Kids & Family
Children's Hospital Heart ICU Recognized Nationally
The hospital is only one of five in the nation to receive the Beacon Award for Excellence.
By City News Service
The Pediatric Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit for critically ill young heart patients at Children's Hospital Los Angeles has been recognized with a Gold Beacon Award for Excellence, the hospital announced Wednesday.
It was just one of five children's hospitals in the nation to earn the special designation by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
The Beacon Award for Excellence is a three-year designation that recognizes individual units and its caregivers who distinguish themselves by successfully improving patient care and achieving healthy work environments.
Units that receive the award set the standard in patient care environments and are models for a healthy work environment, according to a hospital statement.
"The Beacon Award is an indication of the clinical excellence of the work done'' in the Intensive Care Unit, said Mary Dee Hacker, vice president of patient care services at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. "It is a rigorous evaluative process, and we are very proud of this designation.''
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