Children’s Mercy Cited as Elite Nursing Magnet

Children’s Mercy Kansas City, which earned its fifth Magnet Hospital designation in 2020, is one of only 49 hospitals–out of more than  6,000 nationwide–included in a review of health-care facilities that have earned that distinction at least five times. 

That’s according to the American Nurses Credentialing Center, which updated its elite-hospitals list this year with the addition of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Earlier this year, Barnes-Jewish earned its fifth Magnet certification. Before that, Children’s Mercy was the only hospital in the two-state region to claim that status.

The ANCC started the magnet program to help hospitals nationwide align under a common set of standards for nursing excellence. It highlights facilities that provide the highest levels of patient care with practices that are considered most up-to-date and innovative.