While our trusting and faithful storm trooper was making his security rounds, he stumbled upon an interesting article published by The Center for Nursing Advocacy that is not quite as supportive and enthused about the Magnet Program. The information reveals that many times after the much-sought status is obtained the program begins to unravel and the facility is back to its original operational standards. The Center also makes recommendations on how to improve the Magnet Program. Please click on the link to read the article in its entirety. http://www.nursingadvocacy.org/faq/magnet.htmlQuestion:
Have you read or do you currently know of a facility that obtained Magnet status and returned to its original method of operation afterwards? If so, was the unraveling of the program due more to management or the staff of the facility?
2 comments:
I have never worked for a facility that maintained or strived for magnet status, but it sounds like the problem was intent and implementation. As a hospital, if your intent in pursuing magnet status is for hospital recognition, and not to truly change the environment in which employees work with an ultimate goal of better patient outcomes, failure is much more inevitable. If you have poor implementation and poor intent, the problem is even worse. If these hospitals that are reverting back to old ways ever try to implement magnet status again, they are going to be up against a great deal of resistance, because their intent will be questioned by nurses as well as their sincerity in maintaining magnet status after achieved.
I like you have never worked for a facility that has magnet status or even pursing it. But I agree with you in regards to improper reasoning for striving or obtaining the status. The trust and respect of the facility by the staff will also be diminished in the process. Since we are moving to Va. this upcoming May I have been looking on line at hospitals for employment and it is surprising at how many Va. hospital have the magnet status. The administration and the staff have posted discussions about the status process and the actual acquiring of the recognition. It is interesting to see how they are supportive of each other in the efforts. Also, they both discuss how they desire to maintain the status and move forward to greater care and staff development.
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