Beacon Award for Excellence

NYC Health + Hospitals nurses and nurse leadership have been honored with the Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical‐Care Nurses (AACN).

The AACN is the largest specialty nursing organization in the world, representing the interests of more than half a million acute and critical care nurses and includes more than 200 chapters in the United States. The Beacon Award for Excellence is a significant milestone that recognizes unit caregivers who successfully improve patient outcomes and align practices with AACN’s six Healthy Work Environment Standards. Units that achieve this three‐year, three‐ level award with a gold, silver or bronze designation meet national criteria consistent with the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and the National Quality Healthcare Award.

Facilities that have received the AACN Beacon Award for Excellence include:

Gold‐Level Beacon Awards

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue:
- Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
- Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst: Medical Intensive Care Unit
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi: Cardiac Catheterization Lab
NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County: D3 South Coronary/Medical Intensive Care
NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan:
- Adult Intensive Care Unit
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens: Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull: Intensive Care Unit (8ICU)

Silver-Level Beacon Awards

NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler: Memory Care Unit
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst: Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem: Burn Intensive Care Unit (6BICU)
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi:
- Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (D5N)
NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln: Medical Intensive Care Unit 2 (MICU 2)
NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health: Surgical Intensive Care Unit