Do You Work For A "Magnet" Hospital?

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If so, what does that mean to you? My hospital has just recently been certified and I am just wondering how important or unimportant this means to other nurses out there.

We are not getting a raise because of it, I didn't think that we would anyway, but it has caused a lot of hard feelings with the UAP's in the hospital. There are tons of huge banners everywhere congratulating the nurses and the CNA's have voicd their opinion that they feel really left out. I have told a few that have mentioned it to me that I could not do my job without them, but they still feel hurt.

Just wondering what all the other "Magnetized" nurses think about this whole thing? Good, bad or indifferent?

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Specializes in MICU, neuro, orthotrauma.

When my hospital got their magnet certification last year, they gave out pins to the nursing staff and the UAP staff. It helps the techs feel included in the accolades for the nursing care we provide.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Cardiac Cath Lab.

My current clinical rotation is at a magnet hospital, and every nurse I've talked to loves his/her job and employer. All nurses and UAPs wear pins indicating magnet status. They also have an extreme preference for BSNs (which probably goes without saying). :)

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Magnet status is a nursing certification. I think they are certifying licensed personnel, but I could be wrong. All their other certifications are for licensed personnel.

I was a little involved when the Magnet committee came through our hospital last year, they were not really interested in UAP's, just licensed personnel. I went to a "breakfast" with the committee and they asked to meet with RNs who were long-time employees and newly hired. They didn't ask to meet any UAP's.

However, UAP's are a part of nursing and when your hospital got the designation they should not have left out the kudos to the entire nursing staff, including UAPs.

(We had Magnet status for five years, but when it came time to renew they denied us, because they said we were stagnet and didn't show any improvement, meaning we were still good, but they expect growth. It was quite a blow and I doubt we'll try again.)

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Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.

My hospital is currently trying to get Magnet status. I'm still torn on whether I'm any happier now then I was before we started our whole Magnet program. Our UAP's are left out of the whole process, for the most part. I haven't heard any of them voice whether or not they particularly CARE. We have high UAP turnover and it's rumored that our hospital is kinda "phasing out" all of the aides and moving towards primary nursing.

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