Where can you find
the best patient care?
When you, your family or friends need
medical care, you want the best. How do you find a hospital or medical center that truly offers quality nursing care? In the past, it wasn't always easy...but that's changed!
Look for a Magnet-designated health-care facility. It's that simple.

Magnet is the gold standard in patient care, and you're a few quick clicks away from knowing all there is to know about what Magnet means to you and those you care about.


About 'Magnet'
Magnet Recognition Program© was developed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association, to recognize heath-care organizations that provide the very best in nursing care.
The effort has its roots in the 1980s when nurses began to grapple with the short and long-term reality of national nursing shortages. More than 126,000 nursing positions are vacant today, and that number is expected to skyrocket just as 78 million Baby Boomers begin placing unprecedented demands on America's heath-care system.
In 1983, the American Academy of Nursing's task force on nursing practice in hospitals conducted a study of U.S. hospitals. The research identified and described variables that created an environment that attracted and retained well-qualified nurses. These variables were called "forces of magnetism," and the institutions were called "Magnets" because they attracted and kept good nurses. The study found that quality patient care was provided through sustaining excellence in nursing services.

To earn Magnet status, organizations must apply to the American Nurses Credentialing Center and undergo a vigorous, multi-faceted evaluation. The standards are tough. The evaluation process is thorough and lengthy, demanding wide-seeking focus and direction for growth and development.
As of summer 2004, less than three percent of the nation's hospitals had qualified for Magnet^TM designation. To ensure that Magnet organizations stay at the top of their games, they must reapply for Magnet status every four years.

Nurses are key to the delivery of quality health care and successful patient outcomes. Magnet designation is nursing's top honor, accepted nationally as the gold standard in nursing excellence.
Today, it is important that individuals, not just heath-care professionals, become familiar with the Magnet designation so they can easily identify health-care providers of choice.

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