How does the Centers of Excellence program compare with the magnet status program available to hospitals?
Just as the magnet status program identifies a hospital as a premier health care institution, designation as an NLN Center of Excellence in Nursing Education offers a similar distinction for academic institutions. In both instances, the designation is conferred upon the entire nursing unit (i.e., the hospital nursing service or school of nursing itself) and not on any single component of it (e.g., only the ICU or only the baccalaureate program).
