Designating one day a month for meetings increased frontline nurses’ involvement in committees and councils.
Magnet®
2019 Magnet® Application Manual raises the bar for nursing excellence
In October 2017, the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program® released the 2019 Magnet® Application Manual, the 12th application manual in the 27-year history of the program. It builds upon the foundation of seminal research conducted in the early 1980s that led to the creation of the program, but it also incorporates contemporary standards that address challenges faced globally by healthcare organizations today.
A case study of a managers’ workshop
A hospital’s Magnet® redesignation drive spurs efforts to improve patient safety
Magnet appraisers’ questions increase the author’s determination to reduce patient falls.
A nurse-driven community education program for older adults
A nursing recognition program gets a makeover
A ROADMAP involves patients and families in the plan of care
This electronic tool keeps patients and families informed on key aspects of care.
A system’s Pathway to Excellence® journey
A Year of Gifts
Our editor-in-chief reviews important accomplishments in the past year and presents a nursing "wish list".
Achieving Magnet® designation: From preparation to pride
Adapting a professional practice model
Advancing shared governance during a pandemic
Advancing toward an 80% BSN workforce by 2020
Learn about the steps one Connecticut hospital is taking to increase its BSN nurses.
ANA honors hospitals for outstanding quality
Which hospitals won the 2010 NDNQI® Award for Outstanding Nursing
Quality Indicators®
ANCC honors clinicians with first annual Magnet® Nurse of the Year Awards
Applying the Magnet™ model to improve medication safety
A Baltimore hospital used the five Magnet components as a framework for
transforming its bedside medication administration process. Involving directcare
nurses in decision making was a key aspect of the project.
Attaining Magnet status
The authors explain the program that has brought Magnet success to seven hospitals – so far.
Bassett Medical Center wins 2011 Magnet Prize®
Boot camp can help prepare nurses for Magnet® appraiser visits
Breaking competitive barriers: The Colorado Magnet® Collaborative
A regional collaborative allows sharing of best practices and
nurtures professional nursing.
Breathing life back into a medical ethics committee
Bring on the heat!
Unit nurses take a creative approach to solving a clinical practice problem.
Bringing nursing orientation back to life
Building a successful behavioral emergency support team
Building collaboration between CNOs and direct-care nurses
Collaboration hinges on mutual trust and respect. To nurture these attributes, the chief nursing officer must appreciate others’ contributions, use the skillsets of nurses at different knowledge levels, and involve staff in shared governance.
Calming the chaos: Simulated code interdisciplinary team training
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia partners with schools to promote healthy lifestyles
Comparing Pathway to Excellence® and Magnet Recognition® Programs
Competency-based orientation of Magnet® program directors
Create a great work culture
For a successful leader, establishing the right environment isn’t part of the job. It is the job.
Creating a Magnet® culture using the ANA Code of Ethics
One hospital’s Magnet workgroup used a Code of Ethics program to transform nursing practice.
Creating a self-sustaining professional culture of quality
To earn Magnet redesignation, a hospital must be able to sustain a professional culture of quality. A nurse leader at one hospital describes how her nursing staff has done just that.
Cultivating high-quality abstracts, manuscripts, and presentations
Culture trifecta: Building the infrastructure for Magnet® and just culture
At one community hospital, nurses, physicians, and administrators worked together to build the infrastructure for Magnet® and just culture into their organization, aiding their pursuit of healthcare excellence.
Designing a sustainable research strategy
Developing shared governance leaders
Do Magnet facilitites maintain their “magnetism”?
Nursing researchers investigated 41 facilities to determine whether they maintained thier “Magnetism” after earning Magnet designation.
Driving to zero harm with nursing morbidity and mortality conferences
Energize your career with the forces of magnetism
Is a Magnet facility for you? Explore the benefits.
From Your ANA President
President, American Nurses AssociationResearch shows that Magnet® designation makes a difference in the lives of nurses and patients
Fusing Magnet® and just culture
The author describes the beneficial alignment of just culture concepts Magnet® principles.
