Mary Greeley Medical-Surgical Unit Recognized for Quality & Safety

Mary Greeley Medical Center’s Medical-Surgical unit has received the prestigious AMSN PRISM Award, which recognizes exceptional nursing practice, leadership, and outcomes in hospital medical-surgical units.

The award, which stands for “Premier Recognition In the Specialty of Med-Surg,” is the first of its kind honoring med-surg nursing units in the United States and internationally. It is co-sponsored by the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) and the Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board (MSNCB). The award is given to outstanding acute care/med-surg units or adult/pediatric units classified as med-surg.

Mary Greeley is the only hospital in Iowa to have received the AMSN PRISM Award.

“Med-Surg is one of our busiest units and it has outstanding patient safety and satisfaction ratings,” said Amber Deardorff, president and CEO of Mary Greeley. “Our Med-Surg nurses take excellent care of patients who have had surgical procedures, helping them heal and get back home in a safe and timely manner. It’s exciting and incredibly meaningful for our nursing staff and medical staff to receive this level of recognition.”

Hoping to inspire nurses to strive for the highest levels of patient safety and quality, AMSN and MSNCB launched the award in October 2012. The award recognizes units that exhibit:

• Effective leadership
• Recruitment and retention of competent staff members
• Evidence-based practice
• Positive patient outcomes
• A healthy practice environment
• Lifelong learning of unit staff members

There are more than 600,000 medical-surgical nurses practicing in the United States today, making them the single largest group of specialty nurses working in hospital settings, according to AMSN.