Nursing Professional Practice

The North Star Compass

True North is the Model for Professional Nursing Practice at Tower Health. As the North Star and a compass guide the direction of one’s journey, the Tower Health True North guides the advancement of nursing practice and the ongoing transformation of patient care. Patients and families are at the center, surrounded by outcome excellence because these are nursing’s core purpose.

The compass directional points are the components of nursing practice at Tower Health – no matter our clinical specialty or area of practice.

Professional Practice Model

The Tower Health Nursing Professional Practice Model defines nursing practice and guides care delivery at Tower Health.

It is the result of collaboration of nurses at all levels and in all departments where nursing is practiced.
The components of the model are what constitute professional practice, no matter the setting or the specialty in which we work.
It is congruent with our organization’s mission, vision, values, and standards.
It directs the achievement of our nursing vision.

Professional Practice Model

(PPM) Overview

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Patient-Centered Care

Patient-centered care environment is defined by our Relationship-Based Care model. Care is focused on creating the optimal healing and caring environment and experience for patients and their families. This is accomplished through strong collegial relationships among care team members and healthy self-care practices by care providers.

Nursing Excellence

Excellence is defined by the ANCC Magnet Model, the gold standard for excellence in nursing. The Magnet Model components are standards of excellence that have been incorporated into our professional practice model. They are: transformational leadership; empowerment of nurses through shared governance, professional development, and recognition; exemplary professional practice, in which care delivery is patient centered; new knowledge and innovation that improves practice; and empirical outcomes that outperform national median benchmarks.