Nursing’s Mission
Seton nurses work in partnership with the client and other healthcare providers to alleviate suffering and promote, restore, and maintain the health of Central Texans in need of health care. A nursing practice environment is established to address needs across a full continuum of care in a consistent and standardized manner within all of the Seton facilities. Seton nurses provide leadership within the network and within the community to achieve the highest quality of care, emphasizing patient safety and optimum health outcomes.
Nursing Practice and Accreditation
Nursing Practice
Nursing Practice directors provide consultation and guidance on issues impacting the practice of nursing at each of our healthcare facilities. Additionally, nursing practice directors analyze the potential impact of regulatory requirements, policies, new processes and procedures through Seton’s shared governance structure, and work closely with other departments to respond to these changes.
Accreditation
The Seton Family of Hospitals' Network Accreditation department is committed to assisting all sites in their quest for accreditation. There are several benefits of receiving Joint Commission Accreditation, such as making a strong statement to the community about Seton's efforts to provide the highest quality services. Other benefits include improvement in risk management, risk reduction, and organization and strengthening of patient safety efforts.
The nursing lead Network Accreditation Team has developed systems and processes to guide Network and Site leadership in evaluating their compliance to Joint Commission standards and National Patient Safety Goals. Nurse Accreditation Directors assigned to each site work closely with site accreditation coordinators to identify areas demonstrating best practices of compliance, as well as opportunities for improvement. Other members of the team include a nurse senior project coordinator and department assistant, who support the many network initiatives that move our sites toward achieving accreditation.
Nursing Leaders
Seton’s 2,800 nurses come from all walks of life, all parts of the world. Whether they bike, hike, raft, run, or just sit in the sun, our nurses find common cause in transforming patient care and the freedom to map careers that fit their unique talents and desires. Meet our leaders.
Shared Governance
What is Shared Governance?
A philosophy & structure that supports:
- Decentralized decision-making
- Shared ownership and accountability
- Partnerships among key stakeholders
- High level of professional autonomy
Definition of Shared Governance at Seton
A dynamic staff-leader partnership that promotes collaboration, shared decision-making and accountability for improving quality of care, safety, and enhancing work life
Operations in Alignment
- Develop Charter/Guidelines
- Practice Consensus Decision Making
- Demonstrate efforts toward Improved Outcomes
- Illustrate how EVERYONE has a Voice
Seton's shared-governance model has been so successful that The Advisory Board referred to it in a 2005 national publication, Toward Staff-Driven Decision-Making: Assessing, Building and Sustaining a Shared-Governance Model. Our shared-governance model has become an example used to educate other healthcare organizations about how to create and sustain a successful, professional nursing practice environment.
Magnet Recognition
Magnet Recognition, given by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, is the only national award that recognizes nurses as integral team members in influencing positive patient outcomes. Research has demonstrated that nurse satisfaction and patient outcomes are higher in Magnet Hospitals than in other hospitals.
– Wall Street Journal
Achieving Magnet Recognition meant satisfying a demanding set of criteria which measured the strength and quality of nursing and our interdisciplinary approach to patient care. More importantly for us, Magnet Recognition simply supported what we already know, our nurses are the best.
Achieving Magnet status also sends a message to our community (patients/families) that we are committed to providing the best care possible.
What Magnet Status Brings to Seton Family of Hospitals
Creating a Magnet culture at Seton has attracted the best of the best in all disciplines and provided a rich practice environment leading to low turnover rates and a high level of job satisfaction throughout the organization. Come visit us and experience our Magnet culture.
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Texas Nurse Friendly Status
Seton Highland Lakes, Seton Edgar B. Davis and Seton Southwest Hospital hold the Nurse-Friendly designation from the Texas Nurses Association. The nursing designation recognizes that a hospital values and supports its nurses and provides the kind of practice environment that enables them to attain the highest quality of patient care. Only 31 Texas hospitals have achieved the distinction.
Learn what it's like to Practice Nursing at Magnet and Texas Nurse Friendly Designated Hospitals.
Seton is proud to have four hospitals – the only hospitals in Central Texas - that have earned the