...The Magnet Certification Mihaela Colea, Betty Drury, Harold Girado, Rebecca Madden University of Phoenix Research Utilization Project NUR/598 Dr. Ashley Garneau December 09, 2012 The Magnet Certification The demand on improving the quality of service imposed by the Magnet certification on performing the health care needed solutions to solve global issues, such as nursing shortage, and the way the health system is developing. Based on research utilization proposals and highly trained staff, from management training, as well to support, and to nurse executives patient safety and health care quality is applied based on performance improvement projects. The components of a Model Magnet are exceptional professional practice, transformational leadership, empowerment, based on knowledge and innovation (American Nurses Credentialing Center, 2012). Magnet is something that demonstrates achievement. Magnet standards are also a set of standards to move toward (Chaney, 2002). The Forces of Magnetism According to, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (2012), in 1983 a research study was performed that identified 14 characteristics that differentiated the hospitals best able to recruit and retain nurses. These characteristics became the “Forces of Magnetism” that form the conceptual framework for the Magnet Recognition Program. They are a designation that indicates excellence in nursing practice. According to the ANCC, the forces are described as high-quality...
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...How Magnet Designation Drives Healthcare Change in Institutions A Professional Practice Model (PPM) is a plan that represents the culture of an organization involving their beliefs, values, theories, and systems for nursing practice. A PPM outlines the elements of nursing practice in a way that brings meaning and significance to our daily work. Reinforcing the relationship between nurses and patients is the primary goal of a PPM. The Magnet Model provides a framework to achieve excellence in nursing practice and serves as a road map for organizations seeking Magnet recognition (American Nurses’ Credentialing Center website, 2015, para. 1). What is a Magnet Hospital? The American Nurses’ Credentialing Center (ANCC), which is an affiliate of the American Nurses Association (ANA), recognizes hospitals that comply with standards intended to assess the quality and strength of their nursing. These hospitals are known as Magnet hospitals. By achieving Magnet status, a hospital is affirmed to be one with a high level of job satisfaction, a low staff nurse turnover rate, and proper grievance resolution. There is also a great emphasis placed on staff nursing involvement in data collection and decision-making in patient care delivery. Nurse leaders are encouraged to value clinical feedback from staff nurses to help establish and advance researched-based nursing practices. Magnet hospitals are expected to obtain best patient outcomes by establishing appropriate personnel...
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...Leadership and Management in a Magnet Hospital XXXXXXXXXXNAMEXXXXXX XXXXXUniversity Name hereXXXX Nursing Leadership and Management March 5, 2016 Leadership and Management in a Magnet Hospital The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast traditional hospital management and the current magnet model hospital. According to Margaret McClure, a professor at New York University and president of American Nurses Association, Magnet Credential program has developed as a result of a collection of nursing leaders discussing nursing shortages, thirty years ago in the 1980’s. The term Magnet Hospital is used in reference to the particular certification and standard of nursing practice that has been established by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The ANCC, is a division of the American Nurses Association (ANA) and is delegated with the task of advocating for excellence in nursing care around the world. ANCC’s credentialing acknowledges and endorses specialized nursing certification in the individual nurse while promoting a safe and positive working hospital culture, (Summers, S. & Summers, H.J., 2015). Magnet status, at its core, encourages and supports leadership that has a goal of creating change while building strength, and honoring exceptional professional practice as well gaining knowledge through empirical study. Established on the premise of 14 forces of Magnetism nursing was assessed in 163 hospitals according to this criteria. The task...
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...Magnet Status and Healthcare Changes Hollie Kennedy Walden University NURS 3001, Section 10, Issues and Trends in Nursing November 8, 2014 Magnet Status and Healthcare Changes Magnet status has become the gold standard for healthcare organizations in the past few years. Policy changes, goal setting, meeting those goals and documenting all this to achieve magnet status. Achieving Magnet status is a rigorous, long, and costly process. Magnet status was designed to make healthcare organizations safer, reduce infection, mortality, hospital acquired UTI, and fall rates. Improving employee satisfaction and retain nurses was another reason. Only a handful of healthcare organizations nationwide has received magnet status. Once received it has to be maintained every four years. The purpose of this paper is to discover how magnet status drives healthcare changes. History of Magnet Status The nursing shortage of the 1980s had researchers curious how some hospitals were able to retain nurses. High nurse turnover and vacancy rates were affecting most hospitals. Researchers looked at the hospitals that were retaining nurses and what they were doing right. Magnet status was created in 1983 after investigating hospitals that retained nurses; it was determined that these hospitals had quality patient, resident, and client care. Magnet organizations have a history of positive nurse and work satisfaction linked to increased autonomy in practice, structural empowerment, participation...
