Engaging staff in the Magnet journey: the key is communication.
A Midwestern acute care facility shares its successful internal communication plan to engage stakeholders and describes its significance in achieving designation as a Magnet hospital. This plan remains a framework for ongoing communications toward sustaining a Magnet culture, completing annual interim reports, and preparing for redesignation in 4 years.
Pierson
Peg
P
Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center, Lincoln, NE, USA. ppierson@stetz.org
Miller
Jo
J
Moore
Kim
K
D000208:Acute Disease / Q000451:nursing; D000575:American Nurses' Association; D000847:Annual Reports as Topic; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D003406:Credentialing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006040:Goals; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009329:Nebraska; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques