Frankfort, KY (January 20, 2011) - Frankfort Regional Medical Center announced today that it has received Magnet® status, the nation's highest recognition in nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Only five other hospitals in Kentucky and 5% nationwide have achieved this distinction.
"Becoming a Magnet hospital has been a vision of the nursing department for years. Today we achieved that vision, which wasn't only mine, but that of the hundreds of nurses who I work with everyday," said Sammie Mosier, RN, BSN, MA, CMSRN, NE-BC, and Chief Nursing Officer at Frankfort Regional Medical Center. "While it is recognition for nursing excellence, it is also recognition for a culture of quality, safety, and patient-centered care. This can only be accomplished when everyone works as a team, with a singular focus to be the best we can be."
Widely recognized as the "gold standard" of nursing excellence, Magnet hospitals provide patients and their families with a benchmark by which to measure the quality of care they can expect to receive. This status creates a flywheel at hospitals-it shows the great value that the hospital sees in nursing excellence, and in turn attracts the best nurses who help to drive the hospital even further in its journey to be the best.
The Magnet Recognition Program™ is rigorous in its evaluation of a hospital's adherence to the ANCC's "14 Forces of Magnetism." These standards encompass all aspects of hospital and nursing quality, including the following:
- the hospital's role in the community
- the level of engagement of nurses in hospital leadership activities
- the level of engagement of nurses in research activities and professional advancement
- the hospital's quality of care and dedication to constant improvement
"This achievement goes beyond nursing at Frankfort Regional Medical Center. It has been an effort of every department and every staff member on our campus," said Chip Peal, Chief Executive Officer at Frankfort Regional. "A lot of work and passion was invested in the Magnet journey and process, but with the amazing nurses we have on our team at Frankfort Regional, we knew we could do it. I'm so happy and proud we made the decision to go for it."