Achieve with Expert Consulting Services

TCD Healthcare Communications provides specialized consulting services to guide healthcare organizations toward achieving nursing excellence. Our expert team offers comprehensive support for Magnet®, Pathway to Excellence®, and PTAP™ programs, ensuring your organization meets the highest standards of patient care and staff satisfaction. Let us help you navigate the accreditation process with confidence.
Magnet® Support
Our Magnet® consulting services include gap analysis, document writing workshops, document review, and mock site visits. We provide comprehensive support to help you achieve Magnet® designation.
Pathway to Excellence® Support
We offer gap analysis, document writing workshops, document review, and mock site visits for Pathway to Excellence® accreditation. Our consultants ensure your organization meets all requirements.
PTAP™ Program Support
Our PTAP™ services include understanding Benner’s theory, applying ANCC spheres, evaluating program readiness, analyzing programs, and editing/submitting documents. We guide you through every step.

Specialty Nursing Consulting Services 

 

1. Beacon, Lantern, Prism award application support 

2. Design or Re-Design of Clinical Ladder Programs – Our consultants work with nursing organizations to align with strategic goals and Magnet Utilizing Peer Review principles to hard wire evidence-based practices and create a professional environment

3. RN Engagement Strategies – Increase response rates, determine ideal timing to participate , engaging staff in action planning.  

4. Magnet Writing Team Guidance and Training

5. DDCT Support – We handle this process for you while your team focuses on your document and evidence gathering. 

Expert Nursing Consultants - Your Parnters in Excellence

TCD Healthcare Communications’ consulting team represents the gold standard in nursing excellence expertise, featuring doctorate-prepared nurses (DNP, RN) with distinguished careers as Magnet Program Directors, Chief Nursing Officers, and Public Health Nurses (PHN).

Our diverse team has successfully guided organizations across the full spectrum of healthcare environments—from large academic medical centers and community hospitals to specialized children’s hospitals—while expertly navigating both union and non-union workplace dynamics.

This exceptional combination of advanced credentials, extensive hands-on experience, and diverse facility exposure ensures that regardless of your organization’s size, complexity, or unique challenges, you’ll work with consultants who truly understand your environment and possess the strategic expertise to guide you toward sustainable nursing excellence.

 

Meet a few of our experienced consultants dedicated to nursing excellence and accreditation success.

 

Jenna Ari

DNP, RN, BC Magnet® MPD  

Jenna has over 18 years of Magnet program, document writing and MPD experience.  
 
Michael Meraz

DNP, RN, NEA-BC GERO-BC, WCC 

Michael has over 30 years in nursing and specializes in strategic communication planning for nursing staff and hospital leadership.

Joyce Borgfeld

RN, DNP 

Healthcare & operations leader with 20+ years’ experience driving transformation across academic medical centers, and military health systems. ANCC PTAP and NCPD program director experience. PTAP accreditation with Distinction.  Academic educator.

Jin Luu

DNP, MBA, RN, PHN 

Jin provides clinical expertise and supports hospitals in aligning practices with Magnet® standards.  An experienced Magnet document writer and program director for over 10 years. 

Dinna Levy

DNP, RN, MBA 

Diana provides over 15 years of clinical expertise Magnet® supports to hospitals in aligning practices with Magnet® standards.  

Magnet® Magnet Recognition Program® Pathway to Excellence and ANCC Magnet Recognition® are trademarks of the American Nurses credentialing Center (ANCC). The products and services of TCD Healthcare Communications are neither sponsored nor endorsed by the ANCC