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Pathway Program Director Spotlight

Winter Chambers Horton, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC

Pathway Program Director

Covenant Children's Hospital

Click HERE to read more about Winter's personal impact of designation for Covenant Children's Hospital, implementing the Pathway framework and, future plans for sustaining a positive practice environment during their designation.

Official Leadership Journal of the Pathway to Excellence® Program

Elevating professional well-being
in healthcare: A crosswalk of the NIOSH Impact Wellbeing™ campaign and the ANCC Pathway to Excellence® Framework

William Carson, MSN, RN, CEN, NEA-BC; Melissa Bates, DNP, RN, CDE; and John Howard, MD

Since 2007, the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC’s) Pathway
to Excellence® and Pathway to Excellence in Long-term
Care® Programs have gained international attention for providing
healthcare organizations with an evidence-based blueprint for
cultivating positive practice environments. The Pathway framework
comprises six evidence-based and essential standards found in
positive practice environments: Shared Decision-Making, Leadership,
Safety, Quality, Well-Being, and Professional Development. Pathway organizations worldwide have reported that integration of the Pathway
framework translates to improved quality of care and enhanced professional
nursing outcomes.
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Featured Article

Pathway and Sigma partnership

Leveraging professional branding

Gray, Sarah E. DNP, RN, CEN, FAEN; Dans, Maricon MSN, RN, NE-BC
The American Nurses Credentialing Center's Pathway to Excellence® Program (Pathway) and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) are harnessing their collective impact to grow in value and benefit nursing worldwide. Both organizations recognize the importance of striving for positive practice environments and creating a sustained culture of excellence by supporting individual nurses along their professional journey. One way to support nurses as they seek career growth is through professional branding.

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Maureen Brady

Nursing Management’s Senior Editor 

"Nursing Management provides its readers with strategic professional information and services that nurses need to excel as healthcare leaders, and the six standards of the Pathway to Excellence® framework are critical to nurse leaders’ success. As the official leadership journal of the Pathway to Excellence® program, Nursing Management is honored to deliver the latest Pathway news, initiatives, and information to help inform nurse leaders as they work to create positive practice environments for their teams. If you have valuable information to share with other nurse leaders, we’d love to hear from you. Email Maureen.brady@wolterskluwer.com for more information, or visit www.editorialmanager.com/nmg to submit a manuscript."