Organization Overview (OO)

Question 1

OO1

Answer 1

a. A description of the applicant organization, including:
- History: Provide a brief description of the history of the organization in 300 words or fewer.
- Demographics of the population served.
- Demographics of the registered nurse (RN) staff.
- A link to the external webpage where the general public learns about the contributions of professional nursing in your organization.

Question 2

OO2

Answer 2

a. 2 copies of the most recent:
- Reports prepared for the organization’s stakeholders (include nursing and organizational reports; they may be combined
- Quality plans
- Patient safety plan
- Strategic plans for the organization and nursing services (include nursing and organizational plans; these may be combined)

Question 3

OO3

Answer 3

a. Provide:
- The current chief nursing officer’s (CNO) job description.
- CNO’s curriculum vitae or resume.
- The organizational chart(s).
- The nursing organizational chart(s).
- A description of the CNO’s structural and operational relationships to all areas in which nursing is practiced.
- Name and credentials, of all individuals serving as CNO, in the last 48-month preceding document submission. Include all the tenure dates.

Question 4

OO4

Answer 4

a. The policies and procedures that govern and guide continuing professional development programs.

Question 5

OO5

Answer 5

a. Provide the most recent:
- All RNs who influence or provide care.
- All settings where RN practice (e.g., inpatient care, ambulatory, and medical practices).

Question 6

OO6

Answer 6

a. Provide a description of the process by which the CNO (or designee) partcipates in:
- Credentialing, privileging, and evaluating of all advanced practiced registered nurses (APRNs).
- Frequency of reprivileging.

Question 7

OO7

Answer 7

a. Provide the policies or equivalent evidence of, the organization’s workplace advocacy initiatives for all staff, including the following issues:
- Caregiver stress
- Diversity
- Rights
- Confidentiality
- Care for the impaired practitioner

Question 8

OO8

Answer 8

a. Provide the policy or equivalent evidence, which permit and encourage nurses to:
- Confidentially express concerns regarding their professional practice environment, whithout retribution.
- Address the identification and management of problems related to incompetent, unsafe, or unprofessional practice or conduct.
- Address interprofesional conflict.

Question 9

OO9

Answer 9

a. Provide the policies, procedures, charters, attestation, or bylaws (including institutional review board) that:
- Protect the rights of participants in human subject research.
- Designates at least one nurse must be a voting member of the governing body responsable for the protection of human research participants.
OR
b. Provide a letter signed and dated by the chair of the governing body responsable for the protection of human research participants that attests to this requirement.
- If providing an attestation of “at least one nurse is a voting member on the governing body,” the template provided on the website is required.

Question 10

OO10

Answer 10

a. Provide table of nursing research studies (ongoing and completed) within the most recent forty-eight months.
- Required table can be found at http:/www.nursingcredentialing.org/Magnet/Magnet-FormsTemplates/Magnet-TablesTemplates/ResearchTable.