Obtaining Magnet Status Case Study

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As a nurse educator that has worked in both the Vocational and Registered Nursing programs, a major occurrence was discovered. Many hospitals across the country especially in San Antonio, Texas are obtaining “Magnet Status”. Obtaining Magnet Status means essential phasing out Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN) and Associate Degree Registered Nurses (RN). Magnet recognition is believed to deliver a higher quality of care by having all RN’s on staff. Sadly, this status has forced many qualified and skilled VN’s to be phase out of the hospital setting. Furthermore, 2 year RN’s have been forced to return to school to obtain a Bachelor’s or be terminated.
Do patients receive improved nursing care when admitted to a magnet status facility? Kalisch & Hee Lee (2012) found, “Fewer studies have examined the …show more content…

RN’s have to take on additional responsibilities once done by the VN. In my personal experience, this action has caused a higher turnover rate, increased medication errors, increased delays in medication administration, wound care, and major delays in patient transport. RN’s are overworked on understaffed units. It has been my experience that many experienced RN’s are leaving bedside care due to these issues. Lewis (2015) stated, “Freeing RNs from duties that others can effectively execute will allow RNs to focus their valuable time and skill sets on this mission-critical duty of coordination” (p.237).
In conclusion, my Doctorate practice and scholarly inquiry will be researching whether magnet status has truly improved patient care and satisfaction? Secondly, will returning the VN to the healthcare team decrease delays in patient care? Clearly, more research is needed to support, the need for VN’s presence in the hospital setting. Returning the VN role will assist in ensuring our patient care has the characteristics of higher reliability organization

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