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.
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Pathway to Excellence® Resources
2022 Chief Nursing Officer Survey Report
HealthLinx® set out to learn from the experiences of our partners, peers, and clients by surveying Chief Nursing Officers across the country.
Creating a Culture of Professional Practice Through Shared Decision-Making
A professional practice environment is the cornerstone of Magnet and Pathway to Excellence designations. Access the webinar video and presentation slides to learn how to create a professional practice environment through shared decision-making. During this...
System Approach to Nursing Excellence: Standardization, Coordination & Improvement
This presentation describes how cultivating a system mindset across all facilities can promote effectiveness and efficiency to achieve nursing excellence. Standardization of core elements and structures, such as the professional practice model, shared decision-making...
Strategies, Goals and Performance – The Journey to Achieve Nursing Excellence
This webinar provides key items to lay out the course for your Nursing Excellence Journey, including setting goals & developing action plans.
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