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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Santa Rosa, Calif., Jan. 29, 2025 — Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center is being recognized nationally for its nursing excellence and providing patients with exceptional care by receiving the highly-sought after American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition®.
Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa is the first hospital in Sonoma County and only the third Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospital to receive this prestigious designation. Magnet designation is the highest credential a health care organization can achieve. Less than 10% of hospitals in the United States have earned Magnet Recognition, considered the gold standard for nursing excellence, quality care, and innovations in nursing practice.
To achieve Magnet Recognition, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa demonstrated nursing excellence by outperforming national benchmarks in the areas of quality, safety, care experience, and nursing engagement; a set of rigorous criteria created by the ANCC. The designation is renewed every 4 years.
The designation reaffirms Kaiser Permanente’s ongoing commitment to the work underway at its Northern California hospitals to consistently deliver superior patient care and outcomes, demonstrate professional growth opportunities and recognition of nurses, support nurse retention, and attract and retain outstanding professional talent.
Achieving Magnet Recognition required the participation of all nurses at the Santa Rosa hospital and interprofessional team members.
“This was a commitment made by all of our front-line nurses and care teams to be engaged in this work so we can continue to provide our patients and members with the high-quality, exceptional care they expect of us,” said Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Chief Nursing Executive and Chief Operating Officer Vicky Locey, RN, DNP. “Achieving this designation took a tremendous amount of work and a desire from everyone to set a high standard of nursing excellence throughout the hospital.”
The magnet journey at Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa started in December 2021.
Through a continued focus on nurse recognition, training, and professional development, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa demonstrated its commitment to meeting or exceeding magnet criteria. The hospital’s Nursing Professional Certification rate was 14% in 2020 and increased to 20% by 2024. In addition, nurses with bachelor’s degrees or higher rose from 29% in 2020 to 58% in 2024, which is above the threshold for excellence according to magnet standards.
As part of the process for the designation, a three-day site visit was conducted last November. Not only were nurses involved but also hospital leaders, physicians, and community and business representatives.
This is an important distinction for our patients and members, for our entire medical center and for our community, which will continue to benefit greatly from the excellent nursing care we provide every day,” said Abhishek Dosi, senior vice president and area manager of Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa. “We are proud to be among the top hospitals in the United States recognized for our nursing excellence and remain committed to demonstrating quality and safe nursing practices as we deliver superior care to those we serve.”
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