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October 2006
Magnet Status is awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). RMH is the only hospital in Portage, Summit or Medina counties to achieve this status. There are only 235 Magnet hospitals worldwide, and Robinson is one of the few independent community hospitals to have received this honor. (RMH turned in a 2000 page document that was 13 inches thick!)
The original Magnet research study from 1983 first identified 14 characteristics that differentiated organizations that were best able to recruit and retain nurses during the nursing shortages of the 1970s and 1980s. These characteristics became the ANCC Forces of Magnetism that provide the conceptual framework for the Magnet appraisal process.
Described as the heart of the Magnet Recognition Program, the Force of Magnetism exemplify excellence in nursing.
- Quality of nursing leadership
- Organizational structure
- Management style
- Personnel policies and procedures
- Professional models of care
- Quality of care
- Quality improvement
- Consultation and resources
- Autonomy
- Community and the hospital
- Nurses as teachers
- Image of nursing
- Interdisciplinary relationships
- Professional development
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