Miscellaneous Magnet Recognition Knowledge
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) A subsidiary of the American Nursing Association (ANA)
Who bestows Magnet Recognition on a hospital?
True or False:
A Magnet Applicant MUST have a Chief Nursing Officer on staff when applying for Magnet Recognition?
True
Every 4 years
How often must a Magnet hospital undergo a process of re-designation?
Professional models of care, consultation and resources, autonomy, nurses as teachers, and interdisciplinary relationships is an example of which one of the 5 Magnet model components
What is Exemplary Professional Practice?
True or False:
Work environments for nurses in Magnet hospitals are typically safer, providing nurses the practice environment to provide improved patient care
True
Nurse leadership type that focuses on transforming organizations to meet current and future needs, including health care reformation and new innovations
What is Transformational Leadership?
4 years
What is the amount of time that an organization has from accepted Magnet application to submission of documents and site visit?
Management turnover and financial challenges
What are 2 examples of barriers to maintaining Magnet designation?
Lower Central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
What are the number of incidents for patients admitted in a Magnet hospital vs a non-Magnet hospital?
Multiple studies report up to a one-third reduction in these injuries to nurses in Magnet hospitals
What are needlesticks?
1990
What is the year that Magnet designation first emerged?
A Baccalaureate degree in Nursing.
What is the minimum degree that all Nurse Managers and Nurse Leaders must have?
The professional nursing organization that determines that the required application documents demonstrate the necessary level of excellence, then plans an on-site visit to confirm the information in the application is true, accurate, and representative of the organization
Who is the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)?
10% percent less of these occur in Magnet hospitals vs non-Magnet hospitals
What are patient falls?
True or False:
Nurses at Magnet hospitals have higher nurse to patient ratios
False
Structural empowerment, exemplary professional practice, new knowledge/innovations/improvements, transformational leadership and empirical outcomes
What are the five components of Magnet Recognition?
Participates in decision-making and strategic planning at the highest organizational level
Who is the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)?
"Are you a Magnet hospital?"
What is one of the most commonly asked questions by new nurses to potential employers?
The nurse led hospital department that can empower front-line clinicians to advocate for patients and facilitate decision making to deliver evidence-based care, identify patient problems rapidly, and assemble the necessary human and physical resources to create positive patient outcomes
The Quality Department
Successful nurse team building, improved collaborating across disciplines and increased staff engagement
What are results of the Magnet process?
Accountable for all nursing practice regardless of reporting structure
Who is the CNO (Chief Nursing Officer)?
The name and title of the person who coordinates and evaluates ongoing efforts to achieve and maintain Magnet designation
Isabel Duff, Magnet Program Director
The Magnet components that calls our profession to move health care delivery and the nursing profession forward
What is new knowledge, innovation, and improvements?
8.8 days
What is the average length of stay (LOS) in Magnet hospitals?
Only about 8% in the US. There are currently 475 in the nation and 34 are in California
What are Magnet hospitals?