The ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® was established in 1993 by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The Magnet Recognition Program is based on quality indicators and standards of nursing practice as defined in the American Nurses Association's Scope and Standards for Nurse Administrators (2004). It is the highest level of recognition the ANCC affords to organized nursing services in the national and international health care communities. The first hospital was awarded Magnet status in 1994.
Since 2001, the Magnet commission has surveyed nurses who continue to work in Magnet-designated hospitals, revealing eight characteristics of Magnet hospitals as "essential" to giving quality patient care, and to providing nurse satisfaction.
These Eight Essentials in order of their ranking by nurses are:
- Working with other nurses who are clinically competent
- Good RN-MD relationships and communication
- Nurse autonomy and accountability
- Supportive nurse manage, supervisor
- Control over nursing practice and practice environment
- Support for education (in-service, continuing education, certification)
- Adequate nurse staffing
- Concern for the patient is paramount
Purposes of the Magnet Recognition program are to:
- Provide a framework for recognizing excellence in nursing
- Demonstrate a management philosophy
- Highlight practices of nursing services
- Demonstrate adherence to high standards of care
- Show strength of leadership of the Chief Nursing Officer
- Award hospitals for cultural and ethnic diversity
Benefits of Magnet Recognition include:
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