Eugene A. Woods, Chief Executive Officer at Advocate Health and President and CEO at Atrium Health, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Advocate Health nurses are N1 in the country.
Counting all of our hospitals together, Advocate Health now holds 25 Magnet-recognized facilities and 28 Pathway to Excellence-designated facilities, more than any other health system in the nation. Our Chief Nurse Executive, Betty Jo Rocchio, and nursing leaders across the system have championed this work, and I’m grateful for their leadership.
Both designations come from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, and both rank among the highest honors a hospital can earn for nursing. They recognize excellence in nursing practice, patient outcomes, and work environments that support and value nurses and trust them to lead.
Over the years, I’ve learned that when patients reflect on their experience, they remember the nurses who took the time to explain, who noticed when something wasn’t quite right, and who comforted their family on one of the hardest days of their lives before coming back the next day to do it all again.
The work behind these designations is what makes it possible for our nurses to do what they do best. To our more than 42,000 nurses who bring extraordinary skill, compassion, resilience, and heart to work every day, thank you for all you do to help every patient feel seen, heard, and cared for.
Healthcare is changing, and AI is opening possibilities few of us could have imagined not long ago. Yet healthcare is still about people caring for people, and no one brings that to life more than nurses.
I’m proud that Advocate Health ranks first in the country in nursing excellence designations, and I’m even prouder of the people behind them. Thank you for the lives you touch, the families you comfort, and the hope you provide. You remind all of us, every day, what great healthcare looks like.”
Ruben Mesa, President at Cancer National Service Line at Advocate Health, shared this post on LinkedIn, adding:
“Great cancer care is grounded in great cancer nursing!
So grateful to Betty Jo Rocchio and the amazing cancer nurses across Advocate Health Cancer National SVC Line for all the amazing loved one standard care delivered across our system!”
