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Magnet facilities are recognized for their superior nursing practices and patient care, leading to better patient outcomes and higher staff satisfaction compared to non-magnet facilities. To achieve magnet status, hospitals must meet specific standards set by the American Nurses Credentialing Centre, emphasizing nurse empowerment, collaboration, and evidence-based practices. This recognition not only enhances patient care but also aids in attracting healthcare professionals to the facility.

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Magnet facilities are recognized for their superior nursing practices and patient care, leading to better patient outcomes and higher staff satisfaction compared to non-magnet facilities. To achieve magnet status, hospitals must meet specific standards set by the American Nurses Credentialing Centre, emphasizing nurse empowerment, collaboration, and evidence-based practices. This recognition not only enhances patient care but also aids in attracting healthcare professionals to the facility.

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Magnet Facility and the Impact of Magnet Status Recognition

Magnet facilities are hospitals with the gold standard for nursing practices. They are

certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Centre as healthcare facilities where practitioners

are empowered to take charge of patient care while driving institutional health care change and

innovation. Research indicates that magnet facilities have better patient outcomes compared to

non-magnet facilities. The ANCC demands a lower percentage of nurse-sensitive quality

outcomes, including fewer workplace accidents (McCaughey, McGhan, Rathert et al., 2020).

According to a study in the American Heart Association journal, magnet facilities reported fewer

fatalities and hospitalization for patients with ischemic strokes (Wood, 2019). Similarly, different

studies found better nursing work environments, patient outcomes, and reduced mortality rates in

magnet facilities. This is in addition to increased job satisfaction among the staff, higher nurse

retention rates, and suitable grievances resolution.

Magnet status represents the highest credential for nursing facilities in the United States

and globally. To be awarded a magnet status, a facility must meet specific set standards, which

ANCC administers. Before recognizing a magnet status, an institution must demonstrate

excellent service delivery based on patient-centred care and professionalism. Some of the factors

include nurses’ empowerment, effective collaboration, higher patient and nurse satisfaction rates,

advancing nursing education, and evidence-based practices. This is in addition to better patient

outcomes that surpass the recommended national benchmarks and a nursing-sensitive indicator

that measures staff actions. The designation of magnet status positively contributes to a facilities’

ability to attract patients and nurses, among other medical practitioners. The magnet recognition

program offers a roadmap that advances nursing excellence with the staff at the centre. The

magnet status ensures that nurses deliver excellent patient care. Additionally, magnet status
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provides for nursing involvement in data gathering processes and decision-making in patient care

delivery. Nursing management and leadership in magnet facilities value staff and include them in

the critical decision-making process. Magnet facilities also promote open communication

between nurses and other health providers of the health care team.
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References

McCaughey, D., McGhan, G. E., Rathert, C., Williams, J. H., & Hearld, K. R. (2020). Magnetic work

environments: Patient experience outcomes in Magnet versus non-Magnet hospitals. Health care

management review, 45(1), 21-31.

Wood, D. A. (2010) Pursuing Magnet designation: Pros and Cons.

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