| Posted on May 7, 2002 at 8:35 a.m. | ||
| WHAT: |
| Representatives from the American Nurses Credentialing Center will present a crystal obelisk to UAB Hospital to officially recognize UAB’s status as a Magnet hospital. The designation has been awarded to fewer than 50 of the nation’s 5,800 hospitals. |
| WHEN: |
| Thursday, May 9, 2002 |
| WHERE: |
| UAB Hospital |
| WHO: |
| Invited dignitaries include Gov. Don Siegelman, UAB President Dr. W. Ann Reynolds, David Fine, UAB Health System CEO. Dr. Cecilia Mulvay of the ANCC will present the award to Dr. Mary Nash, COO and chief nursing officer for UAB Hospital. Executive director Martin Nowak will also make remarks. All UAB Hospital employees have been invited to attend. |
| BACKGROUND: |
| With Magnet recognition, UAB Hospital joins a very elite group of hospitals across the nation recognized as a nursing "center for excellence." UAB is the first and only hospital in Alabama to earn the Magnet certification, and becomes one of only three Magnet hospitals in the southeast United States. Other hospitals in the nation with Magnet status include the Mayo-Rochester Hospitals (Rochester, Minn.), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles), and the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (New Brunswick, N.J.) UAB began its quest for Magnet certification in 1999. |
UAB Nurses Hold Magnet Ceremony
Representatives from the American Nurses Credentialing Center will present a crystal obelisk to UAB Hospital to officially recognize UAB’s status as a Magnet hospital. The designation has been awarded to fewer than 50 of the nation’s 5,800 hospitals.