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Billings Clinic Achieves Magnet® Recognition for 5th Consecutive Time
Author: Joe Salyer, BIllings Clinic Broadwater Public Relations Liaison

Billings Clinic Achieves Magnet® Recognition for 5th Consecutive Time

Joe Salyer

Billings Clinic Broadwater Public Relations Liaison

Billings Clinic is honored to announce that it has earned Magnet recognition for the fifth time, a testament to its continued dedication to high-quality nursing practice. The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program® distinguishes health care organizations that meet rigorous standards for nursing excellence. This credential is the highest national honor for professional nursing practice.

“Magnet recognition is a tremendous honor and reflects our commitment to delivering the highest quality of care to this community,” said Dania Block, Billings Clinic Chief Nursing Officer. “To earn Magnet recognition once was a great accomplishment and an incredible source of pride for our nurses. Our repeated achievement of this credential underscores the foundation of excellence and values that drive our entire staff to strive harder each day to meet the health care needs of the people we serve.”

Receiving Magnet recognition for the fifth time since 2006 is a significant achievement for Billings Clinic. Only 10.5% of hospitals in the United States have earned Magnet recognition, and just 640 hospitals nationwide and 25 international organizations across 12 countries currently hold the designation. Billings Clinic is also among only 141 hospitals in the nation to achieve Magnet recognition five times or more, placing it among an elite group recognized for sustained nursing excellence.

In 2006, Billings Clinic became the first health care organization in Montana and the region to earn Magnet recognition and has successfully maintained the designation through every four-year renewal cycle since. Today, it remains the only organization in the region to achieve Magnet recognition five times.

Research demonstrates that Magnet recognition provides specific benefits to health care organizations and their communities, such as:

* Higher patient satisfaction with nurse communication, availability of help and receipt of discharge information.

* Lower risk of 30-day mortality and lower failure to rescue rates.

* Higher job satisfaction among nurses.

* Lower nurse reports of intentions to leave their positions.

Magnet recognition is the gold standard for nursing excellence and is a factor when the public judges health care organizations. U.S. News & World Report’s annual showcase of “America’s Best Hospitals” includes Magnet recognition in its ranking criteria for quality of inpatient care.

The Magnet Model provides a framework for nursing practice, research, and measurement of outcomes. Through this framework, ANCC evaluates applicants across a number of components and dimensions to gauge an organization’s nursing excellence.

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