Magnet Recognition

ANCC Magnet Designation

In 2010, Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano achieved its first ANCC Magnet Designation®, a national designation for nursing excellence awarded to very few hospitals by the American Nursing Credentialing Center. In 2016 and 2020, we received our second and third designations.

ANCC has established the standards of practice that have proven to deliver optimal outcomes for patient care and the nurse work environment.

The nurses at Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano are devoted to caring for a diverse community of patients. As integral members of our frontline care team, they actively seek opportunities to enhance the quality of care they provide. Concurrently, our leadership is steadfast in its commitment to continuously invest in developing nursing excellence.

Transformational leadership

Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano is a free-standing, full-service hospital dedicated solely to heart and vascular care
Hospital leadership is committed to Nursing Excellence while fostering new ideas and innovations
Nurse leaders actively seek input from nurses at all levels within the organization and are dedicated to offering the utmost level of support to the nursing staff
Nursing Shared Governance at Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano empowers nurses to actively contribute to processes concerning nursing practice and the overall nursing work environment
Developed and implemented an innovative multidisciplinary Cardiac Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program
Developed and implemented a cardiovascular nursing clinical pathway
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano has received the highest rating - three stars - for outstanding surgical quality in all five surgical categories measured by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, placing the hospital's performance among the top 1% in the nation
Healthgrades recognized Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano for delivering superior patient care outcomes in coronary intervention procedures. The distinction was determined following an analysis of 45 million+ Medicare medical claims
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano was identified as one of the nation's 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ according to an independent quality analysis-based scorecard provided by PINC AI™ in collaboration with Fortune
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano is among the first four hospitals nationwide - the first in Texas - to be verified as part of the Vascular Verification Program (Vascular-VP), a Quality Program recently launched by the American College of Surgeons with the Society for Vascular Surgery

New knowledge, innovations and improvements at our heart hospital in Plano

Podium presentations

Confidence in De-escalation - Sigma Healthy Work Environment - Bria Hollingsworth, MSN, RN, CCRN-K and Alaina Tellson, PhD, RN, CLNC, NPD-BC, NE-BC
COVID ECMO Mobility - UTA Sigma Theta Tau Conference 2022 - Jenelle Sheasby, MSN, RN, CCRN-CSC-CMC, CES-A
Decreasing Perioperative-Acquired Pressure Injuries in Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients Using a Static Overlay on OR Surface - BSWH Nursing Research and EBP Summit 2022- Maria Hoffman, MSN, RN, WCC and Tina Jackson, BSN, RN, CNOR
COVID ECMO Mobility - BSWTHHP Nursing Research Council 2022 - Jenelle Sheasby, MSN, RN, CCRN-CSC-CMC, CES-A
Implementing a Preceptor Development Program to Improve Preceptor Support and Confidence - SNRS 2023 - Kelly Duke, DNP, RN
Educating Cardiac ICU Nurses on Performing a High-Risk Emergency Bedside Sternotomy - AORN Global Surgical Conference and Expo 2024 - Vanessa Ferris, BSN, RN, CCRN and Brian Patton, BSN, RN, CNOR, CST
Development of an Acute PE Follow-up Clinic - 6th Pulmonary Hypertension Professional Symposium 2023 - Adrian Felder, MS, APRN, AGNP-C and Mary Connelly, BSN, RN

Poster presentations

Decreasing Perioperative-Acquired Pressure Injuries in Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients Using a Static Overlay on OR Surface - NPIAP Annual Conference 2022 - Maria Hoffman, MSN, RN, WCC and Tina Jackson, BSN, RN, CNOR
Crash Cart Standardization - TONL 2023 - Loretta Klavon, MSN, CNS, CEN
Decreasing Perioperative-Acquired Pressure Injuries in Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients Using a Static Overlay on OR Surface - WCEI Wild on Wounds Conference 2022 - Maria Hoffman, MSN, RN, WCC and Tina Jackson, BSN, RN, CNOR
Surgical Smoke Inhalation - AORN Global Conference & Expo 2023 - Kalina Reuber, BSN, RN, CNOR
External Chest Support Device vs Pillow: Search for Adjunct Pain Control Tool for Post-sternotomy Pain - AORN Global Conference & Expo 2023 - Mary Ann Guillen, BSN, RN, CNOR
Decreasing Perioperative-Acquired Pressure Injuries in Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients Using a Static Overlay on OR Surface - AORN Global Conference & Expo 2023 - Maria Hoffman, MSN, RN, WCC and Tina Jackson, BSN, RN, CNOR
Nurse Certification and Test Anxiety - TNA Conference 2023 - Sarah Schrah, BSN, RN and Karen Stanzo, PhD, RN, IBCLC, NEA-BC
Enhance Communication and Health Literacy Awareness to Decrease Heart Failure Readmission Rates - AMSN Conference - Bria Hollingsworth, MSN, RN, CCRN-K and Alaina Tellson, PhD, RN, CLNC, NPD-BC, NE-BC
Standardizing Education for Bedside ECMO Nurses by Utilizing a Multi-tiered Approach - ELSO Conference 2023 - Suzanne Krais, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CCRN-K and Jenelle Sheasby, MSN, RN, CCRN-CSC-CMC, CES-A
Utilization of Impella as a Weaning Platform from ECMO is Associated with Increased Survival in Cardiogenic Shock - ELSO Conference 2023 - Suzanne Krais, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CCRN-K and Jenelle Sheasby, MSN, RN, CCRN-CSC-CMC, CESA
ECMO as an Indirect Bridge to Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation - ELSO Conference 2023 - Jenelle Sheasby, MSN, RN, CCRN-CSC-CMC, CES-A
Development of an Acute PE Follow-up Clinic - 6th Pulmonary Hypertension Professional Symposium 2023 - Adrian Felder, MS, APRN, AGNP-C and Mary Connelly, BSN, RN
Perioperative-acquired Pressure Injuries in Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients - Sigma Theta Tau Delta Chapter 2024 - Maria Hoffman, MSN, RN, WCC

Publications and abstracts

An Interprofessional Approach to Mobilizing Patients With COVID-19 Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - AACN Advanced Critical Care 2022 - Suzanne Krais, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CCRN-K and Jenelle Sheasby, MSN, RN, CCRNCSC-CMC, CES-A
Intermediate-term Survival and Functional Outcomes of COVID-19 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients - Journal of Cardiac Surgery 2022 - Jenelle Sheasby, MSN, RN, CCRN-CSC-CMC, CES-A
Directed Hypercapnia as a Strategy to Wean Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in COVID-19 Pneumonia - The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2022 - Jenelle Sheasby, MSN, RN, CCRN-CSC-CMC, CES-A
An Interprofessional Approach to Mobilizing Patients with COVID-19 Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - AACN Advanced Critical Care - Suzanne Krais, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CCRN-K

Research studies

Reduction in Heart Failure Readmissions: Educating the Caregiver - Bria Hollingsworth, MSN, RN, CCRN-K and Karen Stanzo, PhD, RN, IBCLC, NEA-BC
Nurse Certification and Test Anxiety - Sarah Schrah, BSN, RN and Karen Stanzo, PhD, RN, IBCLC, NEA-BC
Optimization of a Risk Stratification Tool for HAPI in the Critical Care Population with a Focus on Prone Patient Positioning and Presence of a Medical Device - Maria Hoffman, BSN, RN, WCC

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