Publications
A Message from our Chief Nursing Officer
Dear nurse colleagues,
In August, MD Anderson received Magnet Recognition status for the third time. In 2002, we were one of the first institutions to receive this prestigious international recognition for nursing excellence. With redesignations in 2006 and 2010, MD Anderson has retained this honor continuously for the past eight years.
I’d like to thank the members of our Magnet Core Team, Magnet Special Agents, our nursing community, and all of our interdisciplinary partners, for the hard work you contributed in developing our Magnet
application, as well as preparing for and participating in the site visit. It’s an honor to work with such an exceptional team of professionals.
Nurses - you demonstrated to the appraisers that you can and do provide some of the best nursing care in the world to our patients every day. Your knowledge, skills, processes and innovations in patient care delivery are stunningly clear. The visit could not have gone better.
No less important or impressive are the intangible qualities you bring to your profession. Your enthusiasm, your energy and your caring are absolutely phenomenal. They permeate the entire atmosphere here. And it is precisely those qualities that moved so many of you to speak to the appraisers. You are the reason patients feel safe and hopeful.
I’ve told you before that I couldn’t be more proud to be part of this Community of Exceptional Nurses Engaged in Extraordinary Practice. Throughout our Magnet Journey, I felt that pride and so much more. I was reminded of why I became a nurse in the first place. I felt a marvelous kinship with a group of professionals who are all striving toward the same goals. It has been a humbling and inspiring experience, and I want to thank all of you for a job done extremely well.
MD Anderson appreciates you – our nurses – at all levels of the organization. In this issue of Nursing Progress Notes, you can read about some of the ways nurses are recognized and rewarded at the unit and center level.