Changes in patient and nurse outcomes associated with magnet hospital recognition (June 2015)

Summary

The Magnet Recognition Program designates organisations worldwide where nursing leaders successfully align their nursing strategic goals to improve the organisation's patient outcomes. The Magnet Recognition Program provides a road map to nursing excellence.

Research has documented an association between hospitals with Magnet recognition and better outcomes for nurses and patients. However, little longitudinal evidence exists to support a causal link between Magnet recognition and outcomes.

This study compares changes over time in surgical patient outcomes, nurse-reported quality, and nurse outcomes in a sample of hospitals that attained Magnet recognition between 1999 and 2007 with hospitals that remained non-Magnet.