive nurse manager and supervisor
Control over nursing practice and practice environment
Support for education (in service and continuing education)
Adequate nurse staffing
Making concern for the patient paramount throughout the organization
MAGNET Hospitals Revisited, Attraction and Retention of Professional Nurses
Margaret McClure, EdD, RN, FAAN, and Ada Sue Hinshaw, PhD, RN, FAAN, Editors
