Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 048 - Health, Department of › Sub-Agency 0050 - Rural Health, Office of › Chapter 4 - WYOMING HOSPITAL IMPROVEMENT GRANTS › Section 4-4 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
				  and enforcement of these rules. Where the context in which words are used in
				  these rules indicates that such is the intent, words in the singular number
				  shall include the plural and vice versa. Throughout these gender pronouns are
				  used interchangeably except where the context dictates otherwise. The drafters
				  have attempted to utilize each gender pronoun in equal numbers, in random
				  distribution. Words in each gender shall include individuals of the other
				  gender.
(a) "Beds" means operating beds
				for the care of patients staying twenty-four (24) hours or more according to
				the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program. This
				category does not include bassinets.
(b) "Designation" means a process required by
				the American Nurses Credentialing Center in order to receive Magnet
				Recognition. The process requires the appraisal of both qualitative and
				quantitative data about nursing care within a specific hospital, submission of
				an application of intent, submission of documentation and a site
				visit.
(c) "Consortium" means a
				group of three (3) or more small hospitals, with each under one hundred (100)
				beds, joining efforts to address the four required areas of the grant at each
				hospital.
(d) "Department" means
				the Wyoming Department of Health, Rural and Frontier Health Division, Office of
				Rural Health.
(e) "Eligible
				recipient" means any licensed Wyoming hospital that accepts Medicaid (Title XIX
				of the Social Security Act or the Wyoming Medical Assistance Services Act),
				Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act) and the State Child Health
				Insurance Program (Kid Care CHIP).
(f) "Grant" means a grant of funds under a
				contract agreement.
(g) "Grant
				amount" means the state program funds plus the matching funds from the local
				hospital.
(h) "Grant Application"
				means a written document required by the Department of Health, Rural and
				Frontier Health Division, Office of Rural Health, in order to request funding
				under the Magnet Hospital Grant Program or the Small Hospital Improvement Grant
				Program.
(i) "In-kind services"
				means services that directly contribute to preparation of the application for
				Magnet Recognition or for achieving quality nursing practices, quality nursing
				working environments, increased retention of nursing staff and demonstrated
				improved outcomes for patients. These services may include salary and expenses
				for staff who are directly working on aspects of the application or specific
				forces of magnetism, such as self-assessment, data collection regarding patient
				outcomes or nursing satisfaction surveys; costs to educate and support nursing
				staff working directly on components of Forces of Magnetism; and/or costs for
				materials needed for the application for Magnet Recognition or for achieving
				designated Forces of Magnetism.
(j)
				"Lead Entity" means the small hospital signing the grant contract and
				organizing the consortium members for responsibilities to address the four (4)
				required areas of the grant and the matching funds.
(k) "Magnet Recognition" means a formal
				designation given by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
(l) "Magnet Recognition Program Application"
				means submission of a letter of intent, followed by submission of written
				documentation by March or July of the following year based on scheduling by the
				American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
(m) "Magnet Recognition Criteria" means the
				fourteen (14) Forces of Magnetism and associated specific components identified
				by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as of January 1, 2006, that reflect
				high quality nursing practices, quality nursing working environments and
				demonstrated improvement in patient outcomes.
(n) "Recipient Hospital" means a hospital
				licensed in Wyoming that accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and Kid Care
				CHIP.
(o) "Small Hospital" means a
				hospital licensed in Wyoming with less than one hundred (100) beds.
(p) "This Act" means Senate Enrolled Act No.
				53 in the State of Wyoming Fifty-Eighth Legislature 2006 Budget
				Session.