The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has conferred the Gold-Level Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence upon the Intensive Care Unit at the Lebanon VA Medical Center.
Lebanon VAMC is one of a handful of VA medical centers in the nation to achieve the distinction, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs VA Lebanon Healthcare System.
The Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence recognizes the nation’s top critical care units and signifies exceptional patient care leading to positive patient outcomes. The award recognizes superior unit quality, safety, and nursing competencies, the release said, as well as showing a positive and supportive work environment with greater collaboration, higher morale, and lower turnover.
“The award highlights Lebanon’s ICU’s accomplishments in fostering the highest standards of quality patient care as well as healthy work environments,” the release said.
“We are incredibly honored to be recognized by the AACN for our work,” nurse manager Leah J. Painton said in a statement. “It demonstrates, in an objective way, that VA nurses and staff provide some of the best medical care in the nation. Our Veterans can rest assured that the care they receive here is as good, if not better, than care offered in the civilian sector. The trust they place in us is earned and well deserved.”
Ashley Klick, associate director for Patient Care Services and the nurse executive at Lebanon VAMC, added, “The award shines a spotlight on our ICU caregivers who provide a compassionate, consistent, and systematic approach to evidence-based care. It is an indication of the unit’s unique high reliability and mutually supportive culture which optimizes outcomes. This means Veterans can be sure they are receiving the critical care they need here.”
The Beacon Award program is composed of three distinct modules: patient outcomes, work environment, and nursing workforce. Criteria for the award include creating and promoting healing environments, patient outcomes, evidence-based practice and research, innovation/excellence in recruitment and retention, education, training and mentoring, and leadership and organizational ethics.-
In August 2024, the Lebanon VA Medical Center received national recognition for the fourth consecutive year for providing outstanding care to veterans at its Lebanon VAMC facility and its five associated community clinics.
Read More: Lebanon VA Medical Center is named top VA facility in the nation – again
For more information about the Lebanon VA Medical Center, visit va.gov/lebanon-health-care.
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