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Reader’s
Digest, September 2003
From the Two-Part Series: Condition
Critical
“If you can easily check into a magnet
hospital, you’d be foolish not to.” |
Modern HealthCare, December 2002
Special Report: “Do ‘magnets’ draw
nurses?
“The idea behind magnet hospitals
-- empowering nurses, expanding their responsibilities,
creating new educational opportunities and
enhancing self-esteem
-- is the only legitimate long-term solution to the enduring shortages that
have plagued the healthcare industry for
decades.”
“To a large degree, this is a validation of the investment that hospitals
are now making in their nursing divisions. This is a way for hospitals to separate
themselves from others.”
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“Magnet hospitals are all
about hospitals trying to provide the greatest
possible support to the people closest to the
patient. It’s about time hospitals abandon
the ‘sham’ of patient-focused care
and concentrate instead on ‘nurse-focused’ care.
Patient-focused care was about substituting the
least expensive person to do the task.”
“Magnet Hospitals have shown that their
outcomes truly are better. Magnet hospitals are
doing the right thing to make sure there are
enough staff to take care of their patients.”
“We’re not in the business of telling any applicant how to run their
facility. Each one is very different. We want to see evidence that excellence
is the focus, and that patient care is uncompromising. We don’t expect
them to be perfect -- we expect them to be excellent.”
Womans Day, October
2003
America’s Nursing Crisis
Getting the Best
Nursing Care: If you or a loved one is heading
for the hospital, take steps such as the following
to make sure you get high-quality care:
To see if there’s a magnet hospital in your area, log on to the Nurses
Credentialing Center’s Web site. |
