StoneSprings Hospital Center Recognized for Nursing Excellence
StoneSprings Hospital Center Recognized for Nursing Excellence
(Dulles, VA., May 10, 2022) – StoneSprings Hospital Center announced today that its Emergency Department has earned the 2022 HCA Healthcare Unit of Distinction (UOD) Award– an annual program that recognizes and rewards exemplary nursing units at HCA Healthcare sites of care. The “Unit of Distinction” designation is achieved through measurable, exemplary performance in the strategic areas of advocacy and leadership, consistency in nursing practice and operations and leveraging scale to drive performance.
Launched in 2015, the Unit of Distinction Awards are an essential component of HCA Healthcare’s strategic nursing plan. With more than 2,300 sites of care, HCA Healthcare’s 93,000 nurses have abundant opportunity to choose work across a wide spectrum of clinical and non-clinical settings. The organization supports and invests in nursing with leading-edge technologies and increased access to clinical education and professional development opportunities to help make HCA Healthcare the premier career destination for nurses.
“The Unit of Distinction program celebrates how nurses across our organization are achieving top outcomes. It’s how we execute our nursing strategy and unites us all towards a common goal,” said Dr. Sammie Mosier, senior vice president and chief nurse executive of HCA Healthcare. “Congratulations to all nursing units across HCA Healthcare who work each day to deliver excellent care to patients and to support our community of 93,000-strong nurses!”
In a ceremony broadcast from HCA Healthcare’s headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, a total of 202 nursing units were recognized as top-performing nursing units. Units of Distinction are categorized in the top five percent of all HCA Healthcare medical surgical, critical care, emergency services, surgical services, behavioral health, women’s and children’s nursing units, pediatrics/PICU and inpatient rehabilitation units. The top six to ten percent of all HCA Healthcare units earned honorable mention designations.
“This recognition highlights the incredible care and skilled staff at StoneSprings Hospital Center,” said Nathan Vooys, CEO of StoneSprings Hospital Center. “I am very proud of our colleagues and providers in our Emergency Department who were distinguished as being among the best of HCA Healthcare.”
About HCA Healthcare
Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services comprising 182 hospitals and approximately 2,300 ambulatory sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, and physician clinics, in 20 states and the United Kingdom. With its founding in 1968, HCA Healthcare created a new model for hospital care in the United States, using combined resources to strengthen hospitals, deliver patient-focused care and improve the practice of medicine. HCA Healthcare has conducted a number of clinical studies, including one that demonstrated that full-term delivery is healthier than early elective delivery of babies and another that identified a clinical protocol that can reduce bloodstream infections in ICU patients by 44%. HCA Healthcare is a learning health system that uses its more than 35 million annual patient encounters to advance science, improve patient care and save lives. Please click here to connect with HCA Healthcare on social media.
About StoneSprings Hospital Center
As part of the commonwealth’s most comprehensive provider network, HCA Virginia Health System, StoneSprings Hospital Center is a 234,000-square-foot, 124-bed facility providing emergency, medical, surgical, and women’s services to Loudoun and surrounding counties. StoneSprings is a Certified Primary Stroke Center and a Chest Pain certified facility. The hospital has garnered recognition for high quality patient and surgical care. StoneSprings Hospital Center is home to the only Xi Robotic Training Epicenter for General Surgery in Northern Virginia. StoneSprings Hospital is part of HCA Virginia Health System, which operates 14 hospitals, 27 outpatient centers, five freestanding emergency rooms, and is affiliated with 3,000 physicians. The private, tax-paying hospital system is one of Virginia’s largest employers, provides $105.7 million in charity and uncompensated care, and pays $88.9 million in taxes annually. In Northern Virginia, HCA Virginia Health System hospitals include Reston Hospital Center, StoneSprings Hospital Center, and Dominion Hospital. Follow us on Facebook, and LinkedIn.
