

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
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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
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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
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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
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