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Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am
; 17(2): 155-61, x, 2005 Jun.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15862738
RESUMO
The medical intensive care unit (MICU) at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., was among the first four hospitals to be awarded the Beacon Award from the American Association of Critical- Care Nurses. The Beacon Award is given to those units that prove, through a 42-question application, how they excel and serve as a guiding light to other intensive care units. The MICU's "journey" to the award prompted an introspective look into the unit, its policies, and its methods of providing the highest quality patient care, in an environment that is supportive to the nursing staff.