Strong Nursing
Strong Nursing
Every nurse changes lives. That’s especially true of the nurses at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Our nurses work with the most advanced technology and care for the sickest patients in the area and do remarkable things every moment of every day.
Strong Memorial is more than a hospital... it's an integral part of the University of Rochester Medical Center and UR Medicine, our region's premier integrated health system.
The medical center—which also includes the School of Nursing, the School of Medicine and Dentistry, Golisano Children's Hospital, Wilmot Cancer Institute, Flaum Eye Institute and the Eastman Institute of Oral Health—offers an exciting environment where education and research form state-of-the-art nursing practice.
Our exceptional nurses truly stand apart and have been recognized for leading our region in nursing care— Strong Memorial Hospital was the first in Rochester to be awarded Magnet status. Strong is also nationally recognized as a NICHE hospital—Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders—and has been awarded the Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
Our nurses, all 3,500 of them, have the chance to realize their potential in practice, education, research, management or consultation.
Strong Recognized with International Quality Designation for Nursing
March 2024
Strong Memorial Hospital was recently re-designated as a Magnet hospital, a recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a division of the American Nursing Association that serves as the gold standard for nursing excellence around the globe. Fewer than 8 percent of American hospitals currently hold this honor.
Employee Benefits for Strong Nurses
Our nurses' high level of job satisfaction speaks volumes about the quality of management and the work environment at Strong Memorial. So does our compensation package. Strong Memorial offers a wage/salary program that recognizes excellence and experience and a benefit package like no others in Rochester.
The Foundation That Sets us Apart...
The ability to provide excellent, compassionate care to patients and families revolves around the successful integration of many elements. This is the foundation of the Strong Nurse Model—that structure, technology and social experience—all contribute to creating an environment in which nurses and patients thrive.
In our model, expert practice is achieved through the combined influence of nursing practice, organizational supports, and patient and family interactions. The components of these three tenets support learning, discovery, creativity and recognition. All aspects of a magnetized environment.