Magnet Status Improves Nursing Working Conditions

forget how you made them feel” (4 Inspirational quotes that nurses value). To improve quality of patient care, in 1983, American Academy of Nursing started a program that helped identify traits of a hospital which would attract and retain nurses, that provide exceptional quality of care. This study founded what we today know as Magnet Recognition program and hospitals which have all the “forces of magnetism” known as Magnet Hospitals. The forces of magnetism described for 1984 study includes fourteen

Mariani, B. (n.d.). The Effect of Mentoring on Career Satisfaction of Registered Nurses and Intent to Stay in the Nursing Profession. Nursing Research and Practice, 1-9. Mentoring plays a crucial role in the growth and development of novice nurses. It provides a way for the experienced nurses to give back to the profession and helps them play a significant role in the formulation of a new nurses’ career. Mentors offer knowledge, encouragement, support, guidance, and friendship to the next generation

Running head: IS MAGNET STATUS THE PATH TO JOB SATISFACTION 1 IS MAGNET STATUS THE PATH TO JOB SATISFACTION 12 Is Magnet? status the path to job satisfaction for nurses? Denise Kurtz Eastern Michigan University Objective: The intention of this critical literature review is to explore the relationship between the Magnet? Recognition of health care organizations and job satisfaction for nurses. Background: The Magnet Recognition Program? was established

healthy state. Working long hours, twelve-hour shifts, three to four days a week, mandatory overtime, missed bathroom breaks, and skipped lunch, are just a few examples of the dedication provided to their clients. Nurses are responsible for providing a safe and caring environment for healing to take place. As healthcare provider, we are expected to go the extra mile when providing excellent care to our clients, which is the organization’s optimal goal. Upon admission to an accrediting Magnet hospital,

Safe nursing ratios provide better outcomes for patients and provide better working conditions for nursing staff. Unsafe nursing to patient ratios have detrimental and negative outcomes in the nursing care that patients can receive in the hospital. For example, medications that are administered to patients late can alter their drug administration schedule. The late administration of cardiac drugs can be detrimental to patients’ well-being because this can cause a failure in maintaining the drugs

Nursing Shortage Impact on Healthcare Tracey Simmons Aquinas College Department of Nursing; RN-to-BSN Program November 13, 2012 Nursing Shortage Impact on Healthcare Dating back to the 1940s, the healthcare industry has realized that there is a need for more nurses. The increased demand for nurses was mainly driven by the casualties of World War II (Mahaffey, 2002). The question of how to address the nursing shortage back then was answered a decade later with the Associates Degree in Nursing

head: DOES SHARED GOVERNANCE IMPROVE NURSING RETENTION? Does Shared Governance Improve Nursing Retention? La Quinta Roberts Kaplan University NU499 Bachelor’s Capstone in Nursing Natasha Zurcher, MSN/ED, RN, CPN April 6, 2014 Abstract The global nursing shortage has prompted health care systems to seek new strategies to attract and retain nurses. The growing evidence points to the shared governance model of management are as a possible strategy to improve productivity, nurse job satisfaction

while the supply of nurses had reached a record high, only 80% of hospitals nationwide had adequate nurse staffing levels (American Nurse Credentialing Center, 2011, p. 8). To address this issue a taskforce was formed within the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). Through an initial study of 165 hospitals, the AAN determined the characteristics of healthcare organizations that were magnetically attracting and retaining nurses as employees (American Nurse Credentialing Center, p. 9). In this study the

Nursing by the Numbers: A Review of Increased Nurse Staffing and Patient Care Crystal T. Lassiter Fayetteville State Unviersity Abstract While healthcare continues to evolve, the emphasis on patient safety and quality care remains the focus. Healthcare institutions have guidelines to measure how safe patients remain and the quality of care they receive when hospitalized. Essentially any unplanned events during hospitalization that result in increased length of stay or injury to the patient

Center of Nursing, 2006). The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ACNN) sponsors the Magnet Recognition Program, which focuses on the development of nursing practices and evaluates the environment where nursing is practiced. This program is well recognized by organizations throughout the country, as the Magnet Journey and is considered to be one of the highest achievements that organizations can obtain (Broom, & Tilbury, 2007). Organizations that strive to achieve the Magnet designation