Nursing at Inova Alexandria Hospital

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