Beirut, Lebanon - In a recent Registered Nurse (RN) Satisfaction Survey conducted in April 2013, comparing Magnet Designated medical institutions worldwide, the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) scored higher than the mean of all Magnet Designated hospitals with respect to the practice environment.
Magnet Recognition is a program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center that recognizes healthcare organizations for providing excellence in nursing. AUBMC, as the first Magnet designated medical center in the Middle East since 2009, continues to provide excellence in patient care through its entire interdisciplinary team.
A recent research from internationally recognized nurse investigator Dr. Linda H. Aiken shows that Magnet hospitals have better work environments, a more highly educated nursing workforce, superior nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, and higher nurse satisfaction than non-Magnet hospitals.
The National Database of Nursing Quality IndicatorsTM (NDNQI®) is the only national (USA) nursing database to evaluate nursing care at the unit level. Linkages between nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes are also demonstrated through the use of this database. Compared with the NDNQI average scores, AUBMC scored higher on all pillars covering nursing participation in hospital affairs, foundations for quality of care, nurse manager ability, leadership and support of nurses, staffing and resource adequacy, and collegial nurse-physician relations.
"The average scores on all these parameters have been increasing considerably over the past two years." said Ms. Iman Al Kouatly, Director of Nursing.
"What truly matters for the satisfaction of the Registered Nurses (RN) at AUBMC, is the solid structures established by the Medical Center's leaders to create an environment that fosters a culture of shared decision making in hospital affairs," said Ms. Al Kouatly. "The collaboration and continuity in care delivery system among the inter-professional teams plays an essential role in providing excellent and safe quality care for our patients." added Ms. Al Kouatly.
"We feel proud being part of AUBMC's nursing family," said Ms. Nisrin Abou Fakhr, Private Clinic Nurse. "Nursing is a science of caring along to curing, and we do it with the patient in mind. There is nothing more rewarding in what we do than that smile and appreciation we get from every person we meet from patients, colleagues and family."
AUBMC Magnet Designation and the consistently increasing RN Satisfaction scores comes as a renewed testaments of AUBMC's commitment to excellence in providing the highest standards of patient-centered care.
About AUBMC:
Since 1902, AUBMC has been providing the highest standards of care to patients across Lebanon and the region. It is also the teaching hospital for the Faculty of Medicine at AUB (established in 1867) which has trained generations of medical students and physicians, and its graduates can be found at leading institutions around the world. AUBMC is the first medical institution in the Middle East to have earned the three international accreditations of JCI, Magnet, and CAP, attesting to its superior standards in patient-centered care, nursing, and pathology/laboratory services.
The Faculty of Medicine has graduated over 4,000 medical students and physicians; the Rafic Hariri School of Nursing provides excellent education for the nursing staff, and the Medical Center meets the health care needs of over 300,000 patient visits annually.
For more information please visit our website www.aubmc.org or contact:
The AUBMC Office of Communications at 0096 1 350000 ext. 4732
Rana Alley,
Director of Strategic Planning and Communications 00961 1 350000 ext. 4722
Email: praubmc@aub.edu.lb
Ketchum Raad Middle East
Suzan Bou Dargham,
Account Director - 00961 3 690505
Email: suzan.dargham@ketchum-raad.com
© Press Release 2013
