Cardiac and Thoracic Intensive Care Unit earns Gold Beacon Award
(SACRAMENTO)
UC Davis Health’s Cardiac and Thoracic Intensive Care Unit (CTICU) was recently recognized with a Gold Beacon Award for Excellence in 2024.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) bestowed the honor upon CTICU. A “gold” award is the highest level of the Beacon Award, and it recognizes intensive care units that improve patient outcomes through innovation and implementation science.
Units must demonstrate an effective approach to policies, procedures, and processes to receive the award.
This includes engaging staff and key stakeholders and using fact-based evaluation strategies. In doing so, the individual unit-level award acknowledges the hard work and dedication that the team provides to our patients, families, and each other.
The AACN notes that the Beacon Award program provides unique recognition and data, unlike other award programs, because it is unit-based.
Through the Beacon journey, units can measure and improve patient outcomes, unit culture, staffing and credibility with consumers – all while keeping hospital resources and the current healthcare environment in mind. AACN’s Beacon Award for Excellence offers units:
Recognition of excellence from AACN
Benchmark data for measuring continual improvement
Actionable feedback and resources to address challenges
