The Distinguished Nurse Clinician Academy: An Innovative Recognition Program for Frontline Clinicians.

J Nurs Adm

Author Affiliations: Cochair, DNCA; Corporate Director, Nursing Professional Development and Innovation; Codirector, Interprofessional Education, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Advance Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, and Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Dr Burke); Cochair, DNCA, and Critical Care Systems Strategist, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia (Dr Jablonski); Chief Executive Officer, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and Executive Sponsor, UPHS CNO Council, University of Pennsylvania Health System (Dr Cunningham).

Published: April 2020

The complexity and growth of healthcare systems provide nurse leaders an opportunity to recognize and facilitate professional development for experienced frontline clinicians and to create formal structures that give expert direct care nurses a stronger voice. The purpose of this article is to describe how one health system developed and implemented an innovative Distinguished Nurse Clinician Academy. This elite academy demonstrates the longitudinal impact of a health systems' Magnet culture.

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