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HCA Healthcare announces 2022 Unit of Distinction Awards for excellence in nursing
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HCA Healthcare nurses share an unwavering commitment to caring for their patients and supporting each other. Today, HCA Healthcare celebrated exemplary nursing units across our organization at our 2022 Unit of Distinction Awards. The Unit of Distinction 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.
Launched in 2015, the Unit of Distinction Awards are an essential component of HCA Healthcare’s strategic nursing agenda. With more than 2,300 sites of care, HCA Healthcare’s more than 93,000 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.
“Each year we look forward to celebrating the selfless individuals who continually show up for our patients across the country. The Unit of Distinction program celebrates HCA Healthcare’s many exemplary nursing units and raises our standard of nursing excellence every year. Congratulations to this year’s winners.”
Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive, HCA Healthcare
In a ceremony broadcast from our headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, 204 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
- Inpatient Rehabilitation
- Medical Surgical
- Pediatrics / Pediatric Intensive Care
- Surgical Services
- Women’s and Children’s Nursing
The top six to ten percent of all HCA Healthcare units earned honorable mention designations. To each of the units recognized, thank you for your commitment to delivering excellence through effective, innovative and patient-centered care.
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Behavioral Health
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, Behavioral Health Services (Miami, Florida)
Units of Distinction recipients
HCA Florida Capital Hospital, Behavioral Health Unit (Tallahassee, Florida)
Medical City McKinney, Behavioral Health Unit 3 (McKinney, Texas)
Units of Distinction honorees
HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, 4NE Psychiatric Locked Unit (Aventura, Florida)
HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, 4SW Behavioral Health Geriatric Unit (Aventura, Florida)
HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, Behavioral Health Unit (Miami, Florida)
Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Pavilion Adolescent Behavioral Health (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Pavilion Adult Behavioral Health (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Pavilion Geriatric Behavioral Health (Las Vegas, Nevada)
St. Mark’s Hospital, Behavioral Health Unit (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Critical Care
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, CVICU (Webster, Texas)
Units of Distinction recipients
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (Miami, Florida)
HCA Florida South Shore Hospital, Critical Care Unit (Sun City Center, Florida)
HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital, Critical Care Unit (Niceville, Florida)
HCA Florida West Hospital, Coronary Care Unit (Pensacola, Florida)
HCA Florida West Hospital, Intensive Care Unit Open Heart/Neuro (Pensacola, Florida)
HCA Florida West Marion Hospital, Intensive Care Unit (Ocala, Florida)
LewisGale Hospital Alleghany, Intensive Care Unit (Low Moor, Virginia)
Medical City Arlington, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (Arlington, Texas)
Medical City Dallas, Neurovascular Intensive Care Unit (Dallas, Texas)
Medical City Denton, Intensive Care Unit (Denton, Texas)
Rio Grande Regional Hospital, Special Care Unit (McAllen, Texas)
Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (Las Vegas, Nevada)
UCF Lake Nona Hospital, Intensive Care Unit (Orlando, Florida)
Unit of Distinction honorees
Alaska Regional Hospital, Intensive Care Unit (Anchorage, Alaska)
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, Intensive Care Unit (Fort Walton Beach, Florida)
HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital, Intensive Care Unit (Okeechobee, Florida)
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, Critical Care Unit (Webster, Texas)
HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest, Surgical Intensive Care Unit (Houston, Texas)
LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, Intensive Care Unit (Pulaski, Virginia)
Medical City McKinney, Intensive Care Unit (McKinney, Texas)
Menorah Medical Center, Intensive Care Unit (Overland Park, Kansas)
MountainView Hospital, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Oviedo Medical Center, Intensive Care Unit (Oviedo, Florida)
Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Intensive Care Unit (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Wesley Woodlawn Hospital & ER, Woodlawn Intensive Care Unit (Wichita, Kansas)
Emergency Services
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
Medical City Denton, Emergency (Denton, Texas)
Units of Distinction recipients
HCA Florida Pasadena, Emergency Department (Pasadena, Florida)
HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital, Emergency Department (Kissimmee, Florida)
LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, Emergency Department (Pulaski, Virginia)
Medical City Alliance, Emergency Department (Fort Worth, Texas)
Medical City Las Colinas, Emergency Department (Irving, Texas)
Medical City Lewisville, Emergency Department (Lewisville, Texas)
StoneSprings Hospital Center, Emergency Department (Dulles, Virginia)
Unit of Distinction honorees
Brigham City Community Hospital, Emergency Services (Brigham City, Utah)
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, Emergency Services (Fort Walton Beach, Florida)
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, Emergency Department (Miami, Florida)
HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital, Emergency Department (St. Lucie, Florida)
HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital, Emergency Department (Niceville, Florida)
HCA Florida University Hospital, Emergency Department (Davie, Florida)
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center, Emergency Department (Thousand Oaks, California)
St. Mark’s Hospital, Emergency Department (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Free Standing Emergency Room
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, HCA Florida Trailwinds Village Emergency (Ocala, Florida)
Units of Distinction recipients
HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, Free Standing Emergency Department (Miami, Florida)
HCA Florida Perdido Bay Emergency, an extension of the campus of HCA Florida West Hospital (Pensacola, Florida)
Medical City ER Saginaw, a department of Medical City Alliance (Saginaw, Texas)
Units of Distinction honorees
ER24/7 Rockport, an affiliate of Corpus Christi Medical Center (Rockport, Texas)
HCA Florida Doral Emergency Room, an extension of the emergency department at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital (Doral, Florida)
HCA Florida Riverview Emergency, an extension of HCA Florida Brandon Hospital’s emergency department (Riverview, Florida)
HCA Houston ER 24/7 – Fairmont, a department of HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast (Pasadena, Texas)
Inpatient Rehabilitation
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
Medical City Lewisville, Inpatient Rehabilitation (Lewisville, Texas)
Units of Distinction recipients
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, Mercy Acute Rehabilitation (Miami, Florida)
Unit of Distinction honorees
Good Samaritan Hospital, Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation (San Jose, California)
Medical City Plano, Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit (Plano, Texas)
St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, Inpatient Rehabilitation (Georgetown, Texas)
St. Mark’s Hospital, Acute Rehabilitation Center (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Medical Surgical
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
Medical City Plano, C2 Medical Oncology (Plano, Texas)
Units of Distinction recipients
Corpus Christi Medical Center, 3 East (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Fairview Park Hospital, 3rd Floor Telemetry (Dublin, Georgia)
HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, 2 East (Aventura, Florida)
HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, 3 East (Aventura, Florida)
HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, 7N Telemetry and Trauma MS
HCA Florida Englewood Hospital, Medical Surgical (Englewood, Florida)
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, 6 Carroll (Miami, Florida)
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, 7 Carroll (Miami, Florida)
HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital, Orthopedic & Spine Unit (Brooksville, Florida)
HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital, Medical/Oncology/Pediatrics (St. Lucie, Florida)
HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital, Orthopedic and Spine Institute (St. Lucie, Florida)
HCA Florida West Hospital, 5 North – Post Surgical Unit (Pensacola, Florida)
HCA Florida Westside Hospital, Surgical/ Ortho/ Neuro (Plantation, Florida)
LewisGale Hospital Alleghany, Medical Surgical Unit (Moor, Virginia)
LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, Medical Surgical (Pulaski, Virginia)
Medical City Alliance, Medical (Fort Worth, Texas)
Medical City Dallas, Neurosciences (Dallas, Texas)
Medical City Dallas, Orthopedics 8EW (Dallas, Texas)
Menorah Medical Center, Surgical Specialty Unit (Overland Park, Kansas)
Rose Medical Center, Inpatient Surgery (Denver, Colorado)
Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Ortho Neuro Spine (Las Vegas, Nevada)
St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, Medical Surgical (Georgetown, Texas)
Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, Medical Cardiac Unit (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Texas Orthopedic Hospital, Patient Care Unit (Houston, Texas)
