Nursing at Hoag

What is the DAISY award?

The DAISY award for extraordinary nurses is to honor the superhuman work nurses do for patients and their families every day. The award was established by the DAISY Foundation in memory of Patrick Barnes who passed away at the age of 33 years old of ITP, an auto-immune disease. The Barnes family was awestruck by the clinical skills, caring and compassion of the nurses who cared for Patrick, so they created a national award to say thank you to nurses everywhere.

How are award winners selected?

Every month the Nursing Professional Development Council meet to discuss all DAISY award nominations and select a recipient for the award. Each council member reviews and votes for an extraordinary nurse who has gone above and beyond for his/her patient. The nominations received every month are submitted by patients and their family members, Physicians and colleagues who have recognized the passion, dedication and level of care a nurse has provided.

Nominate a Nurse today by filling out the attached nomination form.

Nursing Philosophy Statement

Hoag’s nursing service is a collaborative health care team dedicated to providing excellence in professional nursing care to serve the needs of a diverse community.

The nursing staff promotes the continuous professional growth of each employee and works in cooperation with the entire health care team to respond to the needs and surpass the expectations of the individual patient.

Nursing Philosophy Statement Vision for Nursing

Create a nurturing environment that promotes the advancement of evidence-based practice and fosters a commitment to healing. The nursing staff is an interdisciplinary team that focuses on family-centered care and wellness.

Hoag is proud to offer a year-long evidence-based approach to the integration of a new graduate nurse from the academic setting into the acute care hospital setting. Hoag has a New Graduate Nurse Residency Program which is a proven pathway to assist new graduate registered nurses to successfully transition into clinical practice. As a Magnet facility, Hoag strongly encourages BSN graduates to apply, however, we do support our local 2 year programs and hire non-BSN graduates who are required to complete a BSN program within a 3-year period.

Some of the goals for the Nurse Residency Program are:

• Provide didactic education and clinical training that helps promote transition into practice

• Engage new graduate nurses to develop interpersonal skills that allow collaborative relationships with patients, families and the health care team.

• Hands-on learning, Simulation and Virtual Reality learning to better prepare for real clinical situations and to develop critical thinking skills.

• Improve patient outcomes

Hoag’s Residency program does not make the newly graduated nurse wait for program specific dates. Hoag’s Nursing Education offers an ongoing Residency program that allows orientation to begin during hospital offered new hire orientation and then entry into the program.

For those interested in learning more about the program please email careers@hoag.org or click here to view the document.

BSN Workforce

In 2009, the Institute of Medicine recommended that organizations strive to achieve an 80 percent BSN workforce by 2020. As a Magnet hospital, this has been a goal for Hoag Nursing. Hoag supports professional development and with the generous donation by Julia Argyros to nursing education, we have many nurses obtaining higher education and now have a 85 percent BSN or higher nurse workforce.

Hoag Nurses are using their nursing knowledge and skill outside of the workplace to promote health in the community! Hoag nurses volunteer their time to provide health screening at community events and give advice on a variety of topics including diet and exercise as well as educate the public on the importance of preventative care, stroke prevention, hand washing, vaccinations, and many more.

Nurses are the foundation of any successful social health care program within a community. Hoag nurses do so much more than simply improve the health and well-being of patients who are in the hospital or receiving care at another Hoag facility. They extend that care to our community members.

Epilepsy Awareness

Hoag nurses came out to support their communities and to walk as well as provide educational resources at a booth sponsored by the Hoag Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute.

Stroke Awareness

Hoag stroke nurses and inpatient rehab team members recently participated in the 2023 Hoag Flu Shot Health Fairs and other Community Health Fairs to educate the public about BE FAST to recognize the warning signs of stroke, and the modifiable risk factors for stroke. During these events we provided over 800 stroke risk assessments, gave away over 700 BE FAST magnets and over 1300 jar openers with the stroke warning signs. The Hoag stroke program, part of the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute, is pleased to provide education to our communities to raise awareness about how to recognize a stroke and optimize risk factors for stroke prevention.

Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness

For Donate Life month, Hoag nurses helped spread awareness by giving away more than 250 Pass it On cards with organ donor registry information, along with Donate Life wristbands.These are just a few of the many examples of Hoag nurses donating their time to participate in meaningful community events.

The Magnet Recognition Program was developed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to recognize health care organizations that provide nursing excellence, and is regarded as one of the top nursing designations in the country.

Recognizing quality patient care, nursing excellence, and innovations in professional nursing practice, the Magnet Recognition Program provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark to measure the quality of care that they can expect to receive.

Applicants undergo an extensive evaluation, and members who are awarded Magnet status must continue to maintain rigorous standards as part of their four-year designation. To reapply for and receive Magnet status for an additional four years is confirmation of the hospitals resolve to deliver the highest level of care in nursing today.

Hoag’s Magnet designation validates the outstanding nursing staff and care provided to our patients and community. This designation highlights Hoag as one of the best hospitals in the country, boasting an exceptional team of staff and physicians.

To learn more about Magnet designation, visit ANCC’s web site at www.nursingworld.org/ancc/

Yes, Hoag nurses do research!

In order for Hoag nurses to have evidence-based practice, we need evidence. There’s no greater way to establish this evidence than by having hands-on experience. Doing nursing research at the bedside allows Hoag nurses to hypothesize and collect data that can lead to better patient care.

Hoag encourages and supports our nurses to get involved in research to build a solid base of evidence, which in turn builds stronger practice that benefit not only nursing but also our patients, their families and the inter-professional team.

To take a look at some of the projects Hoag Nurses do, please see the following Nursing Research Council Newsletters:

• Nursing Research Council Fall 2023