title: Clerical, clinical changes increase nursing efficiency.
abstract: Only six health care systems in the nation have received the Magnet Nursing Services Recognition Award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in Washington, DC. This prestigious designation acknowledges quality of patient care services and the development of successful, professional nursing practices and strategies. Here is how one hospital used clerical staff to help it win this award.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005845:Georgia; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007445:Inventories, Hospital; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013192:Staff Development