Nursing Representation on the Websites and Boards of Directors at the
Top 17 Hospitals Ranked by U.S. News and World Report in 2012
Name of Hospital | Magnet on Main Page | Called some name that implies the hospital is all about physicians? | Link from main page, about us or patient information page to information about nursing care | Link from anywhere else to information about about nursing care | Information about nursing services provided from search engine | CNO on page featuring other top hospital leaders | Nurse on board of Trustees (or Directors) | Nursing managers on hospital website | Media |
Johns Hopkins Hospital |
no | name no website yes |
main (no); about (no); pt. info (no); clinical services (no) |
no | only about jobs, not aimed at patients | cannot find any leaders | Zero nurses out of 82 directors | no | Gary Stephenson Director, Media Relations 410-955-5384 gstephenson@ jhmi.edu verified zero nurses |
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston | no | no both | main (no); about (no); pt. info (no); clinical departments (no) |
"Nursing" is one of 24 "Centers and Services" (but page is "not found") | Found The Knight Nursing Center aimed at nursing development, not at patients | not listed with leaders | 17 members on our board of trustees -- of those 17, four are MDs, one is a PhD, none are nurses | no | Donita Boddie Director, Public Affairs 617-724-5627 dboddie@ partners.org Board address: Mass. General Hospital Administration - Bulfinch 2 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02114 |
Mayo Clinic Hospital | no | no (both) | main (no); about (no); pt. info (no) |
"Why Choose Mayo Clinic?" "nurs" not found; Not listed under Departments |
assorted pages, mostly about jobs | can only find Trustees, no executives listed | 1 RN of 29 directors, fact that she is a nurse is hidden (the 11 MD's degrees are listed, not the RN) Shirley A. Weis CAO (chief administrative officer) and Vice President; Leadership page Trustees page | no | emailed media relations newsbureau@ mayo.edu 2/29 1:21 pm |
Cleveland Clinic Health System | no | no (both) | main (no); about (no); pt. info (no); "specialties" (no. not as they are listed on the main page, ) |
"Nursing" is one of 27 entries under "Institutes and Services" page. Links to The Zielony Institute for Nursing Excellence "oversees the practice and education of more than 11,000 nurses in Cleveland Clinic’s health system" | The Zielony Institute for Nursing Excellence has quite a bit of description of various nuring activities, many pages on nursing | Yes, led by Sarah Sinclair, BSN, MBA, (buried on the site) executive chief of the whole Cleveland Clinic; has an executive team, associate chief nursing officers at each of the regional hospitals | zero out of the 18 elected and voting members of the Board of Governors. 100% of this board is comprised of physicians. The CNO and the Chief Adminstrative Officer (is she a nurse) sit on the12-person Appointed Board featuring 5 physicians. Only the physicians and 1 PhD research scientist get bios. The others get names only | No, only the CNOs of the Cleveland Clinic's many insitutions | prucem@ccf.org main PR 216.445.7452 hawleyt@ccf.org Blackberry 216-217-9499 Tawnika Hawley spends 100% of her time on nursing, but not all of that time is on public relations Cleveland Clinic main campus and also have 8 regional hospitals, Fairview has Magnet status, the others do not since June 2011 |
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles | no | name yes website no |
main (no); about (no (not geared at patients)); pt. info (no); "medical departments" (no); Magnet logo only appears on the nursing site that has been cleaved off of the main hospital site |
separate section of the website that is cleaved off from the rest of the site. Has some interesting info, not insubstantial, but is aimed at recruiting nurses rather than educating patients about the value of the nursing care they will receive. e.g. "The philosophy of the UCLA Department of Nursing is to support the professional nurse, while nurturing his/her intellect, heart, soul, and imagination" (Who would care about nursing except for nurses?" | only Pediatric outpatient department, lists 4 nurses | nowhere to be found, except that a pop out video of her appears on the Dept. of Nursing page, welcoming nurses to check out the nursing pages, Heidi Crooks, R.N., M.A., chief nursing officer and senior associate director of operations and patient care services for UCLA Health System | the lone student designate is a nurse, serving a 1-year term, other regents serve 12-year terms. out of a total of 25 Regents, (7 ex-officio) Regents page |
no | Roxanne Moster (rmoster @mednet.ucla.edu) Phone: (310) 794-2264 sent 2/29 11:08 am |
New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, N.Y. | no | no (both) | main (no); about (no); pt. info (no); clinical services (no, out of 71 services, nursing is not even listed); "Centers of Excellence" (no) |
"During Your Stay" 36-page manual "There may be many nurses involved in your care as well." ("may be"?) nursing receives 1/4 of one page; slight discussion under "pain control", but the "team" does "hourly rounding" and the television does "patient education" "Safety and Security", no mention of nurses as patient advocates'; care coordinators make sure "doctors orders" are followed, nothing about anybody making sure nursing goals for patients are achieved (see Bea Kalisch reasearch) | Board of Trustees lists many Trustees, only the physicians and lawyers get credentials listed after their names, perhaps no one else on the board has gone to college | publicaffairs@ nyp.org Sent email 3/2/10:38 am |
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UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco | no | name yes website (no) |
main (no); about (no); pt. info (no); |
Patient Education section lists many pages of helpful info, each "Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Medical Center" Would these specialists be nurses? | UCSF News Office at (415) 502-6397 Jason Bardi (415) 502-6397 Elizabeth Fernandez (415) 502-6397 |
