American Nursing Credentialing Center — Best Industry Rankings

What it is: The American Nursing Credentialing Center maintains its highly distinguished Magnet Recognition Program which designates organizations worldwide where nursing leaders successfully align their nursing strategic goals to improve the organization’s patient outcomes. The Magnet Recognition Program provides a roadmap to nursing excellence, which benefits the whole of an organization. To nurses, Magnet Recognition means education and development through every career stage, which leads to greater autonomy at the bedside. To patients, it means the very best care, delivered by nurses who are supported to be the very best that they can be.

Why it Matters to You: The Magnet Recognition Program is considered one of the highest awards for nursing excellence. Its website includes both domestic and international awardees.

Considerations: The Magnet Recognition Program is based on five outstanding organization attributes: transformational leadership; structural empowerment; exemplary professional practice; new knowledge, innovation, & improvements; and empirical quality results.

Created By: American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC)

Key Sample Findings

There are currently 498 total facilities in the world earning the Magnet honor.
In California, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center holds the longest designation tenure, going back to 2000.
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester has been designated since 1997, Johns Hopkins Hospital has been designated since 2003, and Cleveland Clinic has been designated since 2003.

Links

Searchable database of all current Magnet facilities. Alternatively, a spreadsheet listing each facilities can be downloaded and perhaps easier to peruse.

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