The Mount Sinai Hospital has received the highest recognition for nursing excellence, the coveted Magnet Award, bestowed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association. Mount Sinai was the first full-service hospital in Manhattan to earn the distinction. “The Magnet Award is the gold medal for nursing excellence, the highest level of recognition that an organization can receive for the quality of its nursing care,” says Thomas Smith, RN, Senior Vice President for Nursing and Patient Care Services. “"Mount Sinai nurses have earned this distinction because of their passion for always putting the needs of their patients first.”