Cleveland Clinic’s Weston Hospital has attained Magnet® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), which is the highest honor an organization can receive for its professional nursing practice.

“I am incredibly proud of this team,” said Kerry Major, MSN, NE-BC, chief nursing officer of Cleveland Clinic’s Florida region. “They live and breathe quality patient care. This designation is a reflection of their hard work and I am honored to stand shoulder to shoulder with these amazing caregivers who are dedicated to our patients, each other and to their profession.”

“Achieving Magnet status for the first time is a tremendous milestone for a hospital,” said Meredith A. Foxx, MSN, MBA, NEA-BC, APRN, executive chief nursing officer at Cleveland Clinic’s Stanley Shalom Zielony Institute for Nursing Excellence. “This recognition reflects the nursing caregivers’ dedication to professional practice, ongoing education, and achieving excellence through certification. I am so proud of the nursing caregivers and leadership team at Weston Hospital for their commitment to providing the highest quality of care and reaching this remarkable accomplishment.”

To achieve Magnet recognition, organizations go through an extensive review and systematic evaluation of their nursing practices by the ANCC. The process includes the review and documentation and a site visit by ANCC professionals who evaluate the hospital against numerous quantitative and qualitative standards that represent excellence in nursing services, clinical outcomes and patient care delivery.

The ANCC team cited several areas in which the Weston Hospital excelled including:

– Outperforming national benchmarks for in-patient engagement

– Outperforming national benchmarks for in-patient care coordination

– Outperforming national benchmarks for in-patient hospital acquired pressure injury

– Outperforming national benchmarks for in-patient falls with injury

– Outperforming benchmarks for surgical errors in the ambulatory setting

“Achieving Magnet recognition is a well-deserved honor,” said F. Scott Ross, vice president and chief medical officer of Cleveland Clinic’s Weston Hospital. “It reinforces our belief that our nursing team is exceptional. I am proud of the work they do and proud to congratulate them on this accomplishment.”