Making sure nurses feel recognized, appreciated and heard contributes to providing superior quality in nursing care, as Children's Mercy in Kansas City can attest.
"It's not checking boxes. You can go through the Magnet manual, you can do the gap analysis and see and fix where your gaps might be, but if it's not a culture shift into what the Magnet culture is, you're not going to be successful or be able to sustain your Magnet status." — Paula Blizzard, MSN, RN, NE-BC, senior director of Nursing-Excellence and Magnet Programs at Children’s Mercy Making sure nurses feel recognized, appreciated and heard—a culture that starts from the top—helped Children's Mercy in Kansas City recently earn its fifth Magnet Recognition®, which recognizes healthcare organizations that provide superior quality in nursing care. This Q&A with the hospital's nurse leadership illustrates how they created the culture. Programming note: Hello! I'm Carol Davis, HealthLeaders' new Nursing Editor. I look forward to covering all the issues that affect nurses and frontline healthcare workers as we move through the next stages of the pandemic. Please feel free to reach out to me with story ideas. My email is: CDavis@healthleadersmedia.com. I look forward to hearing from you! | | |
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