Greenville Memorial achieves Magnet status

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Greenville Health System’s Greenville Memorial Hospital has been granted Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.  The ANCC’s Magnet Recognition Program is the highest national honor for nursing excellence and distinguishes organizations that meet rigorous standards for delivery of care, according to a GHS press release. Just 471 out of over 6,300 U.S. hospitals have achieved Magnet recognition.

“Magnet designation is so important because it’s professional, international validation of what we already know – that we deliver excellent care and have been for decades,” said RN Jeff Everett, who served as peer leader as the hospital staff pursued Magnet status.

Research demonstrates that Magnet recognition also provides specific benefits to healthcare organizations and their patients, including higher patient satisfaction with nurse communication, a lower risk of 30-day mortality and lower fail to rescue rates, and higher job satisfaction among nurses, according to information provided by ANCC. 

The Magnet model provides a framework for nursing practice, research and measurement of outcomes. The elements evaluated within this model include the quality of nursing leadership and coordination and collaboration across specialties, as well as processes for measuring and improving the quality and delivery of care, according to GHS’s news release.

Other Magnet hospitals in South Carolina are AnMed Health in Anderson, Bon Secours St. Francis in Charleston, Greer Memorial Hospital, and MUSC Health in Charleston.