25/02/2015 International acknowledgment for nursing Vall d'Hebron Hospital 25/02/2015 The hospital is applying two clinical practice guidelines with remarkable results, from research into cures The Vall d'Hebron University Hospital has been recognized as a Centre Committed to Excellence in Nursing Care, an accreditation that recognizes the high quality of nursing noting the commitment to put up good practice guidelines developed by the prestigious "http://rnao.ca/" Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO), the "http://www.ona.org/" Ontario Nurses' Association, with more than 60,000 affiliates, and a genuine international reference in this professional field. The RNAO has created a program called Best Practices Spotlight Organizations ( "http://rnao.ca/bpg/bpso" BPSO) dedicated to the implementation of these guidelines, coordinated in the State by the Investen-ISCIII. In this program, Vall d'Hebron is the first center of Catalonia in achieving this accreditation, which will also receive seven other hospitals in the state. So far, they have succeeded centers worldwide as the "http://www.mountsinai.on.ca/" Mount Sinai de Toronto or "https://www.sjhc.london.on.ca/" St. Joseph’s Health Care London. .The University Hospital Vall d'Hebron has achieved this accreditation after three years of hard work that has benefited from the involvement of more than 150 professionals from 16 units of the three areas where the hospital is divided. By participating in this program there have been implemented and evaluated the impact of two clinical practice guidelines: "Care and ostomy management" Care and ostomy management and "http://rnao.ca/bpg/language/prevenci%C3%B3n-caidas-y-lesiones-derivadas" Prevention of falls and injuries from falls in old people. The two guides implemented born of care research. It is shown that nursing best practice not only improve care for patients and but contribute to cost savings in the health system.Nursing also investigates in the "http://www.vhir.org/larecerca/grupsrecerca/ca_grups_equip.asp?Idioma=es&mv1=2&mv2=1&mh1=2&mh2=1&mh3=1&mh4=0&ms=0&area=9&grup=6&menu=3" Health Care research group at VHIR, led by Dr. Carmen Fuentelsaz. Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Whatsapp