Duke University Health System Clinical Education & Professional Development Department received the North Carolina Nurses Association Hallmarks of Healthy Workplaces Recognition on January 22, 2010.

Components of a Healthy WorkPlace

• Support of nursing professional development - orientations, education, compensation, recognition and rewards
• System Support for nurses to provide quality service - organization friendly to employees and their families, safety and wellness protection for employees, opportunity to provide quality service.
• Integration of nursing into operations and governance - support for nursing leadership and administration, shared decision making, nurses-contributions to policy development.

quoted from North Carolina Nurses Association