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TCI HOSPITAL BECOMES A BEST PRACTICE SPOTLIGHT ORGANIZATION® PRE-DESIGNATE Patient and family-centered care, falls prevention and pressure ulcer strategies. The Registered Nurses' Association
The hospital aims to enhance
of Ontario (RNAO) has selected the Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital
nursing care and sustain a culture of evidence-based nursing and
as a Best Practice Spotlight Organization® (BPSO®) pre-
management decision-making practices. The virtual event
designate. The hospital has committed to the RNAO partnership
featured special remarks from Dr.
to become a BPSO® over the next three years. The designation is an internationally recognized mark of excellence in health care. The BPSO® program was officially launched at the health care facility on Thursday, May 13th, 2021, during a virtual event held in observance of International Nurses Week.
Denise Braithwaite-Tennant Chief Executive Officer at TCI Hospital, Jackurlyn Sutton - Chief Nursing Officer at the TCI Ministry of Health, Doris Grinspun - Chief Executive Officer at The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO), Morgan Hoffarth - President at the RNAO, and Nurse Carol Reid - Site Director at Cockburn Town Medical Centre.
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Associate Director of Guideline Implementation and Knowledge Transfer at the RNAO, Susan McNeill stated: "At RNAO, we are delighted to have the Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital join our global social movement of health-care excellence. It is clear that your hospitals are already committed to doing the very best for your patients and we look forward to supporting you to successfully achieve BPSO Designation over the next three years."
