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Excellence in Nursing Inova Alexandria Hospital Achieves ANCC "Pathway to Excellence" Designation

Inova Alexandria Hospital is proud to have earned the prestigious Pathway to Excellence^® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). This achievement identifies Inova Alexandria Hospital as one of the best places for nurses to work and puts it among an elite group of healthcare organizations (nationwide, only 171 hospitals have earned Pathway status).

What Does "Pathway" Designation Mean?

The Pathway to Excellence^® designation is the result of Inova Alexandria's ongoing demonstration of six practice standards: Shared Decision Making, Leadership, Safety, Quality, Well-Being and Professional Development. In addition to ensuring that nurses have the foundational elements for safe patient care, Pathway status also ensures a practice environment supporting the delivery of quality nursing care. Among many other examples, our nurses demonstrated their expertise by:

Being directly involved in the resolultion of key safety issues.
Leading and implementing a quality initiative based on an external and internal benchmarks.
Identifying an opportunity for improvement in CLABSIs in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, based on benchmark data.
Developing a method for providing an organized, rapid response to address postpartum hemorrhage.
Reducing SSIs in Perioperative Services by implementing best practices for patients with healthcare-associated MRSA.

Inova Alexandria Nurses Recieve VNA "40 Under 40" Awards

Three nurses from Inova Alexandria Hospital have received "40 Under 40" awards or honorable mention for 2018!

Katherine Eichin, Award Winner
Yovaletta Scruggs, Inova Alexandria Hospital
Enkh-Ochir Sanz (Honorable Mention)

Congratulations to all the winners from other Inova hospitals. Read more and find all the winners' names here

Inova Alexandria Hospital: Nursing by the Numbers

Statistics from December 2017 compilation

Number of Licensed Beds		318
Number of Registered Nurses		782
Number of New ADVANCE		18
Nursing Excellence Award Winners		6
Daisy Award Winners		7
New Certifications		46
New Degree		5
INE Scholarship Recipient		2
Other Scholarship Recipients		7

View Inova Nursing Annual Report

Our Journey to Magnet®

With a nursing staff over 700 strong, Inova Alexandria Hospital plans to achieve the prestigious Magnet^® Recognition before its 150th anniversary in 2022. The journey to Magnet designation is a non-reimbursable investment by our dedicated nursing team totaling just over $900,000. The outcomes of successful attainment of Magnet designation will benefit the entire hospital and the community—from physicians to patients

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National Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence

Presented by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the Beacon Award recognizes the nation's top critical (intensive) care units. Units are judged on 42 criteria, and nurses must demonstrate they achieve excellent patient outcomes, have created and promote a healing environment conducive to their patients' well-being and exhibit leadership and ethical nursing practices. Inova Alexandria Hospital has been awarded this accomplishment for its Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit.

Nurses Contribute So Much to Inova

"They touch the lives of patients in ways no one else does. And they are an integral part of the team. We strive to show how much they mean to the organization each and every day."
Fadia Feghali, MS, RN
Chief Nursing Officer

Inova Alexandria Hospital

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