The Medical Center of Aurora, Centennial Hospital Medical Surgical Unit (Centennial, Colorado)
TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Surgical Oncology Unit (Nashville, Tennessee)
Unit of Distinction honorees
Corpus Christi Medical Center, 2 North (Corpus Christi, Texas)
HCA Florida Blake Hospital, 3E Joint Care (Bradenton, Florida)
HCA Florida Brandon Hospital, C2MED (Brandon, Florida)
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, Surgical Care Unit (Fort Walton Beach, Florida)
HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, 5 East Telemetry (Miami, Florida)
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, 8 Carroll Neurology/Telemetry Unit (Miami, Florida)
HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital, Medical Surgical Department (Port St. Lucie, Florida)
HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital, Surgical Progressive Care Unit (St. Lucie, Florida)
HCA Florida Trinity Hospital, 5 East (Trinity, Florida)
HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital, Medical Surgical Telemetry (Niceville, Florida)
HCA Florida Westside Hospital, Medical/Surgical/Telemetry Oncology (Plantation, Florida)
Lakeview Hospital, Medical Surgical (Bountiful, Utah)
Lee’s Summit Medical Center, Orthopedics/Neurology Unit (Lee’s Summit, Missouri)
Medical City Denton, Medical Unit (Denton, Texas)
Medical City McKinney, 4 Central/Medical Surgical Unit (McKinney, Texas)
Medical City North Hills, Neurology Medical Surgical (North Richland Hills, Texas)
Medical City Plano, Surgical Oncology (Plano, Texas)
MountainView Hospital, 5 South Oncology (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Oviedo Medical Center, Medical/Surgical/Telemetry (Oviedo, Florida)
Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center, Medical Telemetry (Denver, Colorado)
Rose Medical Center, 4 Central Telemetry (Denver, Colorado)
Sky Ridge Medical Center, Orthopedic/Trauma (Lone Tree, Colorado)
St. David’s South Austin Medical Center, 4 Central (Austin, Texas)
TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center, Medical/Surgical (Smyrna, Tennessee)
Valley Regional Medical Center, 3 Central (Brownsville, Texas)
Wesley Medical Center, Cardiac Progressive Care Unit (Wichita, Kansas)
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
Centerpoint Medical Center, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Independence, Missouri)
Units of Distinction recipients
HCA Florida Trinity Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Trinity, Florida)
Medical City Lewisville, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Lewisville, Texas)
Rose Medical Center, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Denver, Colorado)
Unit of Distinction honorees
Del Sol Medical Center, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (El Paso, Texas)
Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Overland Park, Kansas)
Reston Hospital Center, Neonatal Intensive Care (Reston, Virginia)
TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center, The Birth Center (Hendersonville, Tennessee)
Pediatrics
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
Methodist Hospital, Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit (San Antonio, Texas)
Units of Distinction recipients
HCA Florida West Hospital, Pediatric Unit (Pensacola, Florida)
Unit of Distinction honorees
Fairview Park Hospital, Pediatric Unit (Dublin, Georgia)
Pediatric Intensive Care
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
Swedish Medical Center, Pediatric Specialty Intensive Care Unit (Englewood, Colorado)
Units of Distinction recipients
Wesley Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Wichita, Kansas)
Perinatal Services
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
Brigham City Community Hospital, Perinatal (Brigham City, Utah)
Units of Distinction recipients
Cache Valley Hospital, Women’s Services (North Logan, Utah)
Centerpoint Medical Center, Labor & Delivery (Independence, Missouri)
Centerpoint Medical Center, Mother/Baby (Independence, Missouri)
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Women’s Center (Falls, Idaho)
HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest, Mother Baby Unit (Houston, Texas)
Medical City McKinney, OB/GYN Post-Partum Unit (McKinney, Texas)
Parkridge East Hospital, Mother/Baby (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
Sky Ridge Medical Center, Mom/Baby (Lone Tree, Colorado)
Unit of Distinction honorees
HCA Florida Citrus Hospital, Women & Baby Center (Inverness, Florida)
HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest, Labor and Delivery (Houston, Texas)
HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, Postpartum (Pasadena, Texas)
Medical City Lewisville, Mom Baby (Lewisville, Texas)
Medical City Weatherford, Women’s Services – Labor and Delivery (Weatherford, Texas)
Methodist Hospital Stone Oak, Mother Baby (San Antonio, Texas)
Rio Grande Regional Hospital, Postpartum (McAllen, Texas)
Sky Ridge Medical Center, Labor and Delivery (Lone Tree, Colorado)
