UMC Re-designated a Magnet Hospital
UMC Chief Nursing Officer Marty Enriquez, UMC President Greg Pivirotto (both seated) and UMC nursing staff celebrate the announcement that UMC has been named a Magnet Hospital.
It is the second time UMC has been recognized with Nursing's highest honor.
University Medical Center was notified that it has been re-designated as a Magnet Hospital, the second time it has won the American Nurses Association's highest national honor for nursing excellence.
In 2003, UMC was the first hospital in Arizona to earn the prestigious Magnet Hospital designation and remains the only hospital in Southern Arizona to win the so-called "Nobel Prize for nursing." Magnet Hospital designation is held by only 2 percent of all acute-care hospitals in the United States.
"To earn this honor for a second time is a phenomenal tribute to the more than 1,000 registered nurses who work at University Medical Center, and I could not be more proud of them," said Marty Enriquez, UMC vice president for patient care services and chief nursing officer. "I also wish to thank each and every employee and physician at UMC, because our nurses couldn't do what they do without being part of a bigger health-care team."
The Magnet Recognition Program was developed in 1991 by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, or ANCC, a branch of the American Nurses Association, to recognize hospitals that provide the best in nursing care and a supportive professional nursing environment. According to the ANCC, the program provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark to measure the quality of care they can expect to receive.
During ANCC's three-day site visit to UMC in February, three appraisers interviewed more than 100 bedside nurses, physicians, hospital executives and patients to assess the hospital's nursing services and clinical outcomes. The appraisers reviewed thousands of pages of UMC documents relating to nursing policies and procedures, governance, scheduling, patient care outcomes and quality measurements, explained Becky Hull, the hospital's magnet project director.
The Magnet Hospital designation is a highly prized recruitment tool in this era of nursing shortages. The nation's best nurses seek out Magnet Hospitals for employment because they know that the standard of care and professionalism is going to be of the highest caliber, Enriquez said.
Magnet Hospitals are known to be "nurse-friendly," providing a professional practice environment and extensive opportunities for education and advancement.
"I congratulate the entire staff," said Greg Pivirotto, UMC president and CEO. "Everyone makes a difference when we work together for our patients."
The Magnet Hospital designation is valid for four years, after which UMC must reapply.
University Medical Center is a 355-bed hospital affiliated with The University of Arizona. It is the primary teaching hospital for the UA colleges of medicine, nursing and pharmacy and specializes in heart care, oncology, organ transplants, pediatrics and trauma care. For more than a decade it has been listed among the top hospitals in the United States in U.S. News & World Report's annual "Best Hospitals in America" edition.
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