Get ready for web-based electronic Magnet® document submission
Get your head into the cloud
Gifts that keep on giving
Global nursing excellence shines at ANCC’s National Magnet Conference
Last October’s conference honored 40 newly designated and 64 redesignated Magnet organizations, announced the 2010 Magnet Prize recipient, honored Magnet Prize Honors winners, and recognized individual nurse leaders for their outstanding service and contributions.
Going for the gold: The value of attaining Magnet recognition
Earning Magnet status brings an organization both external prestige and internal benefits.
Helping nurses to achieve nursing excellence
Highlights from the 2011 ANCC National Magnet Conference®
View people, activities, and crafts at the Baltimore conference.
Highlights from the 2012 ANCC National Magnet Conference®
The recent conference offered education programs,
networking opportunities, artwork, and
Hospital holidays
How Magnet® designation affects nurse retention: An evidence-based research project
A positive work environment and nurse satisfaction can improve nurse retention.
How nurse’s work environment influences key performance indicators
How one hospital helps staff nurses pay for advanced academic degrees
An innovative funding program is helping to create a highly educated nursing workforce.
How Project LeaRN promotes lifelong learning
How to increase unit-based shared governance participation and empowerment
How to plan a successful Magnet® site visit
Implementing a floating hospice
Implementing and evaluating an oral chemotherapy tracking tool
Improving patient satisfaction the 4DX way
Interprofessional education promotes collaboration
A program for health profession students nurtures teamwork in a hospital setting.
Jump-starting unit-based councils
Lean tools and concepts reduce waste, improve efficiency
By putting lean principles in action, a health network has shortened stays,
improved patient satisfaction, and decreased ED-to-bed times.
Learning from mistakes
Lessons learned by Magnet® Program Directors
Level loading nurse assignments based on the work intensity
Leveraging technology to improve care and patient outcomes
Magnet FAQs
Magnet journey creates parallel paths
Discover how the road to nursing excellence can also improve other departments.
Magnet Profiles
Magnet Recognition Program® update
The director of the National Magnet Recognition Program® previews the upcoming conference and reveals other
activities at the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Magnet Recognition Program®: Facts and FAQs
Get up-to-date on the Magnet Recognition Program®.
Magnet redesignation: A journey well worth taking
Nurses at one healthcare system set out to show appraisers how much their organization had matured since earning Magnet status.
Magnet® and COVID-19 response
Magnet® Nurses In Action: Clinical stars lead a successful professional practice program
The UEXCEL program has improved patient outcomes while developing nurse leadership and autonomy.
Making the case for Magnet® designation to the C-suite
How to convince senior executives that the Magnet journey is well worth the expense
Mission: Achieve continual readiness for Joint Commission surveys
Surviving surprise visits can be easier if you use the author’s “E” approach.
Mobile devices and healthcare-associated infections
Modifying the Magnet model: The shape of things to come
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) rolls out a new model for its Magnet Recognition Program.
Modifying the Magnet model: The shape of things to come
Learn about the next-generation model for the Magnet Recognition Program.
More nurses are at the table
National Magnet Nurse of the Year® 2014 award winners
National Magnet Nurse of the Year® 2015 award winners
National Magnet Nurse of the Year® 2016 award winners
National Magnet Nurse of the Year® 2017 award winners
National Magnet Nurse of the Year™ 2012 award winners
National Priorities Partnership explores nursing’s contributions to healthcare transformation
Seeking to address major healthcare challenges, the National Priorities Partnership recognizes the many contributions nurses are making to advance its goals and transform health care. This article details the steps needed to optimize nursing’s contributions in specific areas.
Navigating excellence during a pandemic: The Magnet® program director’s role
Near-peer mentoring for nursing research education
Novel ethics champion programs
Nurse documentation and the electronic health record
Nurse leaders discuss the nurse’s role in driving technology decisions
In an AMNT roundtable, executives discuss the value of engaging frontline nurses in technology decisions, explore the chief nursing officer’s role in technology selection, and exchange views on how technology improves patient outcomes.
Nurse-sensitive indicators: Integral to the Magnet journey
To help earn Magnet designation, Children’s National Medical Center established TPN and lipid error elimination as a unit-based nurse-sensitive indicator. Its implementation improved
patient-care outcomes, enhanced nurses’ pride, and led to an environment of inquiry.
