UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

Today we're celebrating the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center teams which were both recently recognized for zero harm in the past year. UCLA Health launched a Zero-Harm Recognition Program to spotlight its commitment to eliminate preventable medical errors that negatively impact patient safety and health. The Zero Harm Achievement Award recognizes departments and units that have achieved zero in key safety metrics appropriate for the pati...ent populations they service for a continuous twelve-month period. The recognition is meant to raise awareness and provide an opportunity to share best practices and success stories associated with sustainable results. Join us in congratulating our teams in the comments for their achievements in medical excellence! Read the full newsletter here: https://ucla.in/3b4ral2

A quick phone call is all it took to reaffirm that our nurses are among the best in the nation. Listen in as the nursing team at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center receives the big news from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program. Learn more. https://ucla.in/3iAneL9

Receiving Magnet designation is the highest accolade a hospital's nursing team can receive only nine percent of hospitals nationwide meet the rigorous standards. UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center, already a Magnet hospital, recently welcomed the Magnet Appraisal Team as part of an every-four-year recertification process. The three-day visit gave our nurses the opportunity to demonstrate their exceptional skill and unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality care to pa...tients and to show their pride in being UCLA nurses. We will be notified of the Commission on Magnet Recognition Program’s decision officially in early 2021 and will be sure to share the news! American Nurses Association

Congratulations, UCLA Health emergency nurses! Nethercutt Emergency Center at UCLA Health Santa Monica Medical Center earned the Emergency Nurses Association ...2020 Lantern Award for exceptional and innovative performance in nursing leadership, practice, education, and patient advocacy. The hospital is one of only 25 nationwide to receive the award. Every patient receives compassionate and dedicated care from our nurses, all of whom care deeply about the lives of patients and the community we serve something we are proud to be recognized for, said Elizabeth George, nursing director of the emergency department at UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica The Lantern Award is named in honor of Florence Nightingale, who worked to improve and change nursing in the 19th century. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center received their Lantern Award in 2018.