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Developing a standard of practice while undergoing a facility merger.

J Derrick1

  • 1Andalusia Hospital, AL.

Journal for Healthcare Quality : Official Publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality
|February 7, 1993
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Merging nursing policies across three facilities required establishing a unified standard of practice. A council streamlined 35 manuals into 19, creating consistent nursing care standards for the medical center.

Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Administration
  • Nursing Management
  • Policy Development

Background:

  • Three healthcare facilities merged to form Centennial Medical Center.
  • A need arose to consolidate disparate nursing policies and procedures.
  • Ensuring a uniform standard of care across the merged entity was critical.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To standardize nursing policies and procedures during a multi-facility merger.
  • To establish a single, cohesive standard of practice for nursing at Centennial Medical Center.
  • To address the challenge of nursing standards accountability under a single vice president.

Main Methods:

  • Formation of a council comprising chairs of the manual revision process.
  • Condensing 35 nursing policy manuals into 19 consolidated manuals.

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  • Development of historical files for active and inactive policies.
  • Creation of a flowchart for assigning new policy manual responsibilities.

    • Main Results:

    • Successfully reduced 35 nursing manuals to 19.
    • Established comprehensive historical records for all policies.
    • Implemented a clear process for managing new policy assignments.
    • Developed and implemented a unified standard of nursing practice.

    Conclusions:

    • The council effectively unified nursing policies and procedures.
    • A single standard of practice was successfully established for the medical center.
    • The process ensured consistent nursing care and accountability post-merger.