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Pediatric Nursing Excellence Award Recipients
The following units applied and received Pediatric Nursing Excellence (PNE) Awards from the Society of Pediatric Nurses presented at the SPN Annual Conference. These units support the delivery of high-quality, developmentally appropriate nursing care to pediatric patients and their families. Please join us in congratulating the following units who exemplify the standards of Pediatric Nursing Excellence.

Platinum Recipients
This level demonstrates a unit’s ability to provide the essential components of excellent pediatric care outlined within the Pediatric Nursing Excellence Model.
2025 Recipients
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s Surgical Neurosciences Unit
- Novant Health Hemby Children's Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital Roger and Debbie Clemens Unit
- Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital Children's Center North
- Shady Grove Adventist HealthCare 3D Inpatient Pediatric
2024 Recipients
- Nemours Children’s Hospital Florida – Medical Surgical Unit
- Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s Hospital – Pediatric Acute Care Unit

Sapphire Recipients
This level demonstrates a unit’s ability to build upon the essential components of excellent care and dive deeper into it with an increased focus on building values and continuous improvement.
2025 Recipients
- UC Davis Medical Center – Tower 6 Acute Care Pediatrics Unit
- Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center Day Surgery & PACU
2024 Recipients
- Cook Children’s Medical Center – 5 South Tower
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center – Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
- Children’s Mercy Kansas City – 5 Sutherland

Diamond Recipients
This level demonstrates a unit’s ability to provide exemplary pediatric nursing care by building off the first two levels and showcasing the unit in all 16 concepts of the Pediatric Nursing Excellence Model.
2025 Recipients
- Children's Hospital Colorado MedSurg Unit
- Primary Children's Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Advocate Children's Hospital Park Ridge General Pediatric Unit
- Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Novant Health Hemby Children's Hospital Pediatric Unit
- Children's of Mississippi Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Golisano Children's Hospital Unit 8 North
- Cook Children's Hospital Neuroscience and Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
- Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center NICU
- Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center Pediatric Emergency Department
- Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center Pediatric Medical Surgical Unit
2024 Recipients
- University of California, Los Angeles Health – 6 NW Pediatrics
- CHOC Children’s Hospital – Neuroscience Unit
- Children’s Mercy Kansas City – 6 Hall
- Boston Children’s Hospital – 7 Mandell Inpatient Medical Programs
- Boston Children’s Hospital – 9 East Inpatient Medical Programs
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