Pathway to Excellence® Consulting
Achieve your Pathway to Excellence® Designation and Improve Nursing Outcomes
Our Proven Process Doesn’t Fail.

With our clients achieving Pathway to Excellence® Designation
Our Customized Pathway to Excellence® Services
Partnering with HealthLinx® goes beyond documentation to ensure not just your designation, but your sustained performance & improvement.
Project Management
- Foundation Building
- Educational Workshops
- Writing Workshops
- Detailed Content Editing
- Copy Editing
- Bi-Weekly Project Management Meetings
- Supplemental Document Requests
- Practice Question Sets
- Nurse Survey
Pursuit of Excellence & Performance Improvement
- Nursing Excellence Assessment & Plan Report
- Dedicated Business Intelligence Team
- Dedicated Improvement Expert
- Performance Improvement Plan
- Quarterly Plans for Excellence
- Support Between Designations
The Difference between Pathway to Excellence® & Magnet® Designations
We Meet You Where You Are On The Pathway to Excellence® Journey
Have Not Yet Started your Pathway® Journey
Still not sure about Pathway®? If you don’t feel ready, rest assured knowing one of our specialties is getting all your ducks in a row before you even start the journey.
54-36 Months from Document Submission
You have plenty of time to prepare for Pathway® Submission. Be best in class for the entirety of your journey, maintaining the best practice timeline at every step.
36-12 Months from Document Submission
Using a custom timeline we ensure you’re meeting the requirements for the Pathway® standard and staying on track for document submission.
Pathway Redesignation & Continuity
Work with us from designation to designation to avoid “slippage”, make life easy on your team, and continue to receive quarterly performance improvement reports.
Bridging between ANCC’s Pathway to Excellence® and Magnet Recognition®
ANCC’s Magnet® Designation is a hard-earned recognition, but you have a leg up by starting on the Pathway to Excellence® Journey. Particularly, if you’ve been working with HealthLinx, you can take a seamless leap forward in your nursing performance and recognition status.
Contact Us to Schedule an On-Site Planning Meeting for Pathway to Excellence®
Or if you just want to have a conversation to learn more!
Pathway to Excellence® Resources
2023 Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Survey Report
This whitepaper presents results from the January 2023 CNO survey and compares them to the January 2022 survey to garner insights as to how challenges in nurse engagement may have changed over the last year.
How-to Identify Initiatives & Projects for Creating Magnet®/Pathway to Excellence® Stories
This webinar will walk you through a full Source of Evidence and Element of Performance discussion and review for both a Magnet® and Pathway to Excellence® journey.
Exhibiting at the 2022 ANCC Magnet® & Pathway to Excellence® Conference- Video
HealthLinx is an annual exhibitor at the ANCC Magnet® & Pathway to Excellence® Conference. This year (2022) we’ve compiled a short video to give you a little peak at what it’s like from our point of view.
2022 ANCC Magnet® & Pathway to Excellence® Conference Video & Recap
This year’s ANCC Magnet® & Pathway to Excellence® Conference wrapped up about a week ago, and we wanted to take a little time to reflect on the experience.
Discover the results from our Pathway projects.
Nursing Excellence Testimonials
“Their guidance as an external expert helped us prepare our nurses and our leadership team for the survey, which went smoothly and yielded our Magnet® designation. We appreciate the expert guidance.”
– Magnet Program Director
“There was very little time for hesitation, and [HealthLinx] ability to answer my questions and ease concerns supported my ability to assist with the preparation for a successful Sinai re-designation.”
– Director of Professional Practice & Research and MPD