{"id":283879,"date":"2026-07-01T18:24:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/283879\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T18:24:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:24:58","slug":"nicu-honored-with-gold-beacon-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/283879\/","title":{"rendered":"NICU Honored With Gold Beacon Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/2026-07-01\/2p1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204545\" class=\"wp-image-204545 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2p1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a0\" width=\"300\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-204545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at NYC Health + Hospitals\/Queens has been honored with the prestigious Gold Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). This award recognizes the unit\u2019s commit\u00adment to fostering a healthy work environment, delivering outstanding patient care, and implementing effective systems for optimal outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>The NICU achieved an impressive score of 85, significantly above the median score of 64 for all applicants in 2025, underscoring the unit\u2019s focus on excellence in care. The award reflects the NICU\u2019s adherence to AACN\u2019s six standards for a healthy work envi\u00adronment, which emphasize communication, collaboration, and evidence-based practices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReceiving the AACN\u2019s Gold Beacon Award is a testament to the exceptional team\u00adwork and dedication of our NICU nurses, physicians, and staff,\u201d said Neil J. Moore, MBA, MPA, FACHE, CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals\/Queens. \u201cThis achievement high\u00adlights our commitment to providing high-quality care and support to the families we serve.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at NYC Health + Hospitals\/Queens has been honored with the prestigious&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-283879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}