Episode #99: Supporting Well-Being and Interprofessional Collaboration with the Pathway to Excellence® Program featuring Dr. Jane McCurley and Dr. Val Morrison

Introduction to the Episode:

In this episode we interview Dr. Jane McCurley and Dr. Val Morrison, Commissioners for the American Nursing Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Pathway to Excellence® Program.

The Pathway to Excellence® is an ANCC designation. It focuses on six standards to support culture and practice environments including different healthcare environments such as long-term care facilities and CVS MinuteClinic®.

Jane shares with us the origins of the Pathway to Excellence® and why it was developed.

Jane and Val talk about their journey as leaders in Pathway to Excellence® hospitals and as commissioners.

During the interview we also talk about what the standards are and how the standards support interprofessional collaboration and how leaders from the different health professions can engage in the program.

One of the standards in the program is well-being. Val and Jane share how healthcare organizations meet this standard in innovative and unique ways.

We close the interview talking about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the significance of the well-being standard and the need for leaders and organizations to be vigilant about personal and professional well-being and resilience.

In the Episode We Discuss:

Texas Nurse Friendly Program
“Painting the Globe Blue”
Learning and observing the realities of nurses
The role the standards play in transforming healthcare organizations
Staff validation of the culture and practice environment
Telling the story of the Pathway to Excellence journey
Designation as a way to showcase excellence
The power of data to reveal the culture and practice realities
Interprofessional councils to strengthen interprofessional collaboration
Nurses can’t address healthcare challenges alone
Resources to support individual’s well-being
Systemic barriers to well-being
Well-being are as critical as the needs of the patients
Need for leaders to be present and engaged with staff
The impact of witnessing extreme incidents of death
Dogs that can recognize emotional stress
The sustained injury caused by the pandemic

You may or may not realize this yet, but this episode is filled with pearls of wisdom and information that all leaders can benefit from, so don’t hesitate, listen now!

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