Nursing excellence: Successful steps to reduce pressure injuries related to noninvasive ventilation
Nursing peer review: Principles and practice
First defined more than 20 years ago, nursing peer review holds nursing practice to the highest standards.
Nursing peer review: Raising the bar on quality
A nursing peer-review process at a Magnet hospital drives exemplary outcomes and promotes a more professional environment.
Nursing research sheds light on key nursing-care values
Formulating a philosophy of patient-care delivery helped a nursing department prepare for Magnet redesignation.
One hospital’s “peanutty” path to Magnet designation
Find out how a peanut-butter taste test taught staff nurses about the research process.
Operationalizing new knowledge, innovations, and improvement
Operationalizing Pathway to Excellence® standard for professional development
Operationalizing Pathway to Excellence® standard for shared decision-making
Operationalizing the Pathway to Excellence® quality standard
Our journey along the Pathway to Excellence®
Our Magnet site Visit
How preparation paved the way to success
Pathway to Excellence® in long-term care organizations
Pathway to Excellence®: A framework to combat PTSD
Patient-centered simulations can strengthen collegial relationships
Pivotal role of the Magnet® program director
Preceptor education: Focusing on quality and safety education for nurses
Professional governance and staff engagement
Quantifying the benefits of staff participation in shared governance
Organizations can save money and avoid costs by involving
staff in the work of shared governance.
Recession, reform, redesignation—oh my!
Discover the strategies some nurse leaders used to engage staff nurses in their hospital’s Magnet redesignation drive.
Remedying role confusion: Differentiating RN and LPN roles
When the lines between RN’s and LPN’s practice roles got blurry, nurses initiated a comprehensive process to clearly define and demarcate these roles.
Rotating peripheral IV catheters based on clinical indication
Schwartz Center Rounds® and Magnet®: Enhancing patient- and family-centered care
This favorable combination provides a safe
setting for caregivers to discuss difficult issues.
Shared governance aids compliance with Magnet® model sources of evidence
Spotlight on nurse staffing, autonomy, and control over practice
This article kicks off our series that examines the distinguishing traits of Magnet hospitals and discusses strategies that can make healthcare facilities more “magnetic.”
Staffing committees: A safe staffing solution that includes engagement
Standardizing handoff communication
Structural empowerment and the Magnet® Model: A perfect fit
Succession planning for Magnet® Program Director
A written succession plan gives direction when developing successors for the director role.
Supporting novice nurses in a float pool
As the nursing profession strives to advance care delivery, it’s faced with many challenges, including adequately educating nurses and effectively managing staffing and retention issues. We need new, innovative solutions to effectively deal with these challenges. Christiana Care Health System (CCHS) developed a unique medical nurse float pool to support medical nursing units by decreasing overtime costs and managing unpredictable staffing needs.
Sustaining a shared governance organization
Learn about the tools and mechanisms that foster an autonomous nursing staff.
Sustaining shared decision making: A biennial task force process
The ABCs of nursing research
The inside scoop of a virtual site visit
The Magnet journey: A boost to professionalism among nurses
At a rural hospital working toward Magnet recognition, adopting shared decision-making governance increased nurses’ confidence and boosted interdisciplinary collaboration.
The Magnet® effect: Success in minimizing bloodstream infections
One hospital’s Magnet quest and several other factors came together to reduce the infection rate.
The Magnetizers: A team approach to Magnet®-focused teaching
Six direct-care nurses came together to teach hospital staff about the Magnet Recognition Program.®
The path to a quieter unit
The value of ANCC’s Magnet Recognition Program®: A CNO’s perspective
Tme magnetic matrix: Building blocks of Magnet™ hospitals
Transitional care—The pathway to integrated care delivery
Uplifting clinical nurses through Magnet® exemplar writing
Use data to drive empirical outcomes
Using mobile technology during patient handoffs
Viewpoint: What today’s bumper crop of new nurses means for nursing education, healthcare employers, and consumers
Virtual technology prepares nurses for a hospital move
Virtual-building orientation teaches hospital staff how to
navigate a new building even before the move takes place.
What can Magnet do for you?
The Magnet Recognition Program identifies healthcare facilities committed to nursing excellence.