Background: Due to challenges in recruiting and retaining skilled nurses in health care organizations, an understand of how to create sustainable work environments is needed. The Magnet model is an excellence model developed in the 1980s as a framework for health care organizations to promote innovation and quality in nursing.
Aim: The purpose of this mapping review is to explore the literature regarding how the utilization of the Magnet model in health care organizations affects nurses.
Method: A descriptive map with systematic searches in the databases CINAHL and PubMed, including studies published between 2010 and 2023.
Results: 16 articles were included. Only a few qualitative studies were identified. Consensus on measuring nurses’ work satisfaction in research is needed to conclude how the Magnet model affects nurses.
Main findings: There is a growing interest in the Magnet model and how it affects nurses in western countries, although most of the studies are from the U.S. all the studies were performed in the field of nursing research.
Implication: This mapping review identified a gap in existing literature of how the implementation of the Magnet model affects nurses in their daily work. Quality management may in the future assist in finding solutions through insights from other research fields.