The 2026 Elevating Professional Practice in Health Care Virtual Convention
If you are on a Magnet® journey, your #1 predictor of success is partnering with an experienced Magnet® consulting team—like Creative Health Care Management. Our consultants bring firsthand experience as successful Magnet® Program Directors and key stakeholders who understand exactly what it takes to become the kind of organization the ANCC is proud to recognize.
As leaders in Magnet® consulting, we specialize in navigating the inner workings of this complex, multiyear journey. We provide the comprehensive, expert support organizations need to achieve Magnet® designation or re-designation with confidence.
We are experts in the inner workings of this complex, multiyear journey and offer specialized Magnet® consulting services that provide the comprehensive support organizations need to earn Magnet® designation or re-designation.
Improve your chances for successful Magnet® designation. Call our magnet® consulting team, and remember, you do not have to be using Relationship-Based Care to benefit from our consultative support.
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Our expert consultants have over 40 years of experience in Magnet® designation and re-designation. We work with large academic medical systems, small community hospitals, specialty providers including pediatrics, orthopedic, women, and cancer centers, as well as international organizations.
Many health care leaders seek national recognition, not as an end it itself, but as a journey to excellence and as a validation of the great work an organization is doing. When an organization pursues Magnet® designation, teams throughout the organization will create, strengthen, and deepen structures and processes to meet the standards for extraordinary performance.
Recruitment and retention of a strong nursing and clinical workforce continue to be a top strategic priority for health care leaders. One of the most valued recognitions of distinction, when it comes to recruitment and retention of nursing is Magnet® designation. Just under 10% of hospitals in the United States have achieved Magnet®. Significantly, many hospitals see this designation as a key to their future success and survival.
You will put a lot of time, energy, and resources into creating a culture of excellence, and you don’t want that to slip. Creative Health Care Management works not only with organizations on designation and re-designation, but in the years leading up to and following designation.
CHCM will provide ongoing support so when it’s re-designation time, you won’t feel like you’re starting from scratch. There is a team of consultants ready to support your health care organization in all aspects of cultural transformation.
At Creative Health Care Management we provide the best guidance for positive outcomes and improvement to our clients seeking Magnet® recognition. Our Magnet® consultants work through the lens of cultural transformation as opposed to a series of check boxed items that need to be done to attain designation or re-designation, This approach ensures enculturation and sustainability. Our experts help establish the structures and processes, and educational development necessary to get the results you desire.
The journey to Magnet is long and intense under even the best circumstances. If you are considering embarking on this rewarding professional journey there are some essential things you will need to do to prepare. Conduct a readiness assessment so you fully understand where you’re starting from and your current challenges. Create a budget. Educate yourself and others.
Some of the steps that your organization can take for validation purposes include:
Our readiness assessment is profoundly valuable because it defines your current reality and helps to ensure that you will be prepared and ready to meet the Magnet standards. We will partner with your organization to determine from the outset how best to use your internal resources and if external consultative support is necessary. Together we will develop a plan that will lead your team to a successful Magnet designation or re-designation.
We will help you meet or maintain Magnet data requirements, build and achieve an effective shared governance system or any other work you may need to position your organization to apply for Magnet® designation.
Our team of Magnet experts offer the full range of document preparation services from document writing workshops, identification of narratives and appropriate placement within your document, to document review and feedback. Whatever the situation, we have the solution for you. Our strong history of clients going straight to site visit after their document submission is proof.
We excel at coaching and mentoring members of your team from the CNO to the MPD to the clinical nurses to ensure they are knowledgeable and competent regarding the entire Magnet journey. As part of this mentoring, we work with you to create your project plan and timeline to keep your journey on track.
Site visit is one of the most exciting and at the same time, stressful times of your journey. Our team works with you to ensure the entire organization can excel. We conduct mock site visits during which we engage the entire organization. We work through site visit logistics with your team and most importantly, we foster the build of excitement and engagement needed during your site visit.
There is no such thing as too much education when it comes to participating in a Magnet journey. People need to know how Magnet benefits the entire organization. Networking with people who have been involved in a successful Magnet journey can be extremely helpful.
Is Magnet® worth it? In 2026, the data says yes. Explore how Magnet® drives measurable improvements in outcomes, turnover, patient satisfaction, and reimbursement- and why more organizations are treating it as a strategic investment rather than an accolade.
Discover why Magnet® recognition remains a premier credential for nursing excellence and how Magnet® hospitals improve outcomes, retention, and patient care quality.
Earning Magnet® Recognition isn’t easy, but that’s what makes it meaningful. The Magnet® Recognition process can be long and intense, but with the right strategy and the right partner, it’s