Methodist Healthcare units recognized for nursing excellence
Methodist Healthcare today announced that several of its nursing units have earned the 2024 HCA Healthcare Unit of Distinction (UOD) Award(s), 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.
“True innovation happens at the bedside and the Unit of Distinction program celebrates the best of HCA Healthcare. Today we recognize and celebrate exemplary nursing units who raise the standard of nursing excellence,” said Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC, senior vice president and chief nurse executive of HCA Healthcare. “Thanks to all of the nurses who work each day to lead the way, delivering excellent care to patients and support to our community of nurses.”
Launched in 2015, the Unit of Distinction Awards are an essential component of HCA Healthcare’s strategic nursing plan. 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.
“Our nursing staff is nothing short of incredible. Their compassion, skill, and dedication to their profession shine though in the exceptional care they provide to our patients and community,” said Jane McCurley, division chief nursing executive for Methodist Healthcare. “Receiving these distinctions reflects the unwavering commitment our nurses show to advancing clinical education, excellence, and patient care.”
Unit of Distinction Recipients:
- Methodist Hospital | Hill Country, 2 North
- Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan, Neonatal Intensive Care
- Methodist Hospital | Metropolitan, Surgery
Unit of Distinction Honorable Mention:
- Methodist Hospital, Intermediate Cardiac Care Telemetry 9 Central
- Methodist Hospital | Landmark, Surgical Admissions
In a ceremony broadcast from HCA Healthcare’s headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 a total of 197 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.