Can I have an Amen

I have been fighting this "Paper Tiger" for years! You have beautifully exposed this fraud! Thank you...

WOW all in one breath. I agree 100%. I am not a Nurse but I have seen and worked around it. It is sad and so unfair.

What is crazy, is when your hospital is trying to look lean on paper to be mergered with a large organization

Why after getting Magnet Recognition x 2, why is administration cutting staff, giving higher patient ratios and still expecting to meet all theses unrealistic expect ions. Nursing moral doesn't matter

This blog is dead on track. As a nurse for 27 years, I have seen it and lived it.

Interesting blog. I am curious about your background, experience and degree in nursing.

This really hit the nail on the head. Should be sent to the media.

I was a patient at a magnet hospital, Hackensack, and the care was the worst ever, sorry people but health care is just a numbers game now, not nursing.

Baloney! Much of what.you write is the moaning of someone who.doesnt want to improve the system. You throw.Obamacare in to add to the anger and then nothing you mention is caused by it.

How true it is!!!

The magnet status has forced out excellent nurses many years of experience down the tub all for a 5 star status how sad 😜

Beautifully written and all too true!

You have taken all of the thoughts in my head and put them beautifully on paper.

Useless JCOH et.al. mandates have taken away hand holding & providing comfort. MCR doesn't pay for emotional support.

i just wanted to take care of patients, not to have my career dictated by JCAHO or administration, I am ready to leave bedside nursing, very sad!

I retired because bedside care became secondary to the computer! Audits on your documentation and care plans which never helped any patient was taking nursing care time away from the patient .

This trend is one of the main reasons I retired at 65. Much less time spent at the bedside and much more time on the computer or doing mandatory hourly rounds .Much less job satisfaction

I think the certification process and exam is a money maker for these "nursing agencies" who have cashed in on the magnet venture. Magnet does necessarily mean better nursing care!!!

This is the reason why the older nurses are opting for early retirement .... Nursing has become too stressful because of all the new "rules and regulations " and surveys ... no more plain bedside care

Nobody cares anymore, it's all about the MoNEY!!!
Greed, selfishness, power!

It is exactly related to the sentiments expressed in this article that I wasn't very sad to have to take early retirement, due to breast cancer, though I miss my patients dreadfully at times!!

What a mess the nursing profession has become the sad part the patient is short changed the nurses hands are tied she can't deliver the care he or she was trained for the pencil pushers win every time

I get the whole Magnet thing and what nursing has become.
But now, explain to me how Obama care contributes to that ???

I am a retired RN. I was no longer nursing when "magnet" designation began. In my humble opinion the best caregivers came out of Diploma programs. What has happened to my beloved profession?

Nursing of the past is the Nursing we need to embrace. Taking the time to hold a hand, cry with a family that just lost their father unexpectantly, and the list goes on and on....

A seasoned nurse without a degree or certification is looked upon as worthless because no fancy letters but when the shut hits the fan who do they call for MAKE SENSE can't precept but can be Yur mom

Wow. Great article. Much of it is so true. It's a shame we nurses can't just do what we do best and that is take care of our patients the best way we can. Nursing is a special calling for select few.

Oh, so true! Nursing is not about caring for the patient but how to get a much desired "always" or "very good " on the patient survey.

Regarding magnet status, totally agree. When it's time to renew magnet status, hospital must make goals, which is just crap for RNs to do. Irony: I'll not work @ a mag hosp

Shit, not only no, hell
no!

This tells basically why I decided to get out while I could st age 60. I retired after 38 years as a registered nurse and I haven't looked back.Do I miss my patients? You bet I do! Do I miss the bul

This is why I will never be a nurse. Not because I couldn't rock it. It is because I have no desire to be treated way below what I deserve or give sub par care to someone who deserves the best.

I am delighted that I got to be a nurse that actually took care of the patient for the first 35yrs of my career. The last 10 were more devoted to meetings and lots of paper work and now computers.

Amen. Magnet disrespects nurses with years of experience whom have stood the test of time. It makes institutions top heavy and, because it is tied to reimbursement, shows their greed.

this is so true and so sad. I too would love to send it to administration but they are too far gone

I wish I could secretly email this to my manager and CNO...but they've taken too much of the kool-aid it probably wouldn't get through.

AMEN! Finally! I could have written this myself. So sad. I used to love my profession but the love and the drive is all gone. Tragic, really.

This is finally some thinking about nursing that is on the right track. These committees and magnet like titles get usurped by the sales people, the politicians, the power seekers, and the money men.

So, don't work at a Magnet hospital. Some of these 'facts' are complete news to me. I liked training 'baby nurses,' to create hopefully someone I could rely on.

This is telling it like it is! In the beginning it seemed Magnet had some good ideas. In reality they are not working. Its not about being a nurse but rather how many degrees you can get.

This article is RIGHT ON. I work in a magnet hospital. I pride myself into believing it is a calling and give good care. I am a Diploma nurse, BSN,CCRN AND CNRN but long before magnet was vogue .

Bravo finally someone put it into words
Lynn R N 35 yr employee

Sounds parallel to what is going on in the teaching profession. Could have written this about being a teacher in the schools.

Spot on article. It's as if you are reading every seasoned nurses mind. Nursing today is like the Emperor's clothes. We are wary of speaking the truth. You did it beautifully.

Obama Care means more people coming to ER'S for small things and GVT not reimbursing those hours all of the extra new burden obama care patients are causing

So true

Unsure what "Obamacare" has to do with this never-ending conundrum!!??

You forgot to mention the numerous hours it takes to document the care we have so little time to do..

Best description of the disease called Magnet that I have heard yet!! Let real nurses who care do what we do best, give care and save lives! The rest is just window dressing for administration anyway