Seven hospitals have earned the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet designation seven times — the most of any hospitals in the country.
The Magnet Recognition Program is the ANCC’s highest honor for nursing excellence. A designation is valid for four years, and hospitals must apply for redesignation every four years to keep it. A hospital with seven designations, then, first earned the credential decades ago — in some cases as far back as the mid-1990s.
There are 690 Magnet facilities worldwide as of September, according to the ANCC: 657 in the U.S. and 33 international organizations across 14 countries. Magnet hospitals represent 10.8% of U.S. hospitals, based on the American Hospital Association’s count of 6,100 total U.S. hospitals.
Three of the seven hospitals to earn Magnet designation seven times are in New Jersey, including two in New Brunswick.
The seven hospitals, listed alphabetically, with the year of first designation:
- Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital (Atlanta). First designated in 1995.
- Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center, part of Hackensack Meridian Health. First designated in 1995.
- Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.). First designated in 1997.
- The Miriam Hospital (Providence, R.I.). First designated in 1998.
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (New Brunswick, N.J.). First designated in 1997.
- St. Peter’s University Hospital (New Brunswick, N.J.). First designated in 1998.
- University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle). First designated in 1994.
