Recognizing nursing excellence: HCA Healthcare announces 2024 Unit of Distinction Awards

The heart of HCA Healthcare lies in the unwavering commitment and collaborative spirit of our nursing colleagues. Today, we are proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 HCA Healthcare Unit of Distinction (UOD) Awards, celebrating exemplary nursing units across our sites of care. The Unit of Distinction designation is achieved through measurable, exemplary performance in the strategic areas of advocacy and leadership, consistency in nursing practice and operations and leveraging scale to improve patient care.

“True innovation happens at the bedside and the Unit of Distinction program celebrates the best of HCA Healthcare. Today, we recognize and celebrate exemplary nursing units who raise the standard of nursing excellence,” said Sammie Mosier, HCA Healthcare senior vice president and chief nurse executive, during the ceremony. “Thanks to all the nurses who work each day to lead the way, delivering excellent patient care to patients and support to our community of nurses.”

Launched in 2015, the Unit of Distinction Awards are an essential component of HCA Healthcare’s strategic nursing plan. With approximately 2,400 sites of care, HCA Healthcare’s more than 99,000 nurses have abundant opportunities to choose work across a wide spectrum of clinical and non-clinical settings. HCA Healthcare supports and invests in nursing with leading-edge technologies and increased access to clinical education and professional development opportunities to help make HCA Healthcare a premier career destination for nurses.

In a ceremony broadcast from HCA Healthcare’s headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, a total of 197 nursing units were recognized as top-performing nursing units. Units of Distinction are categorized in the top five percent of all HCA Healthcare units in the following specialized areas of care:

• Behavioral Health
• Critical Care
• Emergency Services
• Free Standing Emergency Department
• Inpatient Rehabilitation
• Medical Surgical (specialty and general)
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Pediatrics
• Perinatal Services
• Progressive Care Unit
• Surgical Services (endoscopy, intra-operative and perioperative)

The top six to ten percent of all HCA Healthcare units earned honorable mention designations.

Our deepest appreciation goes to the remarkable nursing colleagues within each unit recognized, whose dedication to delivering patient-centered care truly shines.

Behavioral Health

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, Behavioral Health (Miami, Florida)

Unit of Distinction Recipients

HCA Florida Largo Hospital, 2 South (Largo, Florida)

HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital, Adult 3 (Tamarac, Florida)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, Behavioral Health (Kissimmee, Florida)

HCA Florida West Hospital, Behavioral Health Adult (Pensacola, Florida)

HCA Florida West Tampa Hospital, Behavioral Health Unit B (Tampa, Florida)

HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital, Adult 2 (Tamarac, Florida)

Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, Behavioral Health (Fredericksburg, Virginia)

Critical Care

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, Cardiac Care (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Unit of Distinction Recipients

Frisbie Memorial Hospital, 2W Intensive Care (Rochester, New Hampshire)

HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital, Cardiac Surgical (Hudson, Florida)

HCA Florida Citrus Hospital, Cardiovascular Intensive Care (Inverness, Florida)

HCA Florida West Hospital, Coronary Care (Pensacola, Florida)

Medical City Heart & Spine, a campus of Medical City Dallas, Cardiovascular Intensive Care (Dallas, Texas)

Medical City McKinney, Intensive Care (McKinney, Texas)

Medical City Plano, Cardiovascular Intensive Care (Plano, Texas)

Mountain View Hospital, Intensive Care (Payson, Utah)

MountainView Hospital, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Parkridge Medical Center, Medical Intensive Care (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, Cardiovascular Intensive Care (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, Neuro Surgical ICU (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

HCA Florida Citrus Hospital, Intensive Care (Inverness, Florida)

HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, Trauma Burn Intensive Care (Miami, Florida)

HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital, 2N Intensive Care (Brooksville, Florida)

HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital, Critical Care (Niceville, Florida)

HCA HealthONE Rose, Intensive Care (Denver, Colorado)

HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge, Intensive Care (Lone Tree, Colorado)

HCA Houston Healthcare Mainland, Intensive Care (Texas City, Texas)

LewisGale Hospital Alleghany, Intensive Care (Low Moor, Virginia)

LewisGale Medical Center, Medical Intensive Care (Salem, Virginia)

Medical City Frisco, Intensive Care (Frisco, Texas)

Memorial Health Meadows Hospital, Intensive Care (Vidalia, Georgia)

