Memorial Hospital Achieves Magnet With Distinction® Recognition

Magnet with Distinction recognition is a prestigious national honor for nursing excellence.

Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center achieved Magnet with Distinction recognition in October as a reflection of its nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care. The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet with Distinction Recognition Program distinguishes organizations that not only meet, but exceed the rigorous standards for nursing excellence.

With this credential, Memorial Hospital joins the global community of Magnet with Distinction recognized organizations. Just a small, and select group of health care organizations have achieved Magnet with Distinction recognition.

“Magnet with Distinction recognition provides our community with the ultimate benchmark to measure the quality of patient care,” said Lori Persohn, Vice President Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer. “Achieving Magnet with Distinction recognition reinforces the culture of excellence that is a cornerstone of how we serve our community. It’s also tangible evidence of our nurses’ commitment to providing the very best care to our patients, of which we are extremely proud.”

Research demonstrates that Magnet organizations provide specific benefits to health care organizations and their communities, such as:

• Higher patient satisfaction with nurse communication, availability of help and receipt of discharge information.
• Lower risk of 30-day mortality and lower failure to rescue rates.
• Higher job satisfaction among nurses.
• Lower nurse reports of intentions to leave their positions.

Magnet with Distinction is a prestigious credential of nursing quality and confidence. For patients, this credential identifies organizations with satisfied nurses and safe, high-quality care.

The Magnet Model provides a framework for nursing practice, research, and measurement of outcomes. Through this research-driven framework, ANCC evaluates applicants across a number of components and dimensions to gauge an organization’s nursing excellence.

The foundation of this model comprises various elements deemed essential to delivering superior patient care. These include the quality of nursing leadership and coordination and collaboration across specialties, as well as processes for measuring and improving the quality and delivery of care.

About ANCC’s Magnet with Distinction Recognition Program
The Magnet with Distinction Recognition Program — administered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the largest and most prominent nurses credentialing organization in the world — identifies health care organizations that provide the very best in nursing care and professionalism in nursing practice.

The Magnet with Distinction Recognition Program is a prestigious national honor for nursing excellence and provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark for measuring quality of care. For more information about the Magnet with Distinction Recognition Program visit www.nursingworld.org/magnet.