I might beg to differ over good old Magnet status and how it impacts nursing care. Even our nursing administration, who really thought that it would revolutionize how hospitals treated nurses and their practice admit that it's just another way to fill out reams of more paperwork for another credentialing agency which results in good PR.

Oh yeah, we've had Magnet status for several years. Has it made anything particularly better? Not really. We get better patient/staff ratios when the budget says we can and they really discourage you from trying to quit, but that's about it.

Cynical? Me? We're currently getting ready for Joint Commission, which is a whole other round of frantic paranoia and documentation:)