Sharp Grossmont Hospital Once Again Receives Highest Honor in Nursing Excellence

Prestigious Magnet® recognition reinforces commitment to highest-quality patient care.

La Mesa, Calif. — Sharp Grossmont Hospital has again attained Magnet recognition — the highest honor a health care organization can receive for professional nursing practices — as part of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®. This voluntary credentialing program for hospitals recognizes excellence in nursing.

“Magnet recognition is a tremendous honor and reflects our commitment to delivering the highest quality of care to the East County community,” said Janet Hanley, chief nursing officer, Sharp Grossmont Hospital. “To earn Magnet recognition once has been an incredible source of pride for our nurses. Receiving this honor for an additional four years underscores the foundation of excellence and values that drives our entire staff to strive harder each day to meet the health care needs of the people we serve.”
 
In 2007, Sharp Grossmont Hospital first earned Magnet status by applying to the ANCC and undergoing a rigorous and multifaceted evaluation, which included a site visit. Sharp Grossmont’s reapplication process for this year’s Magnet recognition required submitting documented evidence of how Magnet concepts, performance and quality were sustained and improved over the four-year period since the hospital received its initial recognition. The hospital impressed Magnet officials with its outcomes, which included 10 exemplars of best practice and its unprecedented documentation and site visit.

As a Magnet facility, Sharp Grossmont retains its place among the best of the best as part of the Magnet community — a select group of 386 health care organizations out of nearly 6,000 health care providers across the United States, which also includes Sharp Memorial Hospital. 

“The Magnet Recognition Program provides our patients, their families and the community with the ultimate benchmark of proven excellence in nursing care, and is the latest example of the clinical quality provided by Sharp Grossmont,” Hanley said. “It demonstrates Sharp’s dedication to being the best place to work, practice medicine and receive care.”

Last Updated: September 29, 2011