title: Becoming a Magnet hospital: the role of the perianesthesia nurse.
abstract: In today's health care environment, nurses often feel that the care they are giving is below the level of quality that they would like to see. The Magnet Recognition Award is a nonbiased, positive acknowledgment of quality care and excellent patient outcomes. Nursing needs that third-party seal of approval. The purpose of this article is to educate the reader, to explore what becoming a Magnet hospital means to nursing, and to also encourage perianesthesia nurses to expand their involvement in such house-wide projects.
authors.affiliation: Aurora Sinai Medical Center, 945 North 12th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA. steph_kass@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kassulke
mesh_terms: D000575:American Nurses' Association; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D003406:Credentialing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States