References

ANCC Pathways to Excellence
Healthcare Organization Information Sheet (pdf)
ANCC (web site)

Appreciative Inquiry
Building Capacity with Appreciative Inquiry JONA article, Oct 2006 (pdf)
SOARing to High and Engaging Performance AI Practitioner, Aug 2007 (pdf)
AI Commons at Case Western Reserve (web site)

Nursing HR Articles
How to Recruit and Retain Employees (pdf)
Nurturing Nurse Managers (pdf)
Retaining Older Hospital Nurses (pdf)
Retention and Recruitment (pdf)

Magnet Recognition Resources
ANCC Magnet Recognition Program New Model (pdf)
Achieving Magnet Hospital Recognition: Chief Nurse Executives and Magnet Coordinators Tell Their Stories (pdf)
Attracting Nurses: Why Magnet Hospitals Succeed (pdf)
Beyond the Magnet Award: The ANCC Magnet Program as the Framework for Culture Change (pdf)
The Cleveland Clinic's Magnet Experience (pdf)
Comfort Theory: A Unifying Framework to Enhance the Practice Environment (pdf)
Evaluation and Development of Potentially Better Practices for Staffing in the NICU (pdf)
Evaluation of the Magnet Recognition Program (pdf)
Further Evidence on the Magnet Recognition Program: Implications for Nursing Leaders (pdf)
Is Your Nursing Staff Ready for Magnet Hospital Status?: An Application of the Revised Nursing Work Index (pdf)
Magnet Designation in a Community Hospital (pdf)
Magnet Hospitals: Insights and Issues (pdf)
The Magnet Process and the Perceived Work Environment of Nurses (pdf)
A Magnet Nursing Service Approach to Nursing's Role in Quality Improvement (pdf)
The Magnet Recognition Program: Transforming Healthcare Through Exellence in Nursing Services (pdf)
The Magnet Recognition Program: Understanding the Appraisal Process (pdf)
The Magnetic Pull: Massachusetts Nurse Leaders Share Best Practices (pdf)
The Magnetic Pull: Top Magnet plan administrators share how their organizations achieved nursing's highest honor (pdf)
Organizational Commitment to Professional Practice Models (pdf)
The Pull of Magnetism: A Look at the Standards and the Experience of a Western Academic Medical Center Hospital in Achieving and Sustaining Magnet Status (pdf)
A Road Map for Creating a Magnet Work Environment (pdf)
Structural Empowerment, Magnet Hospital Characteristics, and Patient Safety Culture (pdf)
Use of a Validated Model to Evaluate the Impact of the Work Environment in Outcomes at a Magnet Hospital (pdf)
Web-delivered Research-based Nursing Staff Education for Seeking Magnet Status (pdf)
When Bad Things Happen to Good Organizations: A Focused Approach to Recovery Using the Essentials of Magnetism (pdf)