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Kermaline Cotterman <[log in to unmask]>
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Margaret asks:

< Does anyone know if a hospital with Magnet status would lose that status
for hiring a non-RN LC? Has anyone had any experience with this? Where can I
find out more about this, specifically if the status will not be affected. I
don't know much about Magnet status or how it works. Any insight would be
appreciated.>

For those outside the US, and outside the nursing profession, Magnet status
is a development spearheaded by the American nursing profession itself as a
way of developing a stronger, more coordinated leverage on U.S. health care
through cohesion of the nursing staff for improved nursing practice. It
should have no direct "control" over other disciplines working in the
hospital. I agree, the ideal goal is for all disciplines to work together to
improve patient care, rather than in the past, any one discipline
"ordering" or limiting the scope of practice/care done by other disciplines.
All the more reason for IBLCE! It has helped the stature of the LC
profession among other professions!.

Googling "What is a Magnet Hospital" per Wisegeek:

<A magnet hospital is one that has received Magnet Recognition Status from
the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), which is part of the
American Nurses Association (ANA).The ANCC instituted the Magnet Recognition
ProgramŽ in the 1990s as a means of reviewing hospitals, inspiring them to
better patient care, and increasing the status of those hospitals that have
proven excellence in nursing care. Though declaring a hospital a magnet
hospital is only a way of attesting to its quality of care, it has been
shown that other hospital rankings often consider magnet hospitals among
some of the best in the country. . . . . There are fourteen separate areas
that are assessed as part of determining whether a hospital deserves
magnetdesignation. ... . . . These and other areas are called Forces
of Magnetism,
and they can be used as a way of assessing how well hospitals retain and
attract new nurses to their programs. . . . . .They tend to attract and
retain nurses who are skilled at their jobs and who get adequate support
from management and other staff. These hospitals are also more likely to
have a higher nurse to patient ratio, and may experience a lower percentage
of human error in nursing care.>

K. Jean Cotterman RNC-E, IBCLC

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