"As I’ve spent the last few months getting to know the hospitals and ambulatory sites of Johns Hopkins Medicine’s National Capital Region, I’ve been continually impressed by the tireless commitment to quality, safety and compassionate care..."

As part of Sibley’s ongoing efforts to elevate nursing practice across the hospital, it became clear that a professional practice model (PPM) would create a clear visual of our nursing team's values and spirit.

Nurses are experts at knowing the needs of the patients they care for every day. In the last year, Sibley nursing leadership has worked to strengthen the structure and function of nursing councils in the hospital.

When Ken Kilemi became nurse manager of Sibley’s inpatient oncology unit, one of the biggest challenges he faced was recruiting and onboarding nurses, and at the same time, making sure the unit is a place like home, so they want to stay for the long term.

In the last few years, Sibley’s hospital and nursing leadership have made it a focus to position the hospital as a competitive and attractive career option for the most promising nurses.

At the same time many services and industries were shutting down due to COVID-19, hospitals and health care systems were ramping up to meet the challenge head on in the safest ways possible.

In less than three weeks’ time, almost 200 nurses started training for potential redeployment as needs changed during the response to COVID-19.

When something doesn’t work well for patients, clinical nurses are often the first ones to see it and say, “Maybe there’s a better way.”

When a service line team wants to keep up with advanced practice and provide the latest, most effective procedures for patients, it’s crucial to make sure that the nurses and technicians supporting these procedures are knowledgeable and confident.

As part of Sibley’s goal to achieve a “zero-harm” ICU, the team has taken a data and evidence-based approach to reducing the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs).

The question of what it takes for clinical nurses to engage in and incorporate evidence-based inquiry at the bedside is one that every academic health system must tackle.

The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated an already pressing issue—the emotional health, well-being and resilience of front-line care providers—to the next level of urgency.

Improving patient flow from the emergency department (ED) to the inpatient floors has been a focus for Sibley’s nurses and leadership since early 2019.

As clinicians became more familiar with how to treat patients with COVID-19, hospitals across the U.S. began to report that patients who were prone, or laid on their stomachs rather than on their backs, were recovering better.