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Grand Strand Medical Center Receives 2025 Lantern Award for Excellence in Patient Care and Staff Well-being

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Grand Strand Medical Center's emergency department has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Award, recognizing exceptional leadership, practice, education, and advocacy that resulted in improved patient care and staff well-being. The hospital is the only one in Horry County and one of five in the state to receive this honor, out of fewer than 100 selected emergency departments nationwide. The emergency department implemented a new care model in 2023, emphasizing direct bedding, cohort-based placement, and private spaces for evaluations, resulting in improved patient care and operational efficiency.

Key Takeaways:

  • Grand Strand Medical Center's emergency department received the 2025 Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Award, which recognizes exceptional care and leadership.
  • The hospital is the only one in Horry County and one of only five in the state to receive this prestigious honor, out of fewer than 100 selected emergency departments nationwide.
  • The emergency department implemented a new care model in 2023, which resulted in faster arrival-to-bed times, fewer walkouts, and shorter lengths of stay.
  • Frontline nurses played a key role in the model's success, using their insights to drive innovation, improve communication, and enhance departmental culture.
  • The new care model emphasized direct bedding, cohort-based placement, team triage, and private spaces for evaluations.
  • The recognition is a result of the extraordinary work happening in the emergency department every day, demonstrating excellence in practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation.
  • The Lantern Award recipients will be recognized in upcoming ENA publications, on the ENA website, and during Emergency Nursing 2025, the association's annual conference in New Orleans, Sept. 17-20.

Statistics:

  • The emergency department is the only one in Horry County and one of five in the state to receive the 2025 Lantern Award.
  • Fewer than 100 emergency departments were selected this year for the Lantern Award.
  • The new care model resulted in:

+ Faster arrival-to-bed times

+ Fewer walkouts

+ Shorter lengths of stay

  • Grand Strand Medical Center will be recognized in upcoming ENA publications, on the ENA website, and during Emergency Nursing 2025.

Sources:

  • Grand Strand Medical Center
  • Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
  • ENA website: ENA.org

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