Miami, Fl — Miami Children’s Hospital (MCH) has received “Magnet” designation – the nursing profession’s highest national honor – from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Magnet designation recognizes the MCH nursing staff for meeting the rigorous quality indicators and standards of nursing practice as defined by the American Nurses Association’s Scope and Standards for Nurse Administrators.
MCH is the first free-standing pediatric facility in both Florida and the Southeast to achieve this designation. Nationwide, it is only the fifth pediatric hospital to receive Magnet certification.
The intensive Magnet application progress requires that hospitals submit in-depth documentation demonstrating the nursing team’s effectiveness in meeting standards for nursing care related to clinical competence and assessment, education, certification, cultural diversity, collaboration and more. ANCC representatives then perform a site visit to verify documentation before a decision is made whether to award Magnet status.
“All of us on the nursing team at MCH are extremely proud to achieve recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center,” said Jackie Gonzalez, MSN, ARNP, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at MCH. “The nursing staff at MCH has a long-standing tradition of leadership, clinical excellence, collaboration and concern for patient safety. We are proud to join our colleagues nationally and internationally in receiving this highest award and designation for excellence.”
“To the patients and families who look to us for care and support, our nurses are the very heart and spirit of Miami Children’s Hospital. We are proud of their commitment to excellence and applaud them for achieving Magnet designation -- nursing’s highest honor,” said Thomas M. Rozek, President and CEO of MCH.
Miami Children’s Hospital, founded in 1950, is the only licensed specialty hospital for children in South Florida. The 268-bed medical complex offers comprehensive medical care and services for children from birth to age 21.
Miami Children’s Hospital Awarded Nursing ‘Magnet’ Site Honors
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For 75 years, Nicklaus Children's has stood as a beacon of hope for children and families across the state of Florida and beyond. Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children serving close to 70 percent of children in the Miami metropolitan community. In addition, Nicklaus Children's offers care within NCH North Hospital in Naples, Jupiter Medical Center's De George Pediatric Unit and select Baptist Health Hospital pediatric emergency units. The hospital and its network of more of nearly 35 outpatient care locations offer lifesaving care in in Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin, and Palm Beach counties. These outpatient locations include an array of urgent care, pediatric primary care, and subspecialty care centers and are either hospital-based or outpatient locations under Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS). Providing a pipeline of future physicians and groundbreaking research, Nicklaus Children's is an academic and clinical affiliate of Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Nicklaus Children's is home to centers of excellence including the Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute and Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. The 325-bed hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's also includes a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary with over 40 specialties, and an ambulatory surgery center.
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