The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) awarded Magnet recognition to NYU Langone’s Manhattan inpatient locations and several of its larger ambulatory sites in the city for the fifth consecutive time, recognizing excellence in nursing. Only three other hospitals in New York State have received Magnet designation five or more times. The ANCC’s prestigious Magnet Recognition Program is one of the leading benchmarks used to measure the quality of care patients receive.

This Magnet designation includes Tisch Hospital, Kimmel Pavilion, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, and key facilities in NYU Langone’s extensive ambulatory care network in Manhattan and Brooklyn, including the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, the NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Center East 38th Street, the NYU Langone Orthopedic Center, the NYU Langone Health—Cobble Hill Emergency Department at the Joseph S. & Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center, and perioperative services.

“Our nurses are tirelessly committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to their patients,” says Debra Albert, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer and senior vice president of patient care services. “This is a testament to their continued dedication and hard work, and I could not be more proud of our outstanding nurses.”

NYU Langone received exemplars, or examples of best practice, in several areas, including the following:

• advocacy for and integration of resources that support top-quality patient care and professional development, including alert team nurses and clinical resource nurses
• 55 percent of NYU Langone nurses achieving professional board certifications
• 98 percent of NYU Langone nurses who have earned a baccalaureate or higher degree in nursing
• exceptional outcomes on nursing-sensitive clinical quality indicators, including peripheral intravenous infiltrations (PIV) and prevention of procedural patient burns
• revolutionary advances in xenotransplant, transplanting a kidney from a genetically modified pig into a human patient

NYU Langone Hospital’s recruitment and retention efforts were also commended by the Magnet appraisers. Eighty-three nurses in leadership positions began their careers as new graduate nurses in NYU Langone’s Nurse Residency Program. The turnover rate has continued to decrease since the COVID-19 pandemic, achieving the current annual turnover rate of 10 percent and with a vacancy rate below 2 percent.

The Magnet designation is granted every four years only to those organizations that demonstrate sustained superiority in nursing care. Applicants undergo an extensive evaluation and members granted Magnet status must continue to meet rigorous standards.

To reapply for and receive Magnet status, as NYU Langone has done since its first certification in 2005, is confirmation of a hospital’s resolve to deliver the highest level of nursing care. Research shows that Magnet hospitals are more effective at attracting and keeping quality nurses.

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