Bloomington, Ind. (March 18, 2010) \u2013 Today, the American Nurses Credentialing Center announced that Bloomington Hospital has achieved Magnet designation.\u00a0 This is among the highest honors in nursing; only six percent of U.S. hospitals have achieved this designation.<\/p>\n
The Magnet Recognition Program provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark to measure the quality of care that they can expect to receive.<\/p>\n
More than 100 people gathered this morning in Bloomington Hospital\u2019s Wegmiller Auditorium to receive the call announcing the hospital\u2019s Magnet designation.\u00a0 Team members from across the organization, representing nursing, leadership, non-clinical departments and administration, came together to celebrate.<\/p>\n
\u201cMagnet designation is the gold standard of patient care.\u00a0 This is a great accomplishment for our nurses and our entire Bloomington Hospital team,\u201d says Ruth Ann Morris, chief nursing officer at Bloomington Hospital.\u00a0 \u201cMagnet designation is a learning and growth journey.\u00a0 It recognizes our excellence in nursing, but also the excellence that spans our entire hospital culture.\u201d<\/p>\n
To qualify for Magnet designation, organizations submit an extensive application demonstrating how they exemplify excellence in nursing.\u00a0 If the application is accepted, Magnet surveyors come on-site for three full days and interact with nurses and other employees throughout the organization.\u00a0 The surveyors look to ensure the 14 Forces of Magnetism, everything from nursing leadership to quality care and community outreach, are demonstrated across the organization.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Magnet surveyors witnessed our values in action.\u00a0 This is truly a team accomplishment and I am so proud of our team,\u201d Morris says.<\/p>\n
Bloomington Hospital will hold Magnet designation for four years and will then undergo the application and survey process again.<\/p>\n
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Bloomington Hospital, a Clarian Health Partner, has been innovative in providing quality care to south central Indiana communities for more than a century. Offering a comprehensive continuum of care, Bloomington Hospital is a not-for-profit organization serving 10 counties in south central Indiana (Brown, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Owen and Washington).\u00a0 Bloomington Hospital currently operates\u00a0two hospital campuses (Bloomington and\u00a0Orange County)\u00a0with regional specialty offerings for Heart and Vascular, Behavioral Health, Cancer, Women and Children, Neurology and Orthopedic services.\u00a0 As a leading hospital in Indiana, Bloomington Hospital enhances health by advancing the art and science of medicine through the use of new technologies, procedures and care. Bloomington, Ind. (March 18, 2010) \u2013 Today, the American Nurses Credentialing Center announced that Bloomington Hospital has achieved Magnet designation.\u00a0 This is among the highest honors in nursing; only six percent of U.S. hospitals have achieved this designation. The Magnet Recognition Program provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark to measure the quality of care that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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