The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses recently conferred a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence on the Maury Regional Medical Center Critical Care Unit.
Maury Regional is the only adult critical care unit in Tennessee to achieve gold status.
The Beacon Award for Excellence recognizes unit caregivers, who successfully improve patient outcomes and align practices with AACN’s six Healthy Work Environment Standards.
Units that achieve this three-year, three-level award with gold, silver or bronze designations meet national criteria consistent with the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and the National Quality Healthcare Award.
“This achievement is reflective of the commitment by our Critical Care team to provide evidence-based care to patients who are facing critical illnesses. It is especially meaningful coming on the heels of one of the most challenging times that health care teams have ever faced,” said Chief Nursing Officer Deborah Lumpkins, DNP, RN, NEA-BC.
“The nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other specialists who work together as a multidisciplinary team to provide the best possible outcomes for our patients are to be congratulated for this recognition.”
AACN President Beth Wathen applauded the commitment of the caregivers at Maury Regional Medical Center for working together to meet and exceed the high standards set forth by the Beacon Award for Excellence.
“The Beacon Award for Excellence is a testament to a team’s commitment to providing safe, patient-centered and evidence-based care to patients and families. Creating healthy and supportive work environments empowers nurses and other team members to make their optimal contribution,” Wathen said.
Established in 2003, the Beacon Award for Excellence offers a road map to help guide exceptional care through improved outcomes and greater overall patient satisfaction. U.S. and Canadian units where patients receive their principal nursing care after hospital admission qualify for this excellence award. Units that receive the Beacon Award for Excellence meet criteria in six categories: leadership structures and systems; appropriate staffing and staff engagement; effective communication, knowledge management, and learning and development; evidence-based practice and processes; and outcome measurement.
MRMC earned a gold award by meeting the following evidence-based Beacon Award for Excellence criteria:
- Leadership structures and systems
- Appropriate staffing and staff engagement
- Effective communication, knowledge management and learning and development
- Evidence-based practice and processes
- Outcome measurement
“Our critical care team’s dedication to providing exceptional care to our patients while supporting one another is to be commended,” said Maury Regional Health CEO Davin Turner, DO.
The critical care unit at MRMC earned a silver-level Beacon Award in 2019. The gold-level award will be presented during the annual AACN conference in May in Houston, Texas.
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