Wyoming Medical Center’s Magnet Quest

Why is Wyoming Medical Center seeking Magnet recognition?

Wyoming Medical Center understands that positive patient outcomes result from team effort, and achieving Magnet status is a way to applaud and encourage that effort.

What Is Magnet?

The Magnet Recognition program, administered through the American Nursing Credentialing Center, was established in 1990 and since has become the most respected of such endeavors. Magnet recognizes hospitals with nursing services that promote quality, evidence-based practice in a professional environment and result in positive patient outcomes. Magnet honors strong nursing and interdisciplinary team practice and each individual’s commitment to quality patient care.

What characterizes Magnet Hospitals?

Research has identified the following characteristics in Magnet organizations:

Nursing

Flatter organizational structure

Higher nurse-to-patient ratios

Collaborative relationships with physicians

Broad-based participation in decision-making related to clinical care

Limited use of agency personnel

Nursing research that enhances clinical practice

Flexible patient-care delivery systems

Higher percentage of BSN-prepared nurses

Decreased turnover rates for RNs

Perception among nurses that they have adequate support services and RNs to provide high-quality care

Patient Outcomes

Shorter patient length of stay

Lower utilization of ICU days

Lower mortality rates for Medicare patients

Increased patient satisfaction

What are the benefits in becoming a Magnet Hospital?

Magnet recognizes and supports systems that achieve high-quality outcomes.
Magnet establishes a competitive advantage in the recruitment of all patient-care staff who enjoy working in a professional practice environment.
Magnet Hospitals are recognized for their positive community presence and interactions.

Magnet culture encourages a work environment with positive, collaborative relationships that rely on teamwork to accomplish the best patient outcomes.