title: Beyond the Magnet award: The ANCC Magnet Program as the framework for culture change.
abstract: The nursing shortage has turned the national spotlight onto the need to improve the conditions under which nurses work. The American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program offers an evidence-based model for nurse leaders interested in transforming the practice climate. The author describes a community hospital's experience in using the magnet standards as the framework for change. The author describes 5 successful standard-driven strategies that have strengthened department infrastructure and refined processes for retaining a professional nurse workforce.
authors.affiliation: Middlesex Hospital, Middletwon, CT 06457, USA. kathleen_stolzenberger@midhosp.org
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Stolzenberger
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D019985:Benchmarking; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003237:Connecticut; D003406:Credentialing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D007857:Leadership; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*