Congratulations! PRI-6th Floor – Adult Unit Based on the clinical indicators below, your unit has been awarded Outstanding Area of the Month for May!!! Data Used to Determine Winner: July 1, 2016 to April 15, 2023 Category Rank Data % of patients with apt within 7 days 82.6% ECT Timeout Compliance 98.4% Barcode Scanning Compliance 99.50% […]
May 2023 DAISY Award
Taylor Irons, RN, F8 – Cardiac Progressive Please join the Center for Nursing Excellence in congratulating Taylor Irons, RN, for being selected as the DAISY Award recipient for the month of May! Taylor Irons, RN, works on F8 – Cardiac Progressive and was nominated by a patient. The nomination below reflects how Taylor impacted their […]
May 2023 BEE Award
Lesa Robinson, Patient Service Associate on the H8 – Neurology/Neurosurgery Please join the Center for Nursing Excellence in congratulating Lesa Robinson for being selected as the May BEE Award winner! Lesa is a Patient Service Associate and was nominated by a UAMS employee. The following is the story of how Lesa impacted their life in […]
December 2022 DAISY Nurse Leader Award
Rebecca Sartini, DNP, RNC-NICAssistant Director of Nursing, WISL – Inpatient Please join the Center for Nursing Excellence in congratulating Rebecca Sartini, DNP, RNC-NIC for being selected as the December 2022 UAMS DAISY Nurse Leader Award recipient! This award expresses gratitude for courageous leaders fostering an environment where compassion and courage can thrive. Rebecca is an […]
Your Best
I was recently in a meeting where nurses tearfully shared the burden that they feel in meeting (or failing to meet) the priorities and expectations set forth by leadership and healthcare in general. The underlying sentiment of their stories was, “my best isn’t good enough.” I could hear their disappointment in themselves, in addition to […]
Nurses Week at UAMS
Earlier this week Jimmy Kimmel featured a montage of newscasters and meteorologists expressing their dismay that we’ve reached May already. I’m with Todd Yakoubian – I can’t believe it either. Yet, here we are, and the 203rd anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birthday is one week from today. Which means we will be celebrating Nurses Week at […]
April 2023 DAISY Award
Carol Brizzolara, RN IV, H4 – Trauma/SICU/CVICU Please join the Center for Nursing Excellence in congratulating Carol Brizzolara, RN IV, for being selected as the DAISY Award recipient for the month of April! Carol Brizzolara, RN IV, works on H4 – Trauma/SICU/CVICU and was nominated by a patient. The nomination below reflects how Carol impacted […]
April 2023 BEE Award
Mariastrella Boyd, Patient Care Technician on the F6 – Medical Specialties Please join the Center for Nursing Excellence in congratulating Mariastrella Boyd for being selected as the April BEE Award winner! Mariastrella is a Patient Care Technician and was nominated by a UAMS employee. The following is the story of how Mariastrella impacted their life […]
Outstanding Area of the Month for April, 2023
Congratulations! E5 – Labor and Delivery Based on the clinical indicators below, your unit has been awarded Outstanding Area of the Month for April!!! Data Used to Determine Winner: July 1, 2016 to March 31, 2023 Category Rank Data Fall with Injury 649 days since last fall with injury Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) 2347 […]
Resource Nurse Program: Leading Quality Improvement
The UAMS Resource Nurse Program was implemented in 2008 with the express purpose of improving patient outcomes through the engagement of clinical nurses in quality improvement projects. This program started with a focus on infection prevention, skin care, pain, safety, and diabetes for inpatient nurses for 6-month terms. Over the course of 15 years, the […]