Our Approach

Nursing Care Delivery

Patient- and family-centered care (PFCC) is an approach to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of health care that is grounded in mutually beneficial partnerships among health care providers, patients, and families. Nurses at AU Health embrace the core PFCC concepts of dignity and respect, information sharing, participation and collaboration in the delivery of nursing care.

Nursing Professional Practice

Shared governance is shared decision-making based on the principles of partnership, equity, accountability and ownership. Shared governance provides the structure to ensure AU Health nurses have input and control of decisions that influence practice, the work environment and outcomes. The ANCC Magnet® Model provides a framework for the pursuit of nursing excellence by prioritizing initiatives aligned with Transformational Leadership, Structural Empowerment, Exemplary Professional Practice, New Knowledge, Innovation and Improvements and Empirical Outcomes

Values

• Collegiality is reflected in collaboration, partnership, sense of community, and teamwork.
• Nurses collaborate by using effective communication skills and shared decision making to engage the patient and the interprofessional team in helping patients reach their health goals.
• Compassion is reflected in caring, empathy, and social responsibility.
• Teaching is central to practicing as a nurse at an academic medical center, whether teaching patients, colleagues or students.
• Leadership is reflected in courage, honor, professionalism, transparency and vision.
• Integrity is reflected in accountability, ethical behavior, honesty, and reliability.
• Inclusivity is reflected in diversity, equality, fairness, impartiality, and respect.
• Excellence is reflected in distinction, effectiveness, efficiency, enthusiasm, passion, and quality.