Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, New Jersey

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Generally considered one of our nation's finest teaching and research hospitals, Hackensack University Medical Center is the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state of New Jersey.

Hackensack University Medical Center is affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School and is a member of the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals.

Founded in 1888, with just 12 beds, Hackensack University Medical Center has grown into 683-bed non-profit, tertiary care hospital, which services Bergen County of New Jersey, northern New Jersey, and New York. For seven consecutive years, Hackensack University Medical Center has been chosen by consumers (of Bergen and Passaic counties) as their hospital of choice. (Research done by National Research Corp., and is conducted every year).

Employing over 6,500 people, Hackensack University Medical Center is the largest employer in all of Bergen County. That being said, at press time, the medical center has numerous nursing positions, which are currently open. Hackensack University Medical Center offers competitive pay and benefits, as incentives to lure some of this country's finest nursing professionals to its staff.

The most prestigious honor in nursing is The Magnet Award. It is given by the American Nurses Association, and is given to medical centers/hospitals for their excellence in nursing. Only 60 hospitals have ever received The Magnet Award. In 1995, Hackensack University Medical Center became the first hospital in the country to ever receive The Magnet Award. And, in 1999, Hackensack University, once again, received "Magnet" Hospital status.

Recently, Consumer's Checkbook did a ranking of the TOP 50 HOSPITALS IN AMERICA. The results were published in Modern Maturity, a magazine published by the AARP. Hackensack University Medical Center was rated the 17th best hospital in the country. Those rankings are based on these criteria: medical mortality rates, surgical mortality rates, accreditation scores (given by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations), and physician ratings (ratings of doctors on a particular hospital).

In 2004, Hackensack University Medical Center was named by U.S. News and World Report, as one of "America's Best Hospitals", for hear surgery and heart care. The 2004 ranking was 37th best in the nation. Also, in 2004, U.S. News and World Report recognized Hackensack University Medical Center for having the 49th best Geriatrics treatment in the country.

Even though it is already an award-winning hospital, plans are already underway to make Hackensack University Medical Center...even better.

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