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MUSC nurses listed in America’s Best Hospitals


MUSC was ranked as one of the top in nursing care in the U.S. News Media Group’s 2008 edition of America’s Best Hospitals, published online at http://www.usnews.com/articles/health/best-hospitals/2009/10/20/which-best-hospitals-have-great-and-not-so-great-nurses.
 
“As a hospitalist who sees patients at MUSC and as an administrator who works with MUSC nurses every day, I already knew we have some of the best nurses in the country, but it is always great to see external validation,” said Patrick Cawley, M.D., MUSC executive medical director.
 
Patient satisfaction survey results for the year ending December 2008 showed which hospitals have “great and not so great nurses.” Hospitals were ranked by the highest percentages of patients who said their nurses were always courteous, listened carefully, and gave clear explanations.
 
“I am thrilled that our excellent nurses are being recognized,” said Marilyn Schaffner, Ph.D., R.N., administrator for clinical services and chief nursing executive. “This is a huge tribute to our gifted nurses who give of themselves every day providing compassionate patient care throughout MUSC.”
 
Of patients surveyed, 78 percent said nurses were polite and communicative. The top 10 percent of hospitals results ranged between 82 percent and 78 percent with the average of all reporting hospitals at 74 percent.


 



Friday, Nov. 6, 2009


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