Creating Innovation Culture in Nursing; A Success Story

Aim: Nurses should keep up with constant change and integrate innovation into their services in order to obtain effective and desirable results in their service provision activation of the process of innovation in nursing services reduces the cost of care and increases the quality of care.
Material and Method: In order to activate the process of innovation in nursing services provided at our hospital, a number of steps were completed.In the first step, nurses’ level of knowledge was improved through regular training, individual counseling was initiated using the coaching system, competitions were organized for making the process more interesting, and participation rate was increased with rewards. These implementations produced an innvoation culture.
Results: During the process of activating innovation at our hospital, which was initiated in 2012, competitions and symposiums were held. In the 7 year period, nurses wurking at our hospital completed 376 innovative projects. Each of these projects had an inventive quality and through these projects, the nurses were able to support novel and creative activities which increased the quality of care. The patenting process of 50 innovative projects was completed and studies were activated for producing new inventions.
Conclusion: Regular training, role modeling, and scientific activities that introduce the process, make the process more interesting, and guide nurses are crucial for activating the innovation process in nursing.

Hemþirelikte Ýnovasyon Kültürü Oluþturma; Bir Baþarý Öyküsü

Amaç: Hemþireler hizmet sunumlarýnda etkin ve istendik sonuçlarý yakalayabilmek için sürekli deðiþime ayak uydurmak ve inovasyon sürecini hizmetlerine entegre etmek zorundadýrlar. Hemþirelik hizmetlerinde inovasyon sürecini aktive etmek, hasta bakým maliyetini azaltýrken, bakým kalitesini de artýrmaktadýr.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Hastanemiz hemþirelik hizmetlerinde inovasyon sürecini aktive etmek için bazý basamaklar takip edilmiþtir. Ýlk adýmda hemþirelerimizin farkýndalýklarýný düzenli eðitimler ile bilgi düzeyleri arttýrýlmýþ, koçluk sistemi ile bireysel danýþmanlýklar baþlatýlmýþ, süreci cazip hale getirecek yarýþmalar düzenlenmiþ, ödül süreci ile katýlým arttýrýlmýþ ve hemþirelikte inovasyon kültürü oluþturulmuþtur.
Bulgular: Hastanemizde 2012 yýlýnda baþlatýlan hemþirelikte inovasyonu aktive etme süreci dahilinde; yarýþma ve sempozyum süreçleri gerçekleþtirilmiþtir. 7 yýllýk süreçte hastanemiz hemþireleri toplam 376 inovatif proje geliþtirmiþtir. Her biri yeni bir buluþ özelliði taþýyan projeleri ile hemþirelerimizin bakým kalitesini arttýrýcý, yeni ve yaratýcý faaliyetleri desteklemeleri saðlanmýþtýr. Ýnovatif 50 proje için patent alma süreci tamamlanmýþtýr ve yeni buluþlarýn üretimi için çalýþmalar aktive edilmiþtir.
Sonuç: Hemþirelerde inovasyon sürecinin aktifleþtirilmesinde; düzenli eðitimlerin, süreci tanýtacak, cazip hale getirecek, yol gösterecek bilimsel aktivitelerin yapýlmasýnýn ve rol model olmanýn yeri büyüktür.