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...The Driving Force of Change: Magnet Designation The Driving Force of Change: Magnet Designation The healthcare industry has striven to advance the quality of care provided to patients for decades. Pursuing Magnet designation is a journey a hospital can take to acquire this level of excellence. The purpose of this paper is to explain an overview of components making up Magnet designation, the impact Magnet status has on change in healthcare and its organizations, and the benefits and challenges that go hand in hand. Overview of the Magnet Recognition Program The Magnet Recognition Program is not an award but a “performance-driven recognition credential” designed to achieve excellence in patient outcomes and satisfaction of nurses (Drenkard, 2010). Magnet Recognition is the highest and most prestigious distinction a healthcare organization can receive for nursing excellence and high-quality patient care. The Magnet program model organizes 14 Forces of Magnetism into five model components. The five model components are transformational leadership, structural empowerment, exemplary professional practice, new knowledge, innovation, and improvements, and lastly, empirical quality results. The first component, transformational leadership, identifies the need for more involvement with nursing in leadership roles. The second component, structural empowerment, provides an innovative environment where strong professional practice flourishes and relationships and partnerships...
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...The Accountable Care Act was signed on March 23, 2010. The goal of this act is to transform US health system into a quality and efficient health system. With emphasis on the public programs this calls for hospitals to create an innovative workforce. With this creation calls for a change in nursing education, nursing practice and nursing leadership. Impact of Nursing Education Currently there are three routes one can purse for their endeavor of becoming a registered nurse. There is the three year diploma program rendered through a hospital; an individual may seek out an associate degree rendered at the community college; or there is the four year baccalaureate degree offered at the university level. Graduates from all three pathways take the same NCLEX-RN exam. The NCLEX-RN exam is multiple choice and tests the minimum competency for practicing nursing safely. Once an individual passes the exam they are licensed to practice. Currently the exam is focused on acute care setting. As the health system sways from the acute care scene to the primary care environment the focus of the exam will need to change to meet these demands. The exam will need to emphasis on community health, health promotion and primary care. As our health system transform, there comes a demand to have a nurse with a higher education. Studies have shown better patient outcomes when there is a BSN prepared nurse at the bedside (Aiken, Clarke, Sloane, Lake, & Cheney, 2003;Kutney-Lee, Sloan, & Aiken, 2013)...
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...excellence in nursing and health care globally, American Nurse Credentialing Center introduce a recognition program called Magnet. Magnet recognized institute demonstrates high quality in patient and nurse satisfaction, superior nursing practice and outcomes. Magnets designation helps to foster a collaborative culture that attracts and retain top talent nurses. It also improves patient care, safety, and satisfaction. The goal of Magnet Recognition Program is to 1. promote quality in a setting that supports professional practice, 2. Identify excellence in the delivery of nursing services to patient 3. Disseminate best practice nursing services Also, magnets provide an Internet -based learning program for nurses to share evidence-based practice, resource, research, experience and strategies that led to quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practices. The Magnet model is base on four basic principle: Transformational Leadership, Structural Empowerment, Exemplary Professional Practice, New Knowledge, Innovation and improvement and Empirical Outcome.Magnet recognized nurse demonstrate patient advocacy.Nurses also involved in shared governance and decision-making structures and process of established standards of practice and address opportunities for improvement. Magnet is not an award it’s credential, once the hospital has attained Magnet status, it must continue to deliver and maintain nursing excellence.Magnet Status is good...
