CICU wins award

posted October 7th, 2008

The North Carolina Nurses Association has named Duke University Medical Center’s Cardiac Intensive Care Unit as a recipient of the Hallmarks of Healthy Workplaces Award.

The unit will be recognized for creating a positive work environment for registered nurses.

A special project of NCNA and a result of a Duke Endowment grant, the Hallmarks of Healthy Workplaces program is designed to recognize exceptional workplaces for nurses and to help health care providers create workplaces in which communication flows freely and nurses contribute actively to facility governance.

The awards will be presented at a Nov. 14 awards ceremony in Winston-Salem featuring guest speaker, Sonya Hardin, RN, Ph.D., CCRN, assistant professor, UNCC and co-author of “The Synergy for Clinical Excellence.” Carolinas Medical Center’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Carolinas Medical Center University Hospital’s Endoscopy/Special Procedures Unit and Carolinas Medical Center University Hospital’s Surgical/Pediatrics Unit will also be recognized.

“The CCU is honored to receive the Hallmarks award from NCNA,” said Joyce Fullwood, RN, BSN, nurse manager of operations, Duke University Medical Center Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. “We have worked hard to achieve excellence and to promote a healthy work environment on our unit.”

Hallmarks Recognition is based on three basic criteria: support of nursing professional development, system support for nurses to provide quality service, and integration of nursing into operations and governance.

The Hallmarks program grew from a four-year process that included a literature review, focus groups on issues related to addressing the state’s nursing shortage. Any workplace in which three or more registered nurses are employed or volunteer is eligible to apply including hospitals, schools of nursing, outpatient clinics, private practices, home health settings, prisons, hospices, and more.

Previous recipients include Durham Regional Hospital’s Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Endoscopy Services Unit, Duke Health Raleigh Hospital, FirstHealth School Nurse Program of West End, Halifax Regional Medical Center of Roanoke Rapids, Highsmith Rainey Intensive Care Unit of Fayetteville, and the James E. Davis Ambulatory Surgical Center of Durham.

For more information, visit www.hallmarks.ncnurses.org or contact Ashley Trantham, director of Hallmarks administration and development at 800-626-2153 or hallmarks@ncnurses.org.

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