Mission Statement
UEXCEL has a mission to provide a flexible, supportive professional development and recognition program providing uniform standards and expanded opportunities designed for UCHealth clinical nurses to excel. UCHealth registered nurses believe UEXCEL enhances professional autonomy and accountability, increases nurse expertise, and promotes professional development within the ethical framework of the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses.
UEXCEL strives to promote a professional registered nurse practice environment that recognizes nurses’ individual talents and encourages the development of these unique contributions. By providing uniform standards and criteria for practice across clinical services, the program promotes best nursing practices, supports contributions to practice, education, leadership and utilization of evidence, and empowers professional practice to ensure high standards of excellent nursing care for patients.
Goals
- To create an environment that promotes professionalism in nurse actions and attitudes toward peers, patients and other disciplines
- To define the expectations of professional nurse practice based on the UCHealth Nursing Professional Practice Model
- To provide a framework for evaluating professional registered nurses, integrated with UCHealth’s Human Resources Performance Management Program
- To provide a system for compensation and rewards commensurate with completion of supplemental nursing activities
- To provide opportunities for professional development, to promote job satisfaction, to improve practice outcomes, and to enhance recruitment and retention of professional nurses at UCHealth
