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Dr.Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Riyadh initiates person-centered, collaborative partnerships on behalf of the patients and families they care for. The support of clinical leaders nourishes this model of care and fosters professional advancement and continuous improvement in our quality of care.

Nursing practice at Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Riyadh embodies the core values of nurse-patient relationship, accountability, autonomy, continuity, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Nurses are our capital resource -high-level professionals with valued expertise and voices who provide and coordinate person-centered care on a 24/7 basis. The heart of our Professional Practice Model centers on their capacity to learn, synthesize, make critical judgments, place patients and families first, and collaborate with team members who are recognized leaders within health care. Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Riyadh nurses bring the spirit of professionalism and clinical excellence to their work.

Nursing Roles

The fundamentals of nursing are to deliver direct patient care and act as an advocate and health educator for patients, families, and communities.

Nurses work to promote health, prevent disease, and help patients with illnesses. When treating a patient, they observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress. Nurses work alongside doctors and other healthcare professionals when it comes to treatment plans and exams, administering medications, and monitoring patient recovery.

Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital -Riyadh nurses are educated to provide care that considers patients and their families in a holistic manner, including their support systems and their physical, psychological, and social needs.

Scope of practice

Nurses can work in any specialty area across many different areas of the hospital. Each area will have a different set of responsibilities, but a common set of duties includes, but is not limited to:

  • Patient intake and obtaining measurements, vitals, and health histories
  • Monitoring patient vitals regularly
  • Giving medication and recording doses and timing
  • Performing hands-on technical, medical duties, as assigned
  • Communicating with patients about their care plan
  • Charting and working with electronic health record software
  • Relaying important information to the treating physician and other health care staff as needed
Other contributions of professional nurses at Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Riyadh include:
  • Participating in shared decision-making on the unit and in departmental and organizational committees
  • Leading, participating in and disseminating evidence-based nursing practices that yield safe, high-quality patient care
  • Partnering with interdisciplinary teams to drive change that improves patient care
  • Committing to process simplifications that remove barriers to excellent care
  • Implementing and using new technology to meet patient needs

Nursing Roles

The fundamentals of nursing are to deliver direct patient care and act as an advocate and health educator for patients, families, and communities.

Nurses work to promote health, prevent disease, and help patients with illnesses. When treating a patient, they observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress. Nurses work alongside doctors and other healthcare professionals when it comes to treatment plans and exams, administering medications, and monitoring patient recovery.

Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Riyadh nurses are educated to provide care that considers patients and their families in a holistic manner, including their support systems and their physical, psychological, and social needs.

Scope of practice

Nurses can work in any specialty area across many different areas of the hospital. Each area will have a different set of responsibilities, but a common set of duties includes, but is not limited to:

  • Patient intake and obtaining measurements, vitals, and health histories
  • Monitoring patient vitals regularly
  • Giving medication and recording doses and timing
  • Performing hands-on technical, medical duties, as assigned
  • Communicating with patients about their care plan
  • Charting and working with electronic health record software
  • Relaying important information to the treating physician and other health care staff as needed
Other contributions of professional nurses at Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Riyadh include:
  • Participating in shared decision-making on the unit and in departmental and organizational committees
  • Leading, participating in and disseminating evidence-based nursing practices that yield safe, high-quality patient care
  • Partnering with interdisciplinary teams to drive change that improves patient care
  • Committing to process simplifications that remove barriers to excellent care
  • Implementing and using new technology to meet patient needs

Nursing Governance Mode

As Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Riyadh nurses, we understand that shared power strengthens the ability to achieve goals.  Through autonomous and collaborative care, sound clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, and commitment to patient safety, we strive to achieve the best outcome for our patients and their families. We direct our efforts to excellence in care, optimizing our scope of practice, engaging in lifelong learning, and assuring patient and family centered care.

The nursing shared governance model is integrated into the operation of DSFH-Riyadh. This enables nurses from all settings and roles to participate in decision-making groups such as committees, councils and task forces in our organization.

At Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Riyadh, there are six overarching councils that make up our nursing shared governance model:

  • The Coordinating Council provides oversight for achieving excellent outcomes in patient quality, safety and satisfaction, staff engagement and fiscal accountability.
  • The Quality and Research Council exists to promote a spirit of clinical inquiry, evidence-based practice and nursing research. This council:
  • Uses the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) data to assist in the formulation of research opportunities
  • Provides an infrastructure for developing and conducting nursing research and includes generating ideas and discussion for research, and identifying barriers, needs and issues
  • Facilitates development, conduction, completion, dissemination and utilization of research
  • Helps identify research funding opportunities to successfully connect research projects with nursing performance improvements

The Professional Development Council promotes and supports professional growth of the registered nurse. This council is responsible for:

  • Regular assessment of education needs
  • Planning of the annual ongoing education calendar
  • Supporting competency-based education and evidence-based practice

The Leadership Council provides operational leadership to the nursing staff, provides advice and collaborates with the CNO on management issues. This council communicates and implements management goals and strives to create a common language for nursing management.

