picture: Linda Aiken, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Heart for Well being Outcomes and Coverage Analysis, and co-lead on Magnet4Europe.
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Credit score: Penn Nursing
LEUVEN, BELGIUM and PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, USA (December 10, 2019) – The biggest initiative to enhance hospital work environments up to now has formally begun, with an award of 4 million Euros from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program. The grant will help the worldwide partnership of a few of the world’s main Universities led by KU Leuven and the College of Pennsylvania Faculty of Nursing’s Heart for Well being Outcomes and Coverage Analysis. The purpose of the initiative is to revamp hospital workplaces to enhance the psychological well being and wellbeing of nurses and physicians and to enhance affected person security. This initiative begins in January 2020, aligning with 2020 being the Worldwide 12 months of the Nurse and Midwife as designated by the World Well being Group.
The U.S. Nationwide Academy of Medication has prioritized enhancing well being professionals’ psychological well being and wellbeing as a public well being purpose. Burnout, despair, and fatigue are far too widespread amongst nurses and physicians in quick paced hospital settings, and suicide charges are alarming. Affected person security relies upon upon vigilance, fast considering, and intense consideration to element by well being professionals which is made harder by demanding work settings.
“Hospitalized sufferers can solely be assured secure and efficient care when their nurses and physicians are capable of carry out at their greatest,” says Linda Aiken, PhD, Professor and Director of the Heart for Well being Outcomes and Coverage Analysis, and co-lead on Magnet4Europe, “and this requires wholesome work environments.”
Magnet4Europe will implement an evidence-based intervention primarily based on the profitable Magnet Recognition Program®, a voluntary hospital designation for nursing care excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Heart. Numerous research have proven that Magnet-recognized hospitals have decrease well being skilled burnout and safer affected person care. Sixty hospitals in 5 European nations (Belgium, England, Germany, Eire, and Sweden) will obtain a full-blown redesign of their workplaces– supported by one to 1 twinning with an skilled Magnet acknowledged hospital and an annual studying collaborative. A rigorous analysis analysis will decide the success of the initiative.
“Our analysis factors to particular options of complicated organizations,” provides Dr. Walter Sermeus, European coordinator of the initiative at KU Leuven, “that if modified can considerably enhance the wellbeing of well being professionals and sufferers alike. Magnet4Europe will translate these analysis findings into observe to expedite a lot wanted office redesign in hospitals and different healthcare settings.”
There are at the moment 502 Magnet Acknowledged hospitals in 8 nations, with most situated within the US. Just one hospital in Europe has achieved Magnet recognition. This initiative will take a look at the feasibility and sustainability of the Magnet Mannequin® for organizational redesign within the context of well being care in Europe.
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MEDIA CONTACT
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PROGRAM CONTACTS
KU Leuven, Belgium
Program Director: Walter Sermeus, PhD, walter.sermeus@kuleuven.be
College of Pennsylvania, US
Program Co-Director: Linda Aiken, PhD, laiken@nursing.upenn.edu
College of Southampton, UK
Jane Ball, PhD, jane.ball@soton.ac.uk
College School Cork, Eire
Jonathan Drennan, PhD jonathan.drennan@ucc.ie
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Reinhard Busse, MD, PhD, rbusse@tu-berlin.de
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Lars Eriksson, PhD, lars.eriksson@ki.se
London Faculty of Hygiene & Tropical Medication, UK
Martin McKee, MD martin.mckee@lshtm.ac.uk
King’s School London, UK
Anne-Marie Rafferty, DPhil, anne_marie.rafferty@kcl.ac.uk
College Hospital Antwerp, Belgium
Paul Van Aken, RN, MSc, Paul.VanAken@uza.be
Meplis
Oliver Sergeant, MSc, osergeant@meplis.com
Concerning the College of Pennsylvania Faculty of Nursing
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About KU Leuven Institute for Healthcare Coverage, College of Leuven, Belgium
The KU Leuven Institute for Healthcare Coverage is a world-leading analysis and schooling institute for healthcare administration and coverage. It’s not too long ago designated as a WHO Collaborating Heart for Human Sources Analysis and Coverage. http://www.kuleuven.be.
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