title: Advancing the profession: how will we do it?
abstract: The new Magnet Model for the Magnet Recognition Program describes the domain of "new knowledge, innovations, and improvements". This domain has the potential to provide the momentum and be the impetus for the forward motion needed to make major contributions in the advancement of professional nursing. There are many models supporting the advancement of practice to achieve "new knowledge, innovations and improvements". Ochsner Medical Center, a Magnet-designated facility in New Orleans partnered with Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing to create the Joint Center for Nursing Research. Outcomes of the partnership demonstrate their contributions to "new knowledge, innovations, and improvements".
authors.affiliation: Computer Sciences Corporation, Falls Church, VA, USA. spinkerton@csc.com
authors.forename: SueEllen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pinkerton
mesh_terms: D003406:Credentialing; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D008145:Louisiana; D009729:Nursing; D015399:Nursing Research; D013192:Staff Development; D014481:United States