Maintaining momentum to achieve excellence - Unity Health Toronto: St. Michael's Hospital

Unity Health Toronto
Social Movement Action Framework

To keep the momentum as a Best Practice Spotlight Organization® (BPSO®) implementing, evaluating and sustaining RNAO best practice guidelines (BPGs), Unity Health Toronto: St. Michael’s Hospital, https://rnao.ca/bpg/bpso/st-michaels-hospital, an acute care facility in Toronto, Ontario, Canada engaged their Professional Practice team as change leaders. Strategies the Professional Practice team have used to maintain momentum include:

  1. profiling the activities, leadership and achievements of their champions and other change agents
  2. using newsletters, posters and pins to promote BPSO and increase its visibility
  3. participating in poster galleries and nursing rounds
  4. publishing multiple articles in scholarly and professional journals to highlight key accomplishments and deliverables
  5. creating and using an intranet site to update staff on BPSO activities (Ferris, Jeffs, Krock, & Skiffington, 2018).  ​​​​​