Ministry providers were among the health care organizations that a nurse credentialing organization honored last year through its Magnet Recognition Program.
The American Nurses Credentialing Center designates providers as Magnet facilities when they achieve certain quality and nursing practice indicators.
There are nearly 400 Magnet designees nationwide.
Catholic facilities designated or redesignated Magnet sites in 2011 were:
Mercy Hospital, Miami
Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore
Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J.
St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center, Boardman, Ohio
St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngs?town, Ohio
St. Joseph Health Center, Warren, Ohio
St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, Calif.
St. Marys Hospital, Madison, Wis.
St. Mary's Medical Center, Evansville, Ind.
The designation lasts four years. Facilities can reapply when the designation expires.