The Nursing Practice Council promotes evidence-based practice, defines practice standards and policies, and oversees nursing peer review.

Unit Councils are unit-based practice councils that promote shared decision making for unit activities and ensure evidence-based practice. These councils:

  • Provide communication between bedside staff and the professional practice councils
  • Teach and promote shared decision making on the unit
  • Lead pilot projects for care improvements
  • Encourage and support professional growth and a healthy work environment

Positive patient outcomes are promoted through accountability for evidence-based practice and quality improvement. Professional growth of bedside nurses is encouraged through acknowledgement of the achievements of individuals and the team.

Nursing Training & Development

Department of Nursing Education at Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Riyadh, provides professional development and educational support for all nursing staff as well as other clinical departments/personnel in the hospital.

The foundation for our advanced beginner and experienced nurses is a clinically integrated general nursing orientation. We follow this with a comprehensive unit-based orientation program including a preceptorship experience. Education Specialists are assigned to all services, coordinating all orientation and staff development initiatives with preceptors and nurse leadership.

At Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital - Riyadh we follow the Knowledge-Skills-Attitudes (KSA) concept in developing and training our team as this would guarantee excellence in delivering outstanding person-centered care.

Other opportunities include:

  • Generous continuing education benefits
  • Free courses
  • Free access to the Lippincott Nursing procedures online up-to-date manual  
  • BCLS,ACLS, PALS, and NRP classes
  • Nursing grand rounds
  • Unit-based Internet access for all nurses
  • Committee appointments and nursing research involvement

Nursing Strategic Plan

The Nursing Department aims to fulfill our promise to our patients that we will keep them safe, that we will provide reliable quality care and an experience tailored to their individual needs. The Department of Nursing Strategic Plan outlines two main goals to achieve these outcomes.

Improve Patient Experience

  • Every patient encounter begins with “What matters most to the patient and/or family during this shift?”
  • Every patient feels that they are treated with courtesy and respect
  • Every patient feels they are listened carefully to
  • Every patient feels that they understand nurses’ explanations
  • Every patient with pain is identified and each encounter includes a discussion of pain and pain management

Build a Culture of Safety and Quality

  • Purposeful Hourly Rounds (Rounding for Safety Quality Outcomes)
  • Every patient and/or caregiver understands elements of medication adherence including side-effects
  • Leadership Rounds (Patient safety rounds)
  • Great Catch program (to celebrate near misses reported by staff)

Department of Nursing Safety, Quality, & Performance Improvement Plan

Safety

Patient safety is defined as “the prevention of harm to patients.” The Department of Nursing is responsible for the oversight of efforts to prevent nursing-related adverse outcomes and plans to address and remediate adverse outcomes when they do occur

Safety Priorities

  • Improvement of the Nursing Peer Review process to enhance efficiency and efficacy
  • Ensure nursing accountability through all phases of the adverse event response cascade by having nursing leadership representation in every step of the process

Quality

  • Improve and standardize the dissemination of quality data to all nursing staff
  • Implement improvements to our practice validation methods

Performance Improvement

  • Improve pain management through consistent nursing communication with patients about their pain goals and compliance with pain screening, assessment, and reassessment
  • In collaboration with Infection Control, improve the prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections through standardized measurement of both incidence and prevalence, effective reporting, and enhanced nursing practices
  • Enhance the capacity of nursing staff at all levels to lead and participate in performance improvement initiatives.

Nursing Training & Development

Department of Nursing Education at Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Riyadh, provides professional development and educational support for all nursing staff as well as other clinical departments and personnel in the hospital.

The foundation for our advanced beginner and experienced nurses is a clinically integrated general nursing orientation. We follow this with a comprehensive unit-based orientation program including a preceptorship experience. Education Specialists are assigned to all services, coordinating all orientation and staff development initiatives with preceptors and nurse leadership.

At Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Riyadh we follow the Knowledge-Skills-Attitudes (KSA) concept in developing and training our team as this would guarantee excellence in delivering outstanding person-centered care.

Other opportunities include:

  • Generous continuing education benefits
  • Free courses
  • Free access to the Lippincott Nursing procedures online up-to-date manual  
  • BCLS,ACLS, PALS, and NRP classes
  • Nursing grand rounds
  • Unit-based Internet access for all nurses
  • Committee appointments and nursing research involvement

Attract & Retain Top Talent

A growing body of research indicates that Magnet hospitals enjoy:

  • Increased RN retention and lower nurse burnout
  • Decreased RN vacancy rate and RN turnover rate
  • Increased RN satisfaction

Improve Patient Care, Safety & Satisfaction

Studies assessing links between the work environment for nurses and the patient safety climate find Magnet hospitals experience:

  • Increased patient satisfaction
  • Decreased mortality rates
  • Decreased pressure ulcers
  • Decreased falls
  • Patient safety and improved quality