Abstract
Since the eighties, when the magnet status has been introduced in the health care in United States for recognizing the hospitals that attract and retain qualified nurses who provide excellent services, exerting responsibility and autonomy, an interest towards achieving this status has formed. Nowadays the magnet recognition is similar with higher nursing performances, better working environments, improved patients’ safety than in non-magnet institutions. Whereas the nursing working environment is known for its high stress levels and burnout outcomes, within the magnet health care organizations, stress and burnout are replaced with work flexibility, responsibility, initiative and work autonomy. The current Continue reading...