{"id":5321,"date":"2019-01-11T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.osfhealthcare.org\/blog\/?p=5321"},"modified":"2019-12-09T10:59:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T16:59:01","slug":"how-are-magnet-designated-hospitals-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osf-blog.live.imagescape.com\/blog\/how-are-magnet-designated-hospitals-different\/","title":{"rendered":"How are Magnet-designated hospitals different?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magnet designation is a prestigious credential given by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center<\/a> (ANCC), an affiliate of the American Nurses Association, to hospitals that demonstrate nursing excellence and quality patient care.<\/p>\n

Three OSF HealthCare hospitals have achieved this designation \u2013 OSF HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center<\/a> in Bloomington, OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center<\/a> in Rockford and OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center<\/a> in Peoria, which recently received this designation for the fourth time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s recognizing that we are a quality organization. It\u2019s pro-nurse, and it\u2019s pro-patient,\u201d said Sheryl Emmerling, Magnet program director at OSF Saint Francis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are always looking at our nursing structure, the care we provide and ways to improve patient outcomes. Because we can demonstrate that we are doing this as an organization, we are able to get credentialed and then re-credentialed by ANCC.\u201d<\/p>\n

Only about 8 percent of hospitals receive this designation. Hospitals must first apply and submit extensive data showing the quality of their organization. Then a team of surveyors visits the hospital and interviews patients, nurses and leadership before filing a report with the Commission on Magnet Recognition, the group who oversees the Magnet Recognition Program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want to verify that we\u2019re not just talking the talk, we are walking the walk,\u201d Sheryl said.<\/p>\n

Which hospitals receive Magnet designation?<\/h2>\n

The commission reviews 74 metrics<\/a>, including nurse and patient satisfaction scores. The metrics fall into these four components.<\/p>\n