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...“Nursing Future” Education Impact on Nursing Practice Grand Canyon University: NURS-430V 6/4/2016 “Nursing Future” Education Impact on Nursing Practice The Institute on Medicine (IOM) released a document in 2010 entitled: “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” The group that arranged this report were made up of professionals who recommended and helped shape legislation and health care policy (“Professional Accountability,” 2011). The document guided health care improvement by advancement of the nursing profession as the number of insured Americans rose to over 32 million in 2010 (IOM, 2011). This report has resulted in “The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action,” whose purpose is to put into effect the proposals started by “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” report (Future of Nursing Campaign for Action, n.d.). The goal of most healthcare organizations is to improve nursing practice by hiring more educated nurses, as stated in the IOM’s report. This paper will discuss the impact of the IOM’s report about advancing nurse education and the role of leadership. IOM’s Report Impact on Nursing Education “Nurses should achieve high levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression” (IOM, 2011). The IOM report discusses the effect of having a baccalaureate or higher degree in nursing, and its correlation to positive patient experiences. The American Association of Colleges...
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...Becoming a Magnet institution is no easy task. Years of hard work and results are needed in preparation to become a Magnet designated hospital, but the work behind the doors is extremely grueling. In 1990 the first Magent Hospital was recognized by the ANCC , The University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, WA. Throughout the Magnet process we hear words such as “Shared governance, empowerment, Transformational leadership. All these words mean that the power should start from the bottom up, not from the top down. The purpose of this essay is to give a brief overview of the magnet model and how this model changes how an organization operates day to day. Overview of the Magnet Designation A Magnet hospital is one which is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) which is a subsidiary of the American Nurses Assosiation. (give credit). This organization complies and exemplifies the ideals of nursing service and care throughout the continuium of nursing. Most of these Magnet recognized hospitals go through a rigorous credentialing process. As aforementioned, Magnet facilities give power to the nursing staff and encourage them voice their concerns without fear of being reprimanded. A Magnet hospital begins with the vision to empower the staff in the organization in order to provide patient centered care and optimal outcomes. This model supports professional growth and encourages nurses to become certified in their field of practice (ANCC)...
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...that there should be one level of entrance into the nursing profession. Diploma and ADN nursing programs focus on teaching the nursing skills and technical competence to provide basic bedside patient care. The baccalaureate degree program focuses on the history of nursing, and the theories that guide nursing as a profession. Though, each program of entry into the profession of registered nurse adequately prepares the student to administer safe, basic nursing care, the programs differ, in that the baccalaureate degree program expands on the basic knowledge of nursing. It teaches students a deeper understanding into the history of nursing, how it came about, who was expected to be a nurse and why. The leaders in the advancement of nursing history are studied along with their contributions into the nursing time line. The different theory models of nursing are learned and the philosophy of each model is discussed. This leads to a deeper understanding of the many roles that nurses have in our society today. Graduates of entry level nursing programs (baccalaureate degree, associate degree, and diploma) sit for the NCLEX-RN licensing examination. The fact that new nurses pass the licensing exam at the same rate does not mean that all entry level nurses are equally prepared for practice. The NCLEX tests for minimum technical competency for safe entry into basic nursing practice. (Nursing, 2012) There are many different nursing...
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...environment, the nursing role is becoming less traditional and increasingly more diverse (Creasia, & Friberg, 2011). Health care organizations continue to make changes to keep up with the changing environment. An area of focus is the need for competent nurses with emphasis for Baccalaureate prepared nurses. This need continue to increase and has gained the support of American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AAACN). A BSN in nursing has been highly valued by organization and groups such as the U.S. Military and the Coalition for Advancement of the Nursing Profession (Lane & Kohlenberg, 2010). With the increasing need for Baccalaureate nurses, the question remains then, are there any differences in competencies between Baccalaureate nurses and Associate Degree nurses? This essay will focus on some of the differences between the various degrees. The preparation and training between BSN nurses and ADN nurses differ in some aspects. In BSN programs, training is focused on the how with more emphasis on the why. The difference in the length of time with regards to schooling cannot be overlooked. The more education one has, the more competent they are expected to be if the education acquired is applied. According to Debrew (2010), the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) includes liberal education as a desired outcome for Bachelor of Science in nursing graduates. Liberal education is thought to provide the professional nurse with skills needed to practice nursing. These skills...
