Mount Sinai Celebrates Prestigious Magnet® Designation
The Mount Sinai Hospital announced today it has received national recognition for excellence in nursing for the third consecutive time from the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®.
The Mount Sinai Hospital announced today it has received national recognition for excellence in nursing for the third consecutive time from the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®. In addition, Mount Sinai Queens – the Queens campus of The Mount Sinai Hospital – received first-time Magnet® designation as well. Considered the gold standard, Magnet Recognition Program® designation is the highest recognition for nursing excellence. Less than eight percent of hospitals worldwide have received the designation.
"A decade ago, we were honored with our first Magnet designation and the recent recognition is the culmination of our continued commitment to nursing excellence," said Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Chief Executive Officer and President, Mount Sinai Health System. "We are extremely proud of our designation. It signifies a culture of excellence that is central to how we serve our community."
Deborah Zimmerman, DNP, Chair of American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on the Magnet Recognition Program® commended Mount Sinai for its commitment to the community, and the exemplary care displayed throughout the hospital. She shared, "Relationship-centered care is thriving at Mount Sinai. The individualized care provided to the large patient population it serves is impressive."
"This designation reflects the quality and superb outcomes of the nursing team at The Mount Sinai Hospital and our Queens campus. It reflects the commitment of every member of the hospital team who works to assure excellence in patient care," said David Reich, MD, President and Chief Operating Officer, The Mount Sinai Hospital. "Our nursing leadership and clinical nurses embrace the education and research that support relationship-centered and compassionate nursing care which are key elements in achieving this well-deserved credential."
"Collaboration, caring, and excellence are personified by the Magnet Model," said Carol Porter, DNP, RN, FAAN, the Edgar M. Cullman, Sr., Chair of the Department of Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President of Nursing at The Mount Sinai Hospital. "Magnet designation is a tremendous honor that identifies Mount Sinai as an institution where nurses grow professionally, and are consistently improving quality care they provide to patients and families. We care for our patients as we do our own families." Porter, who is also the Associate Dean of Nursing Research and Education of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, says there were over 6,000 individuals involved in the effort to achieve this credential across the two hospital campuses.
"This journey has been transformational for our nurses," said Kathleen Scher, RN, EdD, NE-BC, Vice President of Nursing, Mount Sinai Queens. "This Magnet designation validates our commitment to providing the highest quality care to the patients and families in our community."
"Magnet recognition represents the highest quality care practiced at the bedside," said Caryn A. Schwab, Executive Director, Mount Sinai Queens. "As the only Magnet-designated hospital in Queens, this distinction reinforces our commitment to the Queens community we serve."
"We have worked together to achieve designation through daily nursing excellence," said Geralyn McDonough, BSN, MA, RN, Mount Sinai Magnet Program Director. "I am extremely proud to be a Mount Sinai nurse and proud of our nursing community."
To earn designation, hospitals must meet stringent standards for quality, patient care, nursing excellence and innovation in professional nursing. Re-designation is an even more rigorous process, requiring a center to provide evidence that Magnet standards have been both met and exceeded during the four-year period since the last designation. Nurses at all levels of practice were involved in the process, demonstrating their involvement in every aspect of health care delivery.
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, over 400 outpatient practices, nearly 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,300 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties.
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