The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, Intensive Care (Houston, Texas)

TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Cardiovascular Intensive Care (Nashville, Tennessee)

Emergency Services

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital, Emergency Department (Tamarac, Florida)

Unit of Distinction Recipients

Cache Valley Hospital, Emergency Department (North Logan, Utah)

HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, Emergency Department (Miami, Florida)

HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, Emergency Department (Miami, Florida)

HCA Florida Palms West Hospital, Emergency Department (Loxahatchee, Florida)

HCA HealthONE Centennial, A part of Aurora Hospital, Emergency Department (Centennial, Colorado)

Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, Emergency Department (Highlands, North Carolina)

Lone Peak Hospital, Emergency Department (Draper, Utah)

Medical City North Hills, Emergency Department (North Richland Hills, Texas)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

Angel Medical Center, Emergency Department (Franklin, North Carolina)

HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital, Emergency Department (Port St. Lucie, Florida)

HCA Florida University Hospital, Emergency Department (Davie, Florida)

HCA HealthONE Rose, Emergency Department (Denver, Colorado)

Heart Hospital of Austin, Emergency Department (Austin, Texas)

Medical City Lewisville, Emergency Department (Lewisville, Texas)

Memorial Health Meadows Hospital, Emergency Department (Vidalia, Georgia)

Oviedo Medical Center, Emergency Department (Oviedo, Florida)

Parkridge West Hospital, Emergency Department (Jasper, Tennessee)

Free Standing Emergency Room

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

Middleburg Freestanding Emergency Department, an extension of HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital (Middleburg, Florida)

Unit of Distinction Recipients

Hanover Emergency Center, a campus of Henrico Doctors’ Hospital (Mechanicsville, Virginia)

HCA Florida ChampionsGate Emergency, a part of HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital (Davenport, Florida)

HCA Houston ER 24/7 – Friendswood, a department of HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake (Friendswood, Texas)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

ER of Shawnee, a part of Overland Park Regional Medical Center (Shawnee, Kansas)

HCA Florida Cape Coral Emergency, a campus of HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital (Cape Coral, Florida)

HCA Florida Mandarin Emergency, a campus of HCA Florida Memorial Hospital (Jacksonville, Florida)

Parkridge North ER, an extension of Parkridge Medical Center (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

Inpatient Rehabilitation

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, Inpatient Rehabilitation (Kissimmee, Florida)

Unit of Distinction Recipients

Good Samaritan Hospital, Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation (San Jose, California)

Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Acute Rehab (Thousand Oaks, California)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, Physical Rehabilitation Center (Fort Pierce, Florida)

HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, Rehabilitation (Miami, Florida)

Medical City McKinney, Rehabilitation Institute (McKinney, Texas)

Medical Surgical / Specialty

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

Medical City Dallas, Joint Restoration Unit (Dallas, Texas)

Unit of Distinction Recipients

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, Oncology Nursing Unit (Kissimmee, Florida)

HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital, Orthopedic & Spine Institute (Port St. Lucie, Florida)

Medical City McKinney, Ortho Surgical Trauma Unit (McKinney, Texas)

MountainView Hospital – Nevada, 5 South Oncology (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Parham Doctors’ Hospital, Joint Replacement & Spine Center (Richmond, Virginia)

St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, 4 North (Austin, Texas)

St. David’s South Austin Medical Center, 4 Central (Austin, Texas)

TriStar Summit Medical Center, Ortho/Spine Unit (Hermitage, Tennessee)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

HCA Florida Blake Hospital, 3 East (Bradenton, Florida)

HCA Florida Citrus Hospital, Neuro Telemetry (Inverness, Florida)

HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital, 2N Ortho/Spine (Charlotte, Florida)

Lakeview Hospital, Orthopedic & Spine (Bountiful, Utah)

Medical City Dallas, 9/10S Blood Cancer (Dallas, Texas)

Methodist Hospital, Intermediate Cardiac Care Telemetry 9 Central (San Antonio, Texas)

Medical Surgical/ General

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital, 4^th Floor Surgical (Tampa, Florida)

Unit of Distinction Recipients

Corpus Christi Medical Center Doctors Regional, Acute Care Medicine – 2 North (Corpus Christi, Texas)

Good Samaritan Hospital, Third Cardiovascular East (San Jose, California)

HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, 4 East Medical Surgical (Miami, Florida)

HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, 5 West Medical Surgical Trauma Burn (Miami, Florida)

HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, 6 West Medical Surgical Trauma Burn (Miami, Florida)

HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, 6 Carroll (Miami, Florida)

HCA HealthONE Centennial, a part of Aurora Hospital, Medical Surgical (Centennial, Colorado)

Medical City Dallas, Urology/General Surgery (Dallas, Texas)

Methodist Hospital Hill Country, 2 North (Fredericksburg, Texas)

MountainView Hospital, 4 North Surgical Medical Surgical (Las Vegas, Nevada)

MountainView Hospital, 4 South Cardiac Medical Surgical (Las Vegas, Nevada)

MountainView Hospital, 5 Center (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Oviedo Medical Center, Cardiac/Neuro Unit (Oviedo, Florida)

Oviedo Medical Center, Medical/Surgical Unit (Oviedo, Florida)

Riverside Community Hospital, G1 Telemetry Advanced Surgical Unit (Riverside, California)

St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, 2 Central Medical Surgical (Georgetown, Texas)

St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, 3 Central Medical Surgical (Georgetown, Texas)

TriStar Centennial Medical Center, 4 North Surgical Oncology (Nashville, Tennessee)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

Fairview Park Hospital, 4^th Floor Medical (Dublin, Georgia)

Fairview Park Hospital, Telemetry (Dublin, Georgia)

HCA Florida Brandon Hospital, D3 MED (Brandon, Florida)

HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, Telemetry/Neurology, 8 Carroll (Miami, Florida)

HCA Florida Palms West Hospital, 3 Central Telemetry (Loxahatchee, Florida)

HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital, Medical Surgical (Niceville, Florida)

Lafayette Regional Health Center, LRHC Medical Surgical (Lexington, Missouri)

Los Robles Regional Medical Center, TOSH Inpatient Services (Thousand Oaks, California)

Medical City McKinney, CDU (McKinney, Texas)

Medical City Surgical Hospital Alliance, Medical/Surgical Unit (Fort Worth, Texas)

Medical City Weatherford, 2 South (Weatherford, Texas)

Memorial Satilla Health, 3 Main (Waycross, Georgia)

MountainView Hospital, 3 South (Las Vegas, Nevada)

MountainView Hospital, 4 Central – Medical Surgical (Las Vegas, Nevada)

MountainView Hospital, 5 North (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Retreat Doctors’ Hospital, 5 East (Richmond, Virginia)

Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, MSU (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Valley Regional Medical Center, 3 West – Medical (Brownsville, Texas)

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

HCA Florida University Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care (Davie, Florida)

Unit of Distinction Recipients

HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care (Brooksville, Florida)

Methodist Hospital Metropolitan, Neonatal Intensive Care (San Antonio, Texas)

TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center, Neonatal Intensive Care (Smyrna, Tennessee)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care (Miami, Florida)

HCA Florida Palms West Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care (Loxahatchee, Florida)

HCA HeatlhONE Rocky Mountain Children’s at Presbyterian St. Luke’s, 5C Neonatal Intensive Care (Denver, Colorado)

TriStar Horizon Medical Center, Neonatal Intensive Care (Dickson, Tennessee)

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children’s at Presbyterian St. Luke’s, Pediatric Intensive Care (Denver, Colorado)

Unit of Distinction Recipient

Timpanogos Regional Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care (Orem, Utah)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

HCA Florida Palms West Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care (Loxahatchee, Florida)

Rapides Regional Medical Center, Pediatric Intensive Care (Alexandria, Louisiana)

Pediatrics

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Pediatric Oncology (Nashville, Tennessee)

Unit of Distinction Recipient

HCA Florida West Hospital, Pediatrics (Pensacola, Florida)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, Pediatric (Fort Pierce, Florida)

HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge, Pediatric (Lone Tree, Colorado)

Perinatal Services

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Units

HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital, Labor and Delivery (Brooksville, Florida)

Medical City Lewisville, Mother Baby Unit (Lewisville, Texas)

Unit of Distinction Recipients

HCA Florida Brandon Hospital, Mother Baby (Brandon, Florida)

HCA Florida Citrus Hospital, The Women’s Center (Inverness, Florida)

HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital, Women’s Services (Port St. Lucie, Florida)

Mountain View Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Payson, Utah)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, Perinatal (Fort Walton Beach, Florida)

HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Orange Park, Florida)

HCA HealthONE Swedish, Perinatal (Englewood, Colorado)

