Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy Intensive Care Nurses Receive Silver Beacon Award for Excellence
June 09, 2020
Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy Intensive Care Unit (ICU) announced today that it has been awarded the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Silver Beacon Award for Excellence. This is the second such award for Raritan Bay Medical Center, whose ICU nursing team in Old Bridge received the same designation in January.
“I am so proud of the exceptional nursing team at Raritan Bay Medical Center for earning this significant achievement, which recognizes its long-standing culture of nursing excellence,” said Theresa Brodrick, executive vice president and network chief nurse executive.
“This award represents a significant milestone on our path to exceptional patient care and a healthy work environment,” said Jane O’Rourke, chief nursing officer, Raritan Bay Medical Center. “We are honored to be acknowledged by the AACN for the excellence in professional practice that our nursing team exhibits every day.”
Established in 2003, AACN’s award recognizes top hospital units that meet standards of excellence in recruitment and retention; education, training and mentoring; research and evidence-based practice; patient outcomes; leadership and organizational ethics; and creation of a healthy work environment. Units that achieve this three-year designation meet national criteria consistent with Magnet® Recognition, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and the National Quality Healthcare Award.
“This is a great accomplishment for this exceptional team,” said Thomas Shanahan, chief hospital executive, Raritan Bay Medical Center. “It is a true testament to the dedication and hard work our nurses put in every day to create a healthy work environment and provide excellent care to our patients and their families.”
The ICU unit at Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy, along with its sister hospital in Old Bridge, are two hospitals in the central market that demonstrate continual learning and effective systems to achieve optimal patient care. The unit has evaluation and improvement strategies in place and good performance measures when compared to relevant benchmarks. It also employs an effective approach to policies, procedures and processes that includes engagement of team members and key stakeholders.
About Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center
For more than 100 years, Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center-Perth Amboy and Raritan Bay Medical Center-Old Bridge have provided a full continuum of health care services to residents of Central Jersey. Raritan Bay Medical Center is one of less than one percent of hospitals in the world to achieve Magnet Recognition, the “Gold Standard” for nursing practice, quality, and safety in patient care, four times. In 2019, U.S. News & World Report ranked Raritan Bay Medical Center as high performing in Orthopedics, Nephrology, COPD and Heart Failure.
The medical center is a New Jersey state designated Primary Stroke Center and recipient of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, recognizing optimal treatment of stroke patients. Raritan Bay is also a recipient of the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval and the AHA’s Heart Check Mark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers and the AHA’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award recognizing high-quality care of patients experiencing a severe heart attack.
The Joslin Diabetes Center, Affiliate at Raritan Bay-Old Bridge, provides the latest advances for treating diabetes and its complications as well as other metabolic and endocrine disorders. Among its flagship programs are the Human Motion Institute, a comprehensive orthopedic program, and Institute for Weight Loss at Raritan Bay-Old Bridge and Center for Bariatric Surgery at Raritan Bay-Perth Amboy, both specializing in weight loss surgery. As part of Hackensack Meridian Health, one of New Jersey’s most comprehensive health networks, patients have access to advanced specialized services with a seamless continuum of care, close to home.