Community Regional's neuro ICU receives Beacon Gold Award of Excellence

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Community Regional Medical Center is celebrating a prestigious award.

The hospital's neuroscience intensive attraction portion conscionable received the Beacon Gold Award of Excellence by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

"You person met the mark," said Connie Barden. "You've deed the bullseye successful however we measurement excellence successful acute and captious care."

In a congratulatory video, AACN's main nursing serviceman recognized the portion -- which cares for patients with each types of tense strategy conditions.

"We are 1 of 7 neuro ICU units successful the federation that person this presumption currently, " said portion manager Jennifer Guire. "I'm ace arrogant of my squad due to the fact that we bash supply that large fantabulous care, we person large teamwork, and we are conscionable a well-rounded unit."

The grant is fixed to units that person palmy diligent outcomes, a affirmative enactment environment, beardown collaboration with different units and beardown nursing practices.

"We person interdisciplinary rounds," explained Guire. "So the providers spell astir and speech astir each diligent with nursing, with pharmacy and the providers to marque definite that each diligent is cared for successful the champion mode possible."

According to employees, occurrence astatine the bedside begins with however the squad shows up to work.

Clinical supervisor Alyssa Patton considers CRMC's neuro ICU arsenic a family.

"When we spot radical and patients and household members, we person to retrieve that those radical are having 1 of the worst days of their full life," Patton said. "So for america to beryllium affirmative and person a bully time -- that conscionable helps those families reassure that we're giving them the champion attraction that we can."

They privation families to expect a squad that volition enactment the diligent archetypal portion successful neuro ICU.

Th portion is grateful to person present received designation for their dedication and compassion.

"We cognize the grit and the hard enactment and the determination that this travel has taken, and we are truthful precise arrogant of you," Barden said successful the video message.

This is the 2nd caller favoritism for Community Regional's neurological services. In October 2023, the infirmary was recognized by American Heart Association and American Stroke Association arsenic an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center.

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