Mountain View Hospital, Labor and Delivery (Payson, Utah)

Ogden Regional Medical Center, Labor and Delivery (Ogden, Utah)

TriStar NorthCrest Medical Center, Birthing Center (Springfield, Tennessee)

Progressive Care Unit

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

MountainView Hospital, Intermediate Care (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Unit of Distinction Recipients

HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital, Surgical Progressive Care (Port St. Lucie, Florida)

HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland, Intermediate Care (Pearland, Texas)

Texas Orthopedic Hospital, Patient Care (Houston, Texas)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

HCA Florida Citrus Hospital, Progressive Care (Inverness, Florida)

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, Cardiovascular Stepdown (Fort Pierce, Florida)

HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital, Progressive Care (Tampa, Florida)

Medical City Denton, Heart and Vascular (Denton, Texas)

TriStar Centennial Medical Center, 5 Tower Cardiac Progressive Care (Nashville, Tennessee)

Surgical Services / Endoscopy

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center, Endoscopy (Hendersonville, Tennessee)

Unit of Distinction Recipient

HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress, Endoscopy (Cypress, Texas)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland, Endoscopy (Pearland, Texas)

Valley Regional Medical Center, Endoscopy (Brownsville, Texas)

Surgical Services / Intra-Operative

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

HCA Florida Lake City Hospital, Surgical Services (Lake City, Florida)

Unit of Distinction Recipients

HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital, Surgical Service Operation Room (Port St. Lucie, Florida)

HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress, Surgical Services (Cypress, Texas)

Medical City Las Colinas, Surgery (Irving, Texas)

Memorial Health Meadows Hospital, Surgical Services (Vidalia, Georgia)

Methodist Hospital Metropolitan, Surgery (San Antonio, Texas)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

Angel Medical Center, Surgical Services (Franklin, North Carolina)

Doctors Hospital of Augusta, Burn Operating Room (Augusta, Georgia)

Frankfort Regional Medical Center, Surgery (Frankfort, Kentucky)

HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, Operating Room (Fort Walton Beach, Florida)

HCA Florida Northwest Hospital, Same Day Surgery (Margate, Florida)

HCA Florida Putnam Hospital, Surgical Services (Palatka, Florida)

HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital, Operating Room (Okeechobee, Florida)

Mission Hospital McDowell, Surgical Services (Marion, North Carolina)

Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Surgery (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Summerville Medical Center, Operating Room (Summerville, South Carolina)

TriStar NorthCrest Medical Center, Surgery (Springfield, Tennessee)

Surgical Services / Perioperative

Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit

HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital, Post Anesthesia Care (Niceville, Florida)

Unit of Distinction Recipients

HCA Florida Highlands Hospital, Post Anesthesia Care (Sebring, Florida)

HCA Florida Lake City Hospital, Pre-Operative (Lake City, Florida)

HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital, Outpatient Surgery (Niceville, Florida)

LewisGale Hospital Alleghany, Post Anesthesia Care (Low Moor, Virginia)

LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, Ambulatory Care (Pulaski, Virginia)

Medical City Las Colinas, Post Anesthesia Care (Irving, Texas)

Memorial Health Meadows Hospital, Post Anesthesia Care (Vidalia, Georgia)

Texas Orthopedic Hospital, Post Anesthesia Care (Houston, Texas)

Unit of Distinction Honorable Mentions

Colleton Medical Center, Surgical Services (Walterboro, South Carolina)

Frankfort Regional Medical Center, Outpatient Surgery (Frankfort, Kentucky)

HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital, Outpatient Surgery (Okeechobee, Florida)

HCA Houston Healthcare Mainland, Post Anesthesia Care (Texas City, Texas)

HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland, Recovery (Pearland, Texas)

Medical City Heart & Spine, a campus of Medical City Dallas, Post Anesthesia Care (Dallas, Texas)

Medical City Weatherford, Post Anesthesia Care (Weatherford, Texas)

Memorial Health Meadows Hospital, Same Day Surgery (Vidalia, Georgia)

Methodist Hospital Landmark, Surgical Admissions (San Antonio, Texas)

St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, Post Anesthesia Care (Dallas, Texas)

TriStar Horizon Medical Center, Outpatient Surgery (Dickson, Tennessee)

TriStar NorthCrest Medical Center, Same Day Surgery (Springfield, Tennessee)

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