2021 Magnet Nurse of the Year!
Congratulations to our own Dr. Ellen Harvey for being recognized by ANCC Magnet as Nurse of the Year for 2021 in Empirical Outcomes. On November 12, Dr. Harvey accepted this honor at the 2021 ANCC Magnet Conference in Atlanta, GA. Ellen was recognized for her (and her teams) work on developing an evidence-based protocol to reduce the rate of infection for patients with external ventricular drains (EVD). Use of the evidence-based care bundle has reduced EVD related infections to zero! Kudo's to Ellen and her team!!!
2021 ANCC Magnet News Release:
SILVER SPRING, MD—The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) today announced the recipients of the 2021 National Magnet Nurse of the Year® Awards. The awards, which were presented during the 2021 ANCC National Magnet Conference® and the ANCC Pathway to Excellence Conference® in Atlanta, recognize the outstanding contributions of clinical nurses in each of the five Magnet® Model components: Transformational Leadership; Structural Empowerment; Exemplary Professional Practice; New Knowledge, Innovations, and Improvements; and Empirical Outcomes.
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 National Magnet Nurse of the Year® Awards:
Empirical Outcomes: Ellen Harvey, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, TCRN, FCCM
Dr. Ellen Harvey is an advanced practice surgical nurse at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA, where she focuses on improving and advancing care for neurotrauma patients. When she noticed current EVD-related practice varied from evidence-based neuroscience guidelines could be contributing to higher infection rates among patients with external ventricular drains (EVD), Dr. Harvey assembled and led an interdisciplinary task force to create a new, evidence-based bundle of care. It includes use of strict asepsis, minimization of line manipulations, equipment standardization, and formal nursing education and competency validation. The result was an immediate and sustained drop in EVD infection rates from 27% to zero. In addition, this nurse-led, infection-free culture of safety is projected to save the hospital more than $70,000 in the first year alone.
Link to Dr. Ellen Harvey's award acceptance speech:
MNOY_Empirical Outcomes_2021.mp4 (dropbox.com)
