Inova Hospitals Honored with Magnet Designation
Inova Fairfax Hospital/Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children is proud to be the first Magnet nursing facility in the Washington, D.C., region.
Inova Fairfax Hospital and Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children are among only 102 hospitals in the country to be awarded Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Services by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
Inova Fairfax Hospital/Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children first received Magnet designation in 1997 and was re-designated in 2001. It was the first recognized Magnet nursing facility in the Washington, D.C., region.
Magnet status is the highest level of recognition given to organized nursing services in the United States, and puts Inova Fairfax Hospital/Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children in a select and esteemed group. The award recognizes excellence in all aspects of nursing services, from leadership and management philosophy to the quality of patient care. It signifies that nurses continuously improve their practice and that the organization fosters their professional growth. Magnet status also recognizes nurses’ sensitivity to the cultural and ethnic diversity of patients and other caregivers.
What does it mean to be a Magnet hospital?
Magnet hospitals are national models for nursing care. At Inova Fairfax Hospital/Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, magnet status reflects outstanding patient care and nursing practice excellence, distinguished nursing leadership, and an environment that recognizes and rewards professional nursing.
Achieving Magnet status involves a volunteer, peer-reviewed process in which a team of professional registered nurses with experience in quality indicators, nursing administration and nursing evaluates a hospital’s nursing services, clinical outcomes and patient care delivery. As its guide, the team uses the scope and standards for nurse administrators as outlined by the Congress of Nursing Practice of the American Nurses Association (ANA). Hospitals must meet the criteria outlined in the Magnet Standards of Nursing Practice.
In addition to Magnet recognition for Inova Fairfax Hospital/Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Inova Health System is proud that Inova Loudoun Hospital has also achieved Magnet status. We currently are applying for Magnet recognition for all Inova hospitals. Only a handful of healthcare systems across the country currently enjoys systemwide Magnet status.
