title: Achieving magnet status.
abstract: Creating and maintaining a professional practice environment that ensures quality patient outcomes continues to be a challenge in a cost-constrained health care environment. The ability to be recognized for excellence by nursing colleagues is made possible by the Magnet Nursing Services Recognition Program. This article will describe the application preparation, site visit, and evaluation experience of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nursing Education and Research, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Schlag
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Sengin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shendell-Falik
mesh_terms: D000575:American Nurses' Association; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D003406:Credentialing; D006801:Humans; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States