{"id":3189,"date":"2011-08-18T20:51:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T00:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/sicu-wins-beacon-award\/"},"modified":"2018-10-10T17:16:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T21:16:46","slug":"sicu-wins-beacon-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/sicu-wins-beacon-award\/","title":{"rendered":"SICU Wins Beacon Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --> <\/p>\n<p class='lead'>August 18, 2011 &#8211; Surgery Services is proud to announce that the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) received the Beacon Award for Excellence at the bronze level by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"plain\" id=\"parent-fieldname-text\">\n<p>Nurse Manager Christa Williams, along with CN IVs Darla Topley and Elizabeth Lemmon, led the effort with the SICU Beacon Champions (Rose Ann Bobak, Pam Choquette, Maureen Heck, Susan Jones, Elizabeth Lemmon, Robert Smailes and Bryan White).<\/p>\n<p>The award is specifically designated to recognize the nation\u2019s top pediatric, progressive, and adult critical care units across a multitude of hospitals. 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