Medical City Healthcare Units Recognized for Nursing Excellence

Dallas, Texas—Medical City Healthcare is announcing that 35 nursing units have been honored in the 2023 HCA Healthcare Unit of Distinction (UOD) Awards, 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 improve patient care. 

“We look forward to celebrating our outstanding nursing units every year through our Unit of Distinction Awards,” says Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC, senior vice president and chief nurse executive of HCA Healthcare. “HCA Healthcare would not be what it is without the inspiring dedication of our nurses. I want to congratulate all of this year’s winners, who truly raise our standard of nursing excellence every day.” 

Launched in 2015, the Unit of Distinction Awards are an essential component of HCA Healthcare’s strategic nursing plan. With more than 2,400 sites of care, HCA Healthcare’s more than 99,000 nurses have abundant opportunities to choose work across a wide spectrum of clinical and non-clinical settings. HCA Healthcare supports and invests in nursing with leading-edge technologies and increased access to clinical education and professional development opportunities to help make HCA Healthcare a premier career destination for nurses. 

UOD honorees receive an education grant that can be used for certification review books and other educational materials. 

Medical City Healthcare Units of Distinction:

Unit of Distinction Category Winner:

• Medical City McKinney — SS-PostOp, PACU

Units of Distinction:

• Medical City Denton — Emergency Services, Emergency Department
• Medical City Denton — Critical Care, ICU
• Medical City McKinney — Critical Care, ICU
• Medical City Frisco — Critical Care, ICU
• Medical City North Hills — Critical Care, CICU
• Medical City Plano — MedSurg, C2 Medical Oncology
• Medical City Dallas — MedSurg, Neuroscience
• Medical City Plano — MedSurg, Surgical Oncology
• Rapides Regional Medical Center — MedSurg, 3A Heart & Vascular Unit
• Medical City Heart & Spine Hospitals — MedSurg, Telemetry
• Rapides Regional Medical Center — NICU, NICU
• Medical City Denton — Progressive Care Unit, Heart and Vascular Unit
• Medical City Weatherford — Perinatal, Labor and Delivery
• Medical City Weatherford — Perinatal, Postpartum
• Medical City Dallas — SS-PostOp, PACU
• Medical City Heart & Spine Hospitals — SS-PreOp, Pre-Operative Department
• Medical City Heart & Spine Hospitals — SS-IntraOp, Operating Room

Honorable Mention:

• Medical City Lewisville — Emergency Services, Emergency Department
• Medical City Alliance — Emergency Services, Emergency Department
• Medical City Las Colinas — Emergency Services, Emergency Department
• Medical City Alliance — FSED, Medical City ER Saginaw
• Medical City Plano — Critical Care, Neuro Intensive Care Unit
• Medical City Lewisville — Inpatient Rehab, Inpatient Rehab
• Medical City Dallas — MedSurg, 8EW Orthopedics
• Medical City Frisco — NICU, NICU
• Medical City Alliance — NICU, NICU
• Medical City Plano — PCU, Intensive Care Unit Stepdown
• Medical City Alliance — PCU, PCU
• Medical City Heart & Spine Hospitals — PCU, PCU
• Medical City Frisco — PCU, PCU
• Rapides Regional Medical Center — SS-PostOp, PACU
• Rapides Regional Medical Center — SS-IntraOp, Surgery
• Medical City McKinney — SS-IntraOp, Surgical Services
• Medical City Las Colinas — SS-IntraOp, Surgery

In a ceremony broadcast from HCA Healthcare’s Nashville headquarters on Tuesday, April 16, a total of 199 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.