Using History to Drive Nursing Excellence Today

Every healthcare organization is committed to nursing excellence, but what does that actually mean? Some chief nursing officers define excellence through clinical outcomes, while others emphasize nurse retention, wellbeing programs, research, or professional governance structures. The Magnet® framework is an evidence-based model that encompasses all of these elements, recognizing that each is essential to creating and sustaining a true culture of nursing excellence. The framework delineates the key criteria (the forces of magnetism), and the associated model is a graphic depiction that is abstract in nature and features the key domains.