St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, Women’s Services – Labor/Delivery/Recovery/Postpartum
Progressive Care Unit
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
Medical City Denton, Heart and Vascular Unit (Denton, Texas)
Units of Distinction recipients
CJW Medical Center, Cardiovascular Stepdown (Richmond, Virginia)
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, 5 Carroll Progressive Care Unit (Miami, Florida)
Medical City Alliance, Progressive Care Unit (Fort Worth, Texas)
Medical City Plano, Intensive Care Unit Stepdown (Plano, Texas)
Parkland Medical Center, Progressive Care Unit (Derry, New Hampshire)
Sky Ridge Medical Center, Progressive Care Unit (Lone Tree, Colorado)
Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Intermediate Care (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Unit of Distinction honorees
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Progressive Care Unit (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
Medical City Denton, Progressive Care Unit (Denton, Texas)
Medical City Lewisville, Progressive Care Unit (Lewisville, Texas)
Methodist Hospital, Cardiac Progressive Care (San Antonio, Texas)
Swedish Medical Center, Multi-Trauma Unit (Swedish Medical Center)
Terre Haute Regional Hospital, Intermediate Care Unit (Terre Haute, Indiana)
TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Centennial 6 Tower North – Cardiac Special Care (Nashville, Tennessee)
Surgical Services / Perioperative Services
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
TriStar Horizon Medical Center, Surgical Services (Dickson, Tennessee)
Units of Distinction recipients
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, Outpatient Surgery (Fort Walton Beach, Florida)
HCA Florida Trinity Hospital, Same Day Surgery (Trinity, Florida)
HCA Florida West Marion Hospital, Outpatient/Pre-Admit Testing (Ocala, Florida)
Memorial Health University Medical Center, Day Surgery (Savannah, Georgia)
Methodist Hospital, Surgical Admissions Unit (San Antonio, Texas)
Units of Distinction honorees
Frankfort Regional Medical Center, Outpatient Surgery (Frankfort, Kentucky)
Parkridge East Hospital, Day Surgery (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
South Austin Medical Center, Outpatient Surgery (Austin, Texas)
Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center, Pre-procedure Care Unit (Las Vegas, Nevada)
TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center, Same Day Surgery (Nashville, Tennessee)
Wesley Woodlawn Hospital & ER, Pre-operative Acute Surgical Unit (Wichita, Kansas)
Surgical Services / Intra-Operative Surgery Services
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital, Operating Room (Niceville, Florida)
Units of Distinction recipients
Colleton Medical Center, Surgery Services/Intra-Operative (Walterboro, South Carolina)
HCA Florida Englewood Hospital, Surgical Services (Englewood, Florida)
Heart Hospital of Austin, Surgery Services (Austin, Texas)
Medical City Heart & Spine, Spine Surgery & Cardiovascular Operating Room (Dallas, Texas)
Methodist Hospital | Specialty and Transplant, Operating Room (San Antonio, Texas)
TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Tower Operating Room (Nashville, Tennessee)
Units of Distinction honorees
HCA Florida Lake City Hospital, Surgical Services (Lake City, Florida)
Lakeview Hospital, Operating Room (Bountiful, Utah)
Methodist Hospital Texsan, Post Anesthesia Care Unit (San Antonio, Texas)
Mountain View Hospital – Payson, Surgical Services (Payson, Utah)
Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center, Adult Operating Room (Denver, Colorado)
Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, Operating Room (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
Terre Haute Regional Hospital, Surgery (Terre Haute, Indiana)
Wesley Medical Center, Surgery (Wichita, Kansas)
Surgical Services / Post Surgery Services
Unit of Distinction – Top Ranking Unit
Medical City Frisco, Post Anesthesia Care Unit (Frisco, Texas)
Units of Distinction recipients
Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, Post Anesthesia Care Unit (Richmond, Virginia)
Lakeview Hospital, Post Anesthesia Care Unit (Bountiful, Utah)
Methodist Hospital, Post Anesthesia Care Unit (San Antonio, Texas)
Sky Ridge Medical Center, Post Anesthesia Care Unit (Lone Tree, Colorado)
UCF Lake Nona Hospital, Surgical Services (Orlando, Florida)
Units of Distinction honorees
HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland, Recovery Unit (Pearland, Texas)
Johnston-Willis Hospital, Surgical Services Post Anesthesia Care Unit (Richmond, Virginia)
Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Post Anesthesia Care Unit (Overland Park, Kansas)
Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center, Adult Post Anesthesia Care Unit (Denver, Colorado)
StoneSprings Hospital Center, Post Anesthesia Care Unit (Dulles, Virginia)
Summerville Medical Center, Post Anesthesia Recovery Unit (Summerville, South Carolina)
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