Magnet Nurse Award
Nurses at Wake Forest Baptist earned one of the first 14 Magnet Awards in the United States in 1999, the first in the Carolinas. The American Nurses Credentialing Center established this prestigious award to recognize nursing excellence.
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the nation’s leading credentialing organization, has announced that the nursing staff at North Carolina Baptist Hospital at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has been re-designated with the prestigious distinction of Magnet nursing status.
The Magnet award is bestowed by the ANCC, the accrediting body of the American Nurses Association, to recognize and honor the nursing staffs of hospitals that meet the nation’s highest standards for nursing excellence.
Excellence is the primary focus of the Magnet Recognition Program. Based on research, the Magnet program was developed to recognize health care organizations that provide the best in quality patient care and uphold excellence in professional nursing practice.
ANCC’s Magnet designation is achieved after successfully completing a process whereby a team of professionals with experience in quality indicators, nursing administration, and nursing care appraises a hospital’s nursing services, clinical outcomes, and patient care. Research data and extensive interviews help evaluate the nursing practice with respect to the patient, family, community and nursing services.