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American Nurses Association grants
MGH highest honor in nursing
BOSTON - September 8, 2003 - The American Nurses Association
(ANA) today awarded its highest honor for nursing excellence - Magnet
Nursing Services Recognition - to Massachusetts General Hospital
(MGH). The ANA Magnet designation has been granted to less than
90 hospitals worldwide; MGH is the only Magnet hospital in Massachusetts.
"MGH nurses consistently have distinguished themselves as
leaders within their profession," says Jeanette Ives Erickson,
RN, MS, MGH chief nurse executive and senior vice-president of Patient
Care Services. "It is quite gratifying to have the American
Nurses Association formally confirm that MGH nurses are among the
best of the best."
As part of an extensive, multi-phased Magnet evaluation process,
ANA Magnet Recognition Program appraisers visited the hospital in
June to conduct an intensive, on-site examination of MGH's nursing
and collaborative practices, professional development programs,
research initiatives, and its commitment to quality, safety and
performance improvement and to the community. Appraisers interviewed
patients, staff nurses, physicians, hospital employees, administrators,
trustees and nursing leadership to evaluate MGH's nursing program,
services and professional practice.
"Nurses represent the heart and soul of patient care at MGH,
and their dedication to providing high-quality care is felt throughout
the entire hospital community," says Peter L. Slavin, MD, president
of Massachusetts General Hospital. "Magnet status is a well-deserved
recognition of their ongoing commitment to their patients and to
their profession."
The Magnet Recognition Program was developed by the American
Nurses Credentialing Center to recognize health care organizations
that provide the very best in nursing care and to uphold the tradition
within nursing of professional nursing practice. The Magnet Recognition
Program is based on quality indicators and standards of nursing
practice as defined in the American Nurses Association's Scope and
Standards for Nurse Administrators (1996), and includes the appraisal
of both qualitative and quantitative factors in nursing. The program
also provides a vehicle for disseminating successful practices and
strategies among nursing systems.
Massachusetts General Hospital, established in 1811, is the original
and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The MGH
conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United
States, with an annual research budget of more than $350 million
and major research centers in AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer,
cutaneous biology, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders,
transplantation biology and photomedicine. In 1994, the MGH joined
with Brigham and Women's Hospital to form Partners HealthCare System,
an integrated health care delivery system comprising the two academic
medical centers, specialty and community hospitals, a network of
physician groups and nonacute and home health services.
Media Contact: MGH Public Affairs, 617 726-2206
Physician Referral Service: 1-800-388-4644
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