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YNHHS nursing consistently delivers patient-centered care that is compassionate, culturally sensitive, collaborative and comprehensive. Magnet principles frame our relentless pursuit of excellence to lead the world of nursing.
Every quarter, YNHH submits data to the National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators showing the impact nurses have on quality of care. These indicators illustrate how nursing care, such as good oral care, skin care or measures to prevent patient falls, are important to patient outcomes.
This table shows the percentage of eligible YNHH units/clinics that outperformed the NDNQI average for the teaching status benchmark during each quarter of calendar year 2019:
| 1QCY2019 (Jan- Mar) |
2QCY2019 (Apr-Jun) |
3QCY2019 (Jul-Sept) |
4QCY2019 (Oct-Dec) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catheter-associated urinary tract infections | 76% of units/clinics outperforming average | 65% units/clinics outperforming average | 87% units/clinics outperforming average | 83% units/clinics outperforming average |
| Central line-assoc. bloodstream infec. | 72% | 74% | 80% | 85% |
| Hospital-acquired pressure injuries - stage II and above | 69% | 60% | 64% | 59% |
| Falls with injury | 75% | 71% | 71% | 79% |
| Ambulatory falls with injury | 89% | 90% | 90% | 89% |
| Surgical burns | 94% | 89% | 88% | 88% |
Yale New Haven Hospital is among approximately 9 percent of all hospitals nationwide - and one of only seven hospitals in Connecticut - to achieve Magnet® designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The designation recognizes healthcare organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional practice. YNHH earned Magnet® designation for the first time in 2011, and was re-designated in 2016 and 2021.
Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital has celebrated some major successes in the detection and early treatment of a potentially deadly foe: sepsis.
