Pediatric Nursing Excellence Award Recipients: 2025 Cycle 1

The following units applied and received Pediatric Nursing Excellence (PNE) Awards from the Society of Pediatric Nurses at the SPN 35th 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. 

2025 (Cycle 1): Recipients of the Pediatric Nursing Excellence Award

This level demonstrates a unit’s ability to provide the essential components of excellent pediatric care outlined within the Pediatric Nursing Excellence Model.

Pediatric Nursing Excellence Platinum Award Recipients

  • Nemours Children’s Hospital Florida – Medical Surgical Unit
  • Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s Hospital – Pediatric Acute Care Unit
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. 

Pediatric Nursing Excellence Sapphire Award 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
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.

Pediatric Nursing Excellence Diamond Award 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