Royal Oak & Troy - Magnet Designated
Beaumont, Troy became the second Beaumont hospital to receive the prestigious MagnetTM designation. Royal Oak was redesignated as a MagnetTM hospital last year, having been the first hospital in Michigan to receive MagnetTM status in 2004. Beaumont, Grosse Pointe is in the preparatory phase of MagnetTM designation.
The designation recognizes quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. Having the designation helps the public identify nursing excellence more easily and boosts the nursing profession by encouraging and recognizing professional achievement. The program also helps disseminate successful practices and strategies among nursing systems.
In 2004 
Beaumont, Royal Oak was granted MagnetTM designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Beaumont, Royal Oak was the first hospital in Michigan to have MagnetTM recognition and the 100th in the nation to receive this honor, the highest and most prestigious designation available for the nursing profession.
More than 20 years of research about MagnetTM recognition has shown that hospitals having MagnetTM status have lower patient mortality rates, fewer medical complications, improved patient and employee safety, shorter hospital stays and higher patient and employee satisfaction. Less than 1.5 percent of hospitals in the country have achieved this status and only 33 percent of the hospitals that apply for the credentialing process are awarded an evaluation visit.
The ANCC is a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association. The ANCC developed the Magnet Recognition ProgramTM in 1994 to recognize health care organizations that provide the very best in nursing care. The program is based on quality indicators and standards of nursing practice as defined in the American Nurses Association's Scope and Standards for Nurse Administrators. Appraisers evaluated Beaumont for MagnetTM status based on 65 standards of nursing care and professional performance.
