Daniela Chancey
January 2024
Daniela
Chancey
,
BSN, RN
CCU
Charlie Norwood VA
Augusta
,
GA
United States
Ms. Chancey is a safety advocate, ensuring that staff adhere to the highest patient safety standards in the care delivered to the veterans at the Augusta VA.
Ms. Chancey is an exceptional leader who has worked in various staff and leadership roles at the Augusta VA. Ms. Chancey has been with the VA for 17+ years, starting as a nursing assistant and currently occupying the role of Assistant Nurse Manager in 3B/CCU. Ms. Chancey’s knowledge of critical care nursing and outstanding communication skills are exhibited in her management of the daily operations of the CCU. Ms. Chancey’s leadership skills have been enhanced over the past year as she has assumed the role of ANM and covered for the NM for 2 months in her absence. Ms. Chancey is obtaining an advanced degree (MSN) focused on nursing leadership and consistently role models the behaviors of a transformational leader. Ms. Chancey exemplifies not only the characteristics of a DAISY Nurse Leader but also that of an HRO Champion.
Pre-Occupation with Failure - Ms. Chancey is a safety advocate, ensuring that staff adhere to the highest patient safety standards in the care delivered to the veterans at the Augusta VA. Ms. Chancey was awarded the Safety Award for her commitment to a safe environment for veterans and staff.
Reluctance to Simplify – Ms. Chancey developed EOC and Leader Rounding action plans for the inpatient nursing units, challenging her fellow nurse leader to perform EOC rounds 2x daily to ensure unit-specific safety and Leader-patient rounds on 100% of new admissions to address patient-specific concerns.
Sensitivity to Operations – Ms. Chancey has worked diligently on the ED-to-ward handoff project to improve the transfer of patients from the ED to the Wards/CCU and provide more efficient transfers by empowering the CCU staff to “pull” patients from the ED. Ms. Chancey has consistently engaged bedside staff to gain an understanding of bedside care during hand-offs and provide transitional communication between leadership and frontline staff.
Commitment to Resilience – Ms. Chancey meets staffing challenges with novel approaches to “filling gaps” and assumes a role in staffing to remain off CCU diversion and reduce the workload burden for the staff she leads.
Deference to Expertise – Ms. Chancey recognized an increased JPSRs regarding anti-coagulation therapy administration on the wards. She worked with the pharmacy to address the educational gap and presented this “great catch” in an edition of the Saf-Tea Forum. Ms. Chancey deferred to the pharmacy regarding PO maintenance of coagulopathy while she served as the SME for IV anti-coagulant therapy (heparin drips, titration, etc.).
It is my absolute pleasure to work with Ms. Chancey. I am honored to serve as a leader and mentor to her. I am excited to see how she matures into an executive nurse leader. I am proud to call her a nursing colleague!
Pre-Occupation with Failure - Ms. Chancey is a safety advocate, ensuring that staff adhere to the highest patient safety standards in the care delivered to the veterans at the Augusta VA. Ms. Chancey was awarded the Safety Award for her commitment to a safe environment for veterans and staff.
Reluctance to Simplify – Ms. Chancey developed EOC and Leader Rounding action plans for the inpatient nursing units, challenging her fellow nurse leader to perform EOC rounds 2x daily to ensure unit-specific safety and Leader-patient rounds on 100% of new admissions to address patient-specific concerns.
Sensitivity to Operations – Ms. Chancey has worked diligently on the ED-to-ward handoff project to improve the transfer of patients from the ED to the Wards/CCU and provide more efficient transfers by empowering the CCU staff to “pull” patients from the ED. Ms. Chancey has consistently engaged bedside staff to gain an understanding of bedside care during hand-offs and provide transitional communication between leadership and frontline staff.
Commitment to Resilience – Ms. Chancey meets staffing challenges with novel approaches to “filling gaps” and assumes a role in staffing to remain off CCU diversion and reduce the workload burden for the staff she leads.
Deference to Expertise – Ms. Chancey recognized an increased JPSRs regarding anti-coagulation therapy administration on the wards. She worked with the pharmacy to address the educational gap and presented this “great catch” in an edition of the Saf-Tea Forum. Ms. Chancey deferred to the pharmacy regarding PO maintenance of coagulopathy while she served as the SME for IV anti-coagulant therapy (heparin drips, titration, etc.).
It is my absolute pleasure to work with Ms. Chancey. I am honored to serve as a leader and mentor to her. I am excited to see how she matures into an executive nurse leader. I am proud to call her a nursing colleague!