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NICHE Planning & Implementation Guide Overview The NICHE Planning & Implementation Guide provides the most current content for full implementation of NICHE in an acute care setting. Written and updated by experienced professionals from NICHE sites, NICHE faculty, and other experts, this key document details a variety of approaches for adaptation of NICHE models to individual hospital needs and circumstances.

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Feature: Describes development of a NICHE Action Plan Benefit: Offers a shared vision for improving geriatric care, conducting an organizational assessment, building support, making a business case, selecting a pilot unit, and developing a specific action plan Feature: Discusses financial support Benefit: Details categories and sources of funding, and examples of organizations and funded projects Feature: Provides staff development guidance Benefit: Outlines the scope and content of education programs for hospital personnel, patient care associates, and the Geriatric Resource Nurse (GRN) role, including the logistics of training, encouraging participation, and evaluation Feature: Examines geriatric nursing protocols for best practice Benefit: Provides the empiric basis for evidence-based practice, the basis for outcome/process measurement, and development and implementation of protocols Feature: Considers other models that complement the NICHE program Benefit: Describes how to successfully implement the Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) model, and align NICHE and Magnet initiatives

Support Resources • NICHE Leadership Training Program

• NICHE for Patient+Family App and Encyclopedia

• NICHE Organizational Strategies • Clinical Improvement Models • NICHE Education Briefs • Geriatric Resource Nurse (2nd Edition, 2012)

• Introduction to Gerontology (2nd Edition, 2012)

• Geriatric Patient Care Associate (2nd Edition, 2012)

• NICHE “Evidence-Based Geriatric

Applications The guide is the key reference manual needed to develop a comprehensive NICHE program. NICHE tools and resources are discussed and program examples from NICHE sites are described to illustrate program implementation. Instruction is detailed, and includes a variety of approaches and suggestions for adaptation of NICHE models to individual needs and circumstances.

Nursing Protocols for Best Practice” (4th Edition, 2012). New York: Springer Publishing

• NICHE Online Connect Webinars • NICHE Solutions Series • Need to Know by NICHE Series • Joint Commission Crosswalk • NICHE Annual Conference

NICHE • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING 250 Park Avenue South, 6th floor, New York, NY 10003 • 212.998.5445 • email: [email protected] • nicheprogram.org

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NICHE Online Connect Webinar: Hardwiring NICHE - Role of the Nurse Manager

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Presenter: Dennise Lavrenz, BSN, MBA, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Many organizations struggle to assure management practices are aligned to complement and reinforce the change that an organization is embracing. Successful NICHE programs use a systematic approach to launching and sustaining NICHE. This webinar is designed to provide a framework for the Nurse Manager to effectively hardwire NICHE in their organization. Objectives of the Webinar: • Identify five essential steps to leading a successful change initiative - Creating a Shared Need - Shaping the Vision - Mobilizing Commitment - Making Change Last - Monitoring Progress • Identify required action steps necessary to support change - Change employee selection practices - Change training/development programs - Change the way performance is measured - Reward and recognize - Use existing communication channels and establish new channels - Change organizational structure - Evaluate technological opportunities - Identify appropriate resources Leading change… • Requires having a champion who sponsors the change • Leadership provides the time, passion, and focus for the effort Conclusion…Making change last Once change is started, it endures and flourishes. Learnings are transferred throughout the organization. There is consistent, visible, and tangible reinforcement of the change.

Support Resources • NICHE Leadership Training Program

• NICHE for Patient+Family App and Encyclopedia

• NICHE Organizational Strategies • Clinical Improvement Models • NICHE Education Briefs • Geriatric Resource Nurse (2nd Edition, 2012)

• Introduction to Gerontology (2nd Edition, 2012)

• Geriatric Patient Care Associate (2nd Edition, 2012)

• NICHE “Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice” (4th Edition, 2012). New York: Springer Publishing

• NICHE Online Connect Webinars • NICHE Solutions Series • Need to Know by NICHE Series

View the Planning & Implementation Guide. This resource is available only to NICHE member organizations.

NICHE • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING 250 Park Avenue South, 6th floor, New York, NY 10003 • 212.998.5445 • email: [email protected] • nicheprogram.org

• Joint Commission Crosswalk • NICHE Annual Conference

© 2015 NICHE All rights reserved.