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Saint Peter’s University Hospital Earns 7th Consecutive Magnet® Designation for Nursing Excellence

July 23, 2025

Saint Peter’s University Hospital Earns 7th Consecutive Magnet® Designation for Nursing Excellence
First-Time Recipient of Magnet With Distinctionä Designation

New Brunswick, N.J. – July 23, 2025 – Saint Peter’s University Hospital, a member of Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, attained Magnet® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for the seventh consecutive time, this time receiving Magnet with Distinctionä designation, a testament to its continued dedication to high-quality nursing practice. The ANCC’s Magnet with Distinction designation was only introduced in January 2025 and celebrates hospitals and healthcare organizations that exceed the scoring thresholds required to attain Magnet designation. It raises the bar to recognize top-tier organizations that have achieved the highest level of nursing excellence while addressing emerging challenges. These hospitals serve as exemplary role models for nursing excellence and for creating an environment of care that improves patient outcomes.

The ANCC’s Magnet Recognition Program® distinguishes healthcare organizations that meet rigorous standards for nursing excellence. This credential is the highest national honor for professional nursing practice. Magnet recognition is the gold standard for nursing excellence. The Magnet Model provides a framework for nursing practice, research, and measurement of outcomes. Through this framework, ANCC evaluates applicants across a number of components and dimensions to gauge an organization’s nursing excellence.

The foundation of this model comprises various elements deemed essential to delivering superior patient care. These include the quality of nursing leadership and coordination and collaboration across specialties, as well as processes for measuring and improving the quality and delivery of care.
“Magnet designation not only highlights the dedication of our nurses but also reflects our hospital-wide culture of excellence, collaboration, and compassion. We are proud of our Saint Peter’s nurses and everyone who played a role in this achievement. It is a powerful example of our commitment to the highest standards of care for the patients we serve,” said Leslie D. Hirsch, FACHE, president and CEO of Saint Peter’s Healthcare System.

Receiving Magnet recognition for the seventh time is a great achievement for Saint Peter’s University Hospital as it continues to proudly belong to the global Magnet community. In receiving its seventh consecutive Magnet designation, Saint Peter’s became only the fifth hospital in the world to do so. Research demonstrates that Magnet recognition provides specific benefits to health care organizations and their communities, such as:

• Higher patient satisfaction with nurse communication, availability of help and receipt of discharge information
• Lower risk of 30-day mortality
• Higher job satisfaction among nurses
• Lower nurse reports of intentions to leave their positions

“Achieving Magnet designation for the seventh time, and this time with distinction, means that Saint Peter’s not only met the rigorous standards set by the ANCC but also exceeded expectations in key areas of nursing leadership, patient outcomes, professional development, and collaboration across departments,” said Linda Carroll, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC, vice president of Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer at Saint Peter’s Healthcare System. “This recognition was made possible by our nurses’ commitment, innovation, and passion for delivering exceptional patient care, and all those at Saint Peter’s who support a culture of service excellence.”

To achieve initial Magnet recognition, organizations must pass a rigorous and lengthy process that demands widespread participation from leadership and staff. This process includes an electronic application, written patient care documentation, an on-site visit, and a review by the Commission on Magnet Recognition.

Healthcare organizations must reapply for Magnet recognition every four years based on adherence to Magnet concepts and demonstrated improvements in patient care and quality. An organization reapplying for Magnet recognition must provide documented evidence to demonstrate how staff members sustained and improved Magnet concepts, performance and quality over the four-year period since the organization received its most recent recognition.
To learn more about Saint Peter’s awards and recognitions, visit saintpetershcs.com/award.
For more information about nursing opportunities at Saint Peter’s, visit saintpetershcs.com/careers. 


About Saint Peter’s University Hospital
Saint Peter’s University Hospital, a member of Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, is a 478-bed acute-care teaching hospital sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. Saint Peter’s, which received its seventh consecutive designation as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2025, is also state-designated children’s hospital and a regional perinatal center, and is a regional specialist in diabetes, gastroenterology, head and neck surgery, oncology, orthopedics, and women’s services. Saint Peter’s is the recipient of the Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for the adult intensive care unit, neonatal intensive care unit, cardiac progressive care unit and the pediatric intensive care unit. The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital provides families with access to a full range of pediatric specialties, including a nationally recognized Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, pediatric surgery and orthopedic surgery featuring innovative anterior scoliosis correction. The hospital has the state’s only hospital-based, midwifery-led birth center – the Mary V. O’Shea Birth Center, accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers. Saint Peter’s is a sponsor of residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics and internal medicine, and is a major clinical affiliate of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. Visit saintpetershcs.com or call 732.745.8600.

About ANCC’s Magnet Recognition Program
The Magnet Recognition Program — administered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the largest and most prominent nurses credentialing organization in the world — identifies health care organizations that provide the very best in nursing care and professionalism in nursing practice.
The Magnet Recognition Program serves as the gold standard for nursing excellence and provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark for measuring quality of care. For more information about the Magnet Recognition Program and current statistics, visit www.nursingworld.org/magnet.