Magnet® or Pathway® Recognition

Abstract

The Directors of the Magnet Recognition Program® and Pathway to Excellence® use this column to compare and contrast the 2 programs. Both programs profile nursing excellence.

Bridging the gaps of healthcare inequity and nurse well-being

“…2 PTE is an evidence-based framework that, when used as a blueprint, can influence the structure of nursing environments through engagement, collaboration, and staff and patient safety, potentially leading to better patient outcomes. 3,4 Transformation is achieved through the enculturation of the six evidencebased standards: shared decisionmaking, leadership, safety, quality, well-being, and professional development (see Figure 1). 2 These six PTE standards have commonalities with the FON report, most notably in the areas of shared governance and well-being (see Table 1).…”

Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Part LXXV

“…Doing these things helps decrease nurse turnover and errors while improving nursing engagement, nursing and patient satisfaction, interdisciplinary collaboration, productivity, quality indicators for nursing, and patient care. [1][2][3]6,7 These factors also help recruit excellent nurses, tend to improve the bottom-line, and help the growth of the business aspect of the organization. 3,8 Only the Magnet Recognition Program® has a specific "empirical outcomes" component, which includes the results with comparison to benchmarks regarding clinical indicators regarding the patient and the patient's satisfaction with nursing care.…”

“…3,8 Only the Magnet Recognition Program® has a specific "empirical outcomes" component, which includes the results with comparison to benchmarks regarding clinical indicators regarding the patient and the patient's satisfaction with nursing care. 1,7 However, how the nursing PPE affects patient outcomes is considered as part of the Pathway to Excellence® program. Unlike the Magnet Recognition Program®, there is no site visit in the Pathway to Excellence® to verify assertions in the application, but every nurse is invited to complete a survey from the American Nurses Credentialing Center to help confirm the information.…”

“…1 The details of the differences and similarities between the Magnet Recognition Program® and Pathway to Excellence® are available. 7 In certain hospitals, up to half of the nurse managers may leave their jobs in a year. In a study published in 2014, the authors indicated that nearly three quarters of several hundred nurse managers intended to no longer be in their job within the following 60 months.…”

“…Examples of giving credit may include handwritten thank you letters, awards (perhaps with a pin), social events such as a party, and consideration on yearly reviews. Doing these things helps decrease nurse turnover and errors while improving nursing engagement, nursing and patient satisfaction, interdisciplinary collaboration, productivity, quality indicators for nursing, and patient care 1–3,6,7 . These factors also help recruit excellent nurses, tend to improve the bottom-line, and help the growth of the business aspect of the organization 3,8…”