048-4 Wyo. Code R. § 4-4
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.
048-4 Wyo. Code R. § 4-4