JCMC Nursing Annual Report - Mountain States Health Alliance

New Magnet Model
Global Issues in Nursing and Health Care
Structural
Empowerment
Transformational
Leadership
Empirical
Outcomes
New Knowledge,
Innovations &
Improvements
Exemplary
Professional
Practice
Transformational Leadership:
The CNO in a Magnet organization is a knowledgeable transformational leader who develops a strong vision
and well-articulated philosophy, professional practice model and strategic and quality plans in leading nursing
services.
Structural Empowerment:
Magnet structural environments are generally flat, flexible and decentralized. Nurses throughout the
organization are involved in self-governance and decision-making structure and processes that establish
practice and address issues of concern.
Exemplary Professional Practice:
A professional practice model is the overreaching conceptual framework for nurses, nursing care and
interdisciplinary patient care. It depicts how nurses practice, collaborate, communicate and develop
professionally to provide the highest quality of care for those served by the organization.
New Knowledge, Innovations and Improvements:
Magnet organizations integrate evidence-based practice and research into clinical and operational processes.
Nurses are educated about evidence-based practice and research, which enables them to explore the safest and
best practices and to generate new knowledge.
Empirical Outcomes:
Nursing makes an essential contribution to patient, nursing workforce and community outcomes. The
measurement of quality outcomes is imperative and directly related to nursing leadership and clinical practice
in Magnet organizations.
American Nurses Credentialing Center. (2008). Application Manual Magnet Recognition Program.
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