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Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston | no | no (both) | main (no); about (no); pt. info (no); |
Nursing listed under "Support Services" on the Departments and Services page (apparently it's not a department) | Jackie Somerville, RN, PhD | Board of Trustees 0 of 28 directors are nurses. Eight appear to be physicians. Dinah does not believe any are nurses |
Dinah Vaprin Director of Communication & Public Affairs (617) 534-1602 dvaprin@ partners.org |
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Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. | no | name yes website no |
main (no); about (yes! incl. a link to nursing page); pt. info (no) |
Some nurse leaders and their bios on the nursing leadership page | 21 on the Board of Directors, 8 are physicians, not sure how many are nurses, none are listed | Media relations
Sarah Avery (919) 660-1306 sarah.avery@duke.edu Mary Jane Gore (919) 660-1309 mary.gore@duke.edu Emailed 3/2/2:51 pm |
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia pennmedicine.org |
Yes | name no website yes |
main (no); about (no); pt. info (no); pt. services (no) |
8 members, including ex officio members, 3 MDs (2 of whom are ex officio), and 1 RN | Sally Sapega Sally.Sapega@uphs.upenn.edu or 215-662-4386 Media relations |
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis | no | no (both) | main (no); pt. info (no); pt. services (no); about us (not really. mentioned, and linked to a small page on Magnet, no link to the nursing dept.); |
"Barnes-Jewish Hospital has a 1,800 member medical staff with many who are recognized as "Best Doctors in America." They are supported by residents, interns and fellows, in addition to nurses, technicians and other health-care professionals." Recognizing its excellent nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a "Magnet Hospital" by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The Magnet Award is the highest honor awarded for hospital nursing by the ANCC. | Magnet info listed under section "For Professionals" and its subsection "For Nurses"--not directed at patients | Coreen Vlodarchyk, Vice President of Patient Care Services listed with the 10 hospital adminstrators, MDs have that title listed in their credential on the webpage, Vlodarchyk's nursing background buried in her bio, which is linked from her name where it lists: "master of science in administration from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., a bachelor of science in nursing from Wayne State University and a diploma in nursing from Hotel Dieu School of Nursing" |
Media relations Jennifer Arvin, Manager Administration Crisis Communications Human Resources Nursing Patient Safety & Quality Email: jarvin@bjc.org 314-286-0301 Emailed 3/2/2:50 pm |
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UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | no | yes (both) | main (no); about (no); pt. info (no); "Our services" (160 specialities listed, not even one on nursing) |
Magnet status discovered only by search engine | Public Relations Jennifer Yates UPMC - Media Relations 600 Grant St., Floor 57 Pittsburgh PA 15219 yatesjc@upmc.edu 412-647-9966 Emailed 3/2/2:48 pm |
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University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle | no | yes (both) | main (no); about (no); pt. care (no); medical services (no) |
only non-nursing listed under undergraduate education and nursing is not even listed under "Allied Health Programs" | Shameful site, totally ignores nursing | 24 on the Board of Directors, unclear how many, if any, are nurses | Media relations 206.543.3620, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., PST, Monday through Friday. Harborview media line: 206.744.6397, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST, Monday through Friday, for conditions of patients at Harborview. E-mail: Susan Gregg (sghanson@uw.edu), Clare Hagerty (clareh@uw.edu), Leila Gray (leilag@uw.edu Emailed 3/2/2:47 pm |
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University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor med.umich.edu |
no | name no website yes |
main (no); about (no); pt. info (no); |
About us page links to the school of nursing, but does not mention nursing at the hospital |
For requests with non-urgent deadlines, send a message to UMHSmedia@umich.edu |
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville | no | yes (both) |
main (no); about (no); pt. info (no); |
main page features a link to "Nursing at Vanderbilt" which is aimed at recruiting nurses, not educating patients about nursing | Marilyn Dubree, MSN, RN, NE-BC | reporter@vanderbilt.edu or call the Office of News and Public Affairs at (615) 322-4747. Emailed 3/2/2:45 pm |
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Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York | Yes | name yes website no |
main (no); about (no); pt. info (no); service areas (no) |
Huge Board of Trustees list |
Media contacts Ian Michaels Press Secretary The Mount Sinai Medical Center Tel: (212) 241-9200 E-mail: ian.michaels@mountsinai.org Emailed 3/2/2:43 pm |
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Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif. | no | no | main (no); about (no); pt. info (no); guest services (no) |
quality page, nursing not listed, but the Magnet logo is the last (and least) logo listed among the series of awards and rankings | 24 Board members, none listed as being nurses, cannot tell if any are | Office of Communication and Public Affairs PRINT MEDIA CONTACT Krista Conger | Tel (650) 725-5371 kristac@stanford.edu Ruthann Richter Director of Media Relations Office: (650) 725-8047 richter1@stanford.edu Emailed 3/2/2:42 pm |
Data collected March 2012
Magnet data collected June 3, 2015