Nursing Strategic Roadmap

Huntley Hospital Nursing Strategic Roadmap

Through integration of the interprofessional practice model based on relationship-based care and strategies to meet the goals of Northwestern Medicine, nursing professionals at Huntley Hospital look toward the strategic goals of Northwestern Medicine.

Northwestern Medicine Goal 1: Deliver World Class Care and Experience

• Nursing Goal: Achieve Exemplary Patient Outcomes through the Elevation of Professional Practice (Quality/Safety/Experience)
  Objectives: Embed evidence-based practice and nursing professional practice standards into our culture to enhance patient outcomes. Invest in the leadership development of nurses at all levels. Enhance the coordination of care through interprofessional collaboration.

Northwestern Medicine Goal 2: Advance Discovery and Medical Knowledge

• Nursing Goal: Foster a Culture of Interprofessional Innovation, Research, Evidence-Based Practice and Continuous Learning
  Objectives: Formalize infrastructure for the interprofessional team members to perform research, innovation, and evidence-based practice. Integrate and leverage nursing expertise to optimize technology and improve efficiency.

Northwestern Medicine Goal 3: Provide a Superior Work Environment that Promotes Wellbeing

• Nursing Goal: Enculturate a Safe, Caring and Healthy Work Environment
  Objective: Enhance collaborative interprofessional partnerships to mitigate disruptive patient and family behavior. Extend key improvement (KI) initiatives related to flexible work environments for nurses at all levels. Foster an environment that supports psychological safety limiting physical and emotional risk (lateral violence).

Northwestern Medicine Goal 4: Deepen Relationships with our Community to Reduce Barriers to Health

• Nursing Goal: Advocate for the Health of Communities Across the Continuum of Care
  Objectives: Learn from Community Health Needs Assessments to advance strategies to improve the health of people in the communities we serve.

Northwestern Medicine Goal 5: Fund Our Mission and Reinvest in the Enterprise.

• Nursing Goal: Cultivate Fiscal Stewardship and Sustainability in Nursing.
  Objectives: Optimize nursing engagement in the utilization of sustainable resources. Utilize staff engagement data to develop and implement recognition efforts to improve retention. Partner with Finance team to optimize safe care delivery models (labor productivity, staffing, etc.).