The Magnet Hospital Recognition Program was created to achieve three major goals. Which of the following is considered a goal?
a. Decrease and attempt to abolish the nursing shortage
b. "Pay for performance" or higher wages for higher quality work
c. Identify excellence in the delivery of nursing services to patients
d. Drive down the soaring cost of health care in the United States
C
The goals are to identify excellence in the delivery of nursing services to patients, promote quality in a
milieu that supports professional nursing practice, and provide a mechanism for the dissemination of
best practices in nursing services.
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