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  3. Outstanding Area of the Month for October 2025

Outstanding Area of the Month for October 2025

E6 - High Risk Perinatal Unit, Outstanding Area of the Month for October 2025

Congratulations! E6 – High Risk Perinatal Unit, Outstanding Area of the Month for October 2025

Based on the clinical indicators below, your unit has been awarded Outstanding Area of the Month for October!!!

Data Used to Determine Winner: July 1, 2016 to August 31, 2025
Category RankData
Unexpected Complications in Term Newborns 48.13 per 1000 live births (exceeded benchmark)
Early Elective Deliveries Early Elective Deliveries – 0% (met benchmark) 
Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding42.63% (Increased)
Maternal Mortality 0 (31 months)
PSI 90 0 (24 months)
Falls with Injury 59 days since last Falls with Injury
Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) 3349 days since last HAPI (when tracking began)

As Outstanding Area of the Month, you will receive the following benefits:

  1. The announcement in the Nurse Recruitment Display and digital bulletin boards throughout campus.
  2. Recognition display in your area.
  3. $5 Care Coin Rewards for each employee.

(CSM, please contact Shanna Rolen at 686-6217 or RolenShannaD@uams.edu in Patient Family Centered Care to obtain $5 Care Coin Rewards for each employee! The employee is defined as FTE included on unit/clinic budget.)


My stay was very good and every staff I had were the best

All the staff involved in my care were exceptional and we felt very good about the quality of all the doctors and nurses we interacted with.

Wonderful care from the nursing team during our stay! Gwen and Tiffany were especially kind and helpful during my stay.

Very good, everyone was extremely nice and very good at their jobs

Both the night shift and day shift nurses and techs were wonderful

Patient comments.

Posted by Jean Prince on September 11, 2025

Filed Under: Outstanding Area of the Month

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