An Organizational Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice: A Multipronged Strategic Approach.

Cedars-Sinai is a sixth continuous Magnet organization in Southern California that embodies inclusive leadership in support of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) principles. The organization adheres to a strategic model prioritizing staff sense of belonging, empowerment, engagement, curiosity, and creativity. Employing inclusive leadership, we have implemented strong programs of professional development and continuous learning, innovation, and research.

COVID-19: An Organizational-theory-guided Holistic Self-caring and Resilience Project.

In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global human caring crisis, this article describes an innovative, theory-guided, holistic practice project at a major academic medical center in Northern California. The purpose of this theory-guided COVID-19 project was to address the self-care needs of caregivers so they could better care for patients/families who are confronting daily pandemic demands. The organization's professional practices are guided by Watson's theory of human caring and Caritas Processes.

Capitalizing on an Existing Shared Governance Structure in Developing Leadership Succession Planning.

This evidence-based project in a large academic medical center presents the integration of a succession-planning framework into existing shared leadership councils to fill open formal leadership positions. The framework included assessment, planning, and outcome evaluation of 3 strategic interventions: 1) leadership development, 2) experiential learning, and 3) mentoring. Benefits included improved self-perception as a leader, improved leadership competency, increased talent bench strength, and 32 internal promotions of frontline staff to formal leadership positions within 1 year.

Realigning Shared Governance With Magnet® and the Organization's Operating System to Achieve Clinical Excellence.

In 2012, an academic medical center successfully overhauled a 15-year-old shared governance to align 6 house-wide and 30 unit-based councils with the new Magnet Recognition Program® and the organization's operating system, using the processes of LEAN methodology. The redesign improved cross-council communication structures, facilitated effective shared decision-making processes, increased staff engagement, and improved clinical outcomes. The innovative structural and process elements of the new model are replicable in other health institutions.

An online, interactive approach to teaching neuroscience to adolescents.

Most of today's students are skilled in instant messaging, Web browsing, online games, and blogs. These have become part of the social landscape and have changed how we learn and where we learn. The question becomes how to harness the attractiveness and ubiquity of electronic venues toward the goal of teaching neuroscience.

Efficacy of MedMyst: an Internet Teaching Tool for Middle School Microbiology.

Can web-based technology be used to effectively introduce or reinforce aspects of microbiology to middle school students? This central hypothesis examines whether brief exposure to a web adventure format containing virtual lab experiments and computer games within an engaging story line can impact student learning. An episodic adventure series, MedMyst (http://medmyst.rice.