Clinical Excellence Coaching
Comprehensive Magnet® preparation

From Magnet® ambition
to Magnet® designation.

Clinical Excellence Coaching helps hospitals move from pre-application readiness to final recognition with expert coaching, practical structure, and intelligent technology that makes the journey clearer, lighter, and achievable.

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How we work
Pre-application planningMPD mentorshipMPD Studio technologySite visit readinessDesignation sustainability
designation readiness entry points

Choose the right readiness check.

Use the quick snapshot when you want an immediate score. Use the comprehensive assessment when you want CEC to review the deeper readiness picture before a planning call.

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Two entry pointsSnapshot or reviewed assessmentBuilt for CNOs and MPDs
A - Quick snapshot

Instant readiness score.

A short self-check for teams that want a fast starting point and likely timeline.

  • Immediate customer-facing score
  • Likely application window
  • Top readiness gaps
  • Recommended next step
Take the snapshot
Free - about 2 minutes
B - Comprehensive assessment

Reviewed executive readiness report.

A deeper questionnaire for teams preparing for a planning conversation with CEC.

Internal CEC reviewExecutive summary, gaps, strengths, weaknesses, areas to address, and recommended CEC solution path.
  • No automated score shown to the customer
  • CEC reviews before follow-up
  • Branded executive report generated internally
  • Best for pre-application planning calls
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Follow-up review - no uploads required
What we believe

Magnet® is demanding. It is not reserved for someone else.

10.5%
U.S. hospitals designated Magnet®
Magnet® is demanding, but it is not unreachable. The difference is structure, leadership alignment, and a path the team can actually follow.
663
Magnet® facilities worldwide
638 in the United States and 25 internationally. Each one started by turning ambition into organized work.
12
Countries with Magnet® designation
The standard is rigorous everywhere. The right coaching makes the journey clearer, lighter, and more achievable.

Why not your hospital?

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The stress we remove

Magnet® preparation should not feel like an endless administrative chase. We make the path visible so leaders can focus on building excellence.

The path feels unclear

Leaders want Magnet®, but the application window, blockers, and next steps are hard to see.

The work scatters

Outcomes, evidence, council activity, and narratives live across drives, meetings, and inboxes.

The MPD carries too much

Without structure and mentorship, the administrative load can overwhelm the leader driving the journey.

Technology plus coaching

Support for the way your team needs to move.

Some teams need an operating system that keeps the work organized. Others need a coach in the room. The strongest designation journeys usually need both at different moments.

Path one - MPD Studio

I need the operating system for Magnet® preparation.

You have standards in motion, writers in different places, evidence spread across folders, and leaders asking for status. MPD Studio keeps the work visible, connected, and moving.

  • Roadmap status and next action per standard
  • Writer, Reviewer, Clean up, and Ready rooms
  • Evidence stays attached to the standard
  • Reviewer findings feed the cleanup workflow
WorkspaceSOE - Ready
Drafting72%
Review packet84%
Cleanup56%
Roadmap state updates as the SOE moves forward.
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Path two - Partnership

I need coaching for the whole journey.

You have the talent and the ambition. We bring the experience, structure, mentorship, and practical guidance that helps your team move from readiness to recognition.

  • Pre-application readiness and gap analysis
  • MPD and nurse executive mentoring
  • Site visit and presentation coaching
  • Sustainability framework for redesignation
Engagement12-month rhythm
  • Pre-application readiness and gap analysis
  • MPD and nurse executive mentoring
  • Site visit and presentation coaching
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How we partner

From pre-application to walking the stage.

Magnet® designation is earned by your team and awarded by ANCC. Our role is to coach, organize, mentor, and equip that team at every stage, so the work feels possible and the path stays clear.

01

Find your true starting point

We help leaders see what is ready, what is missing, and what could delay the application before the team spends months writing around unresolved gaps.

02

Build the structures Magnet® requires

Eligibility, governance, data vendors, evidence routines, leader ownership, and council outputs all need a practical operating rhythm before the submission can stand on its own.

03

Turn outcomes into a story

Your data and practice changes are already telling a story. We help your team frame them in the language appraisers need to see.

04

Coach leaders and writers

We mentor MPDs, nurse executives, writers, and clinical leaders so the work gets stronger while your internal capability grows.

05

Remove administrative drag

MPD Studio keeps standards, evidence, review findings, cleanup decisions, and next actions connected so the MPD is not chasing the work across spreadsheets and folders.

06

Prepare for the stage and beyond

We support site visit readiness, final confidence, and sustainability so designation becomes the floor for the next cycle, not the finish line.

Why CEC

Coaching, structure, and technology in one independent Magnet® consultancy.

CEC was built around a single conviction: any hospital can move toward Magnet® with the right coaching, honest readiness feedback, and a system that makes the work visible.

MPD Studio is the technology layer. The coaching is the human layer. Together, they help teams build the structures, stories, leaders, and confidence Magnet® recognition requires.

Individualized

Every engagement is built around your organization, your leaders, your timeline, and the real barriers in front of your team.

Clinician-led

Built and run by a registered nurse with years of experience as an MPD and national consultant.

Technology-enabled

MPD Studio gives the coaching work a live operating system, so progress, evidence, review, and cleanup stay visible.

Confidential

Every engagement begins under NDA. Your data, strategy, and weak spots stay strictly between us.

Founder
Franklin Nduku

Years of operational and clinical leadership across multiple Magnet® designation cycles. Founder of Clinical Excellence Coaching. Houston, TX.

Voices from the work

The conversation is already happening.

What our partners say after working alongside us.

"
The feedback gives me lots of edits that move the needle after I make them, that would trip up appraisers and potentially impact our submission. Seriously brilliant.
Magnet Program Director
Long Beach, California
"
This is truly amazing.
Magnet Program Director
Houston, Texas
Common questions

You probably want to know.

Chief Nursing Officers, Magnet Program Directors, and senior nursing leadership at hospitals exploring Magnet®, preparing an initial application, or sustaining redesignation readiness.
Houston, Texas. We work with hospitals nationwide. Most engagements are remote, with on-site visits scheduled around your appraisal timeline.
We combine coaching, mentorship, and technology. We do not take the program away from your team; we make the path visible and help your leaders build the capability to own it.
No legitimate partner can guarantee designation. What we believe is that any hospital can move toward Magnet® with the right coaching, structure, honest feedback, and disciplined preparation.
Most teams start with the free readiness snapshot or an introductory call. From there, we map the timeline, major barriers, and the level of support that fits.
Every engagement begins under NDA, signed before we see any materials. We are bonded and insured.
Start here

Your designation journey starts with a clear next step.

Take the free snapshot or tell us where your hospital is today. We'll help you see the likely path, the biggest barriers, and the support that fits.

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