(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program® has awarded Nationwide Children’s Hospital its fifth consecutive Magnet Designation. The ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® recognizes health care organizations worldwide for their commitment to nursing excellence and innovation. There are just over 600 Magnet designated hospitals in the world, with less than 1% having achieved this honor five or more times.
Nationwide Children’s was the first freestanding pediatric hospital in Ohio to earn Magnet status by the Magnet Recognition Program in April 2005. Since then, Nationwide Children’s has continuously maintained Magnet status with redesignations in 2009, 2014 and 2019, and now 2023 reflecting the hospital’s commitment to providing the highest quality patient care and supporting and developing nurses.
“Our nursing staff is second to none, and this recognition shows that once again,” said Tim Robinson, CEO, Nationwide Children’s Hospital. “Their commitment to Nationwide Children’s mission, to each other, and to our patients has made countless lives better.”
ANCC’s Magnet Recognition is widely accepted as the gold standard of excellence in nursing. The Magnet Model provides a framework for nursing professional practice, research and evidenced-based practice, and measurement of outcomes. Through this framework, ANCC evaluates applicants on rigorous criteria that reflect the evidence of excellence in patient care and outcomes, and the direct impact of the care of frontline nurses.
“Magnet Designation is the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice, and this validation from outside our walls is a testament to what we strive toward every day,” said Lee Ann Wallace, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer at Nationwide Children’s. “I am so proud to work alongside this incredible team of over 4,000 nurses. Our culture of excellence continues to be evident and recognized every day, and our nurses exemplify that value.”
To achieve Magnet status, the Magnet Steering Committee and Magnet Champions at Nationwide Children’s worked diligently to submit the redesignation application with over 3,000 pages of documentation and supporting evidence of how Nationwide Children’s meets or exceeds Magnet standards and national benchmarks of quality nursing care and outcomes. Submitted in June 2023, the application received a score of Exemplary, moving the organization straight to a four-day site visit with Magnet appraisers in October 2023.
About Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 14,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.7 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.