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Improve Your Practice Environment

Assessment Process

Before evaluation:

  • Clearly define what is to be evaluated
  • Decide how this information will be used
  • Build leadership support
  • Coordinate the initiative, including evaluation, with other stakeholders
  • Design an evaluation follow-up process
  • Plan how evaluation findings will be communicated across the organization
  • Create accountability among line managers for follow-up actions
  • Use the evaluation results to create shared responsibility for change

Evaluation follow-up:

  • Clearly communicate to staff key survey findings
  • Make a commitment to address priority areas for improvement
  • Create mechanisms that hold line managers accountable for action plans
  • Provide timelines for doing these

How to promote quality practice environments in the nursing profession:

  • Promote the nursing role
  • Increase awareness of the scope of nursing practice
  • Lobby for professional recognition and remuneration
  • Promote the importance of a safe work environment
  • Collect and distribute data on best practices
  • Encourage teamwork and collaboration
  • Present awards for effective quality work life initiatives
  • Promote the importance of a positive work environment
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