Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: Developed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a division of the American Nurses Association, the Magnet Recognition Program represents the ''seal of approval'' for quality nursing care and aids in nurse recruitment and retention.During the 1980s, as a reaction to the growing recognition that the supply of nurses in practice was not keeping up with demand, the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) appointed the Task Force on Nursing Practice in Hospitals.This group noticed that while most hospitals were faced with severe nursing vacancies, other hospitals attracted and kept nurses.The AAN task force commissioned a study to identify these hospitals and the variables that allowed them to create an environment that successfully attracted and retained nurses.Of the hospitals studied, forty-one were selected and designated as Magnet hospitals [1].The study found strong similarities between these hospitals, regardless of size or location.The common characteristics of these hospitals were participatory management, nursing autonomy, supportive nursing leadership, career development opportunities, and recognition in the hospital of the importance of the quality of patient care.The variables that made them attractive to nurses were called ''Forces of Magnetism'' and were mapped into fourteen categories: & quality of nursing leadership & organizational structure & management style & personnel policies and programs & 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 [2] Based on the AAN task force research, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Board of Directors approved the Magnet Recognition Program in 1990 and assigned to ANCC the responsibility of developing and maintaining the program, with the first Magnet award given in 1994.From 7 Magnet
Language: English
Subfield: Research and Theory
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2043672005