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...EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE BENCY GNANASIGHAMANI AMERICAN SENTINEL UNIVERSITY Introduction Medical and health care is one of the most dynamic human disciplines, and large amounts of money are spent annually on high-quality and sophisticated research, resulting in an exponential growth in health care literature. Regularly, new and more effective medicines, medical devices, and procedures are invented. One major objective behind all these efforts is to help doctors, nurses, and medical technicians provide the best possible care and treatment to patients. In addition to using traditional and well-established procedures and practices, health care practitioners are adopting innovative interventions that are based on best practices as well as solid research-based evidence. Evidence-based practice is one such technique and is quickly gaining popularity due to its potential to effectively handle clinical issues and provide better patient care (ANA 2003). Implementation of Evidence Based Practice places additional demands on nurses to apply credible evidence to individual client situations through searching related evidence, using clinical judgments, and considering client values and system resources. To effectively apply the Evidence Based Practice process, in addition to the basic skills required to undertake nursing work, a nurse must have the ability to: identify knowledge gaps, formulate relevant questions, conduct an efficient...
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...Effective Approaches in Leadership and Management (Benc Grand Canyon University: NRS 451V June 4, 2016 NRS451V Nursing Leadership and Management 6/4/16 Very good work on this paper. Well written and your thoughts transitioned easily from one point to the next. Your comparison/contrast of leadership styles and your description of your preferred style was very good. However, there were numerous errors in documentation of your sources. I strongly encourage you to go to the Purdue Online Writing Lab site http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ or the word document that I provided for the class for correct formatting for your paper, in-text citations, and Reference page documentation. Note the corrections to your header section, throughout the body of the paper, and on your Reference page. Note the grammar/punctuation corrections (I did provide instructions on setting up your word document to check for grammar/punctuation when you perform spelling check; it is in the week 1 resources). Additionally, this paper was to have been a Maximum of 1250 words in length – your paper (before my corrections and allowable overage of 125 words) was 1424 words. A deduction in grade was applied for being over the maximum word count allowed. Effective Approaches in Leadership and Management Introduction The introduction of the bargain basement pattern of care has completely transforms the way healthcare system is operating at the present time. With healthcare plan being changed...
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...South Carolina (MUSC) is the leading medical center in South Carolina providing medical care to surrounding communities and training to future health care professionals with affiliations to six different colleges and universities. The Medical University was founded in 1924 as a Medical College for the training of physicians. It was one of the first medical universities in the United States. In 1955 it was expanded into the Medical University of South Carolina, the medical center it is today, providing health care and training health professionals is areas of pharmacy, nursing, medicine, graduate studies, health professions, and dental medicine. MUSC is a not for profit organization serving millions of people in South Carolina and surrounding states with over 12000 employees and training approximately 2600 health care professionals every year according to the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Administration website. The Mission of MUSC is to improve health and maximize quality of life through education, research and patient care. They have the Vision to be nationally recognized as a Premier Academic Medical Center and to be a leading and transformative Academic Health Center being recognized as top 25 among academic medical centers. According to the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Administration website, MUSC has the following seven objectives or strategies to reach the vision of becoming a top 25 medical center: Integration, brand awareness, access, growth...
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...Demand Versus Supply Of Registered Nurses Health Care Economics HCS/552 May 22, 2011 Pattie Skjerve Demand Versus Supply Of Registered Nurses The writer will discuss the circumstances that play a part in the insufficiency in the supply of nurses, basically, the absence of instructors that are needed in these nursing programs, along with various issues in recruitment and retention of nurses. This paper will also provide detailed statistics that will explain and demonstrate how important the demand for registered nurses will eventually surpass the supply, due to the evolving census of an aging population. The paper agrees that reinvestment in the nursing profession is very important to assure a sufficient supply of nurses that will meet the likely predicted demands of the economy. Let's start in the early 1950s, when the idea or simple thought of becoming a nurse was considered and recognized as one of the most volunteered professions in society. The nurses would make beds and smile happily in the various faces of the different patients, as well as check temperatures. Today, this is somehow not the case, nurses play such an important part in our health care system now, that we have taken them for granted for too long and it is time we realize it by making those necessary changes. The largest group of health care professionals in the United States are composed of Registered Nurses and still we are faced...
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