Welcome to the Carilion Medical Center Magnet website, your source for information on Magnet, including how our Magnet designation benefits us all and how we live Magnet every day.

Magnet designation is the highest level of recognition that hospitals can obtain for their nursing programs. It was created to advance three goals:

• Promote quality in an environment that supports professional practice.
• Recognize excellence in the delivery of nursing services to patients.
• Provide a mechanism for the dissemination of best practices in nursing.

Magnet recognizes:

• Management, philosophy and practice of nursing.
• Adherence to national standards for improving quality of patient care services.
• Support for professional practice and continued competence of nurses.
• Understanding and respecting the cultural and ethnic diversity of patients, their significant others and healthcare providers.

Please use the links to the left to learn more about Magnet.

E-mail questions or comments about this website to jmartin@carilion.com.