Implementing Nursing Grand Rounds in a Community Hospital

Abstract

As a designate Magnet hospital, our Advanced Practice Council established a forum to promote and demonstrate excellence in nursing. The attributes of advanced practice nursing are the cornerstone to successful implementation of Nursing Grand Rounds. The involvement of clinical nurses across the 5 stages of proficiency in skill acquisition is a means to retain clinical experts and foster the development of nurses from novice to expert.

Nursing Grand Rounds: A Strategy for Promoting Evidence-Based Learning Among Pediatric Nurses

“…Since then, published literature on the use of NGR in the hospital setting have been scarce. More recently, with (a) the advent of the Magnet™ Program in the U. S., (b) the Institute of Medicine's (2010) report addressing continuing education for health professions, and (c) recommendations from the Carnegie Report (Benner, Sutphen, Leonard, & Day, 2010), (Armola et al, 2010;Furlong, D'Luna-O'Grady, Macari-Hinson, O'Connel, & Pierson, 2007;Hagle & Millenbruch, 2011;Iacono, 2008;Lannon, 2005;Wolak, Cairns, & Smith, 2008 …”

A Guide to Developing Nursing Grand Rounds

“…[7][8][9] Wolak et al 10 discovered that presentations in NGRs were an effective format to improve knowledge acquisition. Furlong et al 11 identified their NGRs as an opportunity for nursing expertise to be shared, a process that promoted professional development. For all of these reasons, we decided to try NGRs as a tool to enhance nursing practice.…”

Making Connections to Develop a Professional Network

“…As others hear of your interests and expertise, you may find yourself invited to present a Grand Rounds to multiple disciplines. Grand Rounds are ready‐made “to foster networking among diverse clinical nursing specialty areas” through a social learning environment (Furlong, D'Luna‐O'Grady, Macari‐Hinson, O'Connel, & Pierson, , p. 288).…”