Sep 23, 2026 · 23 min · 11 segments
Great nursing isn't always about medicine. Sometimes it means helping a heart transplant patient walk while on life support or finding another way to reach a patient who is struggling. We'll show you…
Steve StitesHost
Jennifer McNeilGuest
Rachel PepperGuest
As I recall, during a nursing shortage, after researchers noticed a group of hospitals seemed to attract and keep excellent nurses, these hospitals became known as Magnet hospitals.
You had four nurses looking across the country at what hospitals had it figured out and what didn't.
And that has evolved over time, but those fundamental elements are still very much present.
And with that, you have a blueprint for success, right? You have a way for nurses to be engaged and engaged nurses actually translates to better patient satisfaction and better patient outcomes.
And so with that, when you have a place that kind of curates a culture of nurses being involved and being put forward as advocates and included in decision making, people want to work there and they tend to stay there.
So at the health system, yes, there is still a nursing shortage nationally, but at the health system we have less than half of the national nursing turnover rate, which is great and we celebrate every single day.
And I think that the culture between the medical staff and the nursing staff is so much stronger because of the communication.
And when the communication goes and works well, then the patients are going to get much better care.
And I think the degree of professionalism is just remarkable here in the nursing staff.
As I recall, during a nursing shortage, after researchers noticed a group of hospitals seemed to attract and keep excellent nurses, these hospitals became known as Magnet hospitals.
You had four nurses looking across the country at what hospitals had it figured out and what didn't.
And that has evolved over time, but those fundamental elements are still very much present.
And with that, you have a blueprint for success, right? You have a way for nurses to be engaged and engaged nurses actually translates to better patient satisfaction and better patient outcomes.
And so with that, when you have a place that kind of curates a culture of nurses being involved and being put forward as advocates and included in decision making, people want to work there and they tend to stay there.
So at the health system, yes, there is still a nursing shortage nationally, but at the health system we have less than half of the national nursing turnover rate, which is great and we celebrate every single day.
And I think that the culture between the medical staff and the nursing staff is so much stronger because of the communication.
And when the communication goes and works well, then the patients are going to get much better care.
And I think the degree of professionalism is just remarkable here in the nursing staff.
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