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South Nassau Communities Hospital has been awarded the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Magnet recognition. South Nassau is one of just 401 healthcare organizations out of the nearly 6,000 in the United States to earn the prestigious recognition. Magnet recognition is the highest award a hospital can receive for outstanding nurs - ing services, by creating an environment that attracts and rewards outstanding nurses. Magnet recognition joins a multitude of honors for quality and safety earned by South Nassau in the past year including: The Joint Commission Top Performer; American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award; American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award; HomeCare Elite listing South Nassau's Home Care as one of the top home healthcare providers in the United States (for the eighth consecutive year); and Becker's Hospital Review list of 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare (for the third consecutive year). Nurses, staff and administrators at South Nassau Communities Hospital held a grand welcoming reception for officials of the American Nurses Credentialing Center who were dispatched to the hospital to conduct the on-site survey. Huntington Hospital, a member of the North Shore-LIJ Health System, has become the first hospital on Long Island to be designated a Magnet hospital for the third consecutive time by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC's) Magnet Recognition Program for excellence in nursing services. The consecutive designations put Huntington among an elite class of hospitals in the United States. Only 86 of the nation's 5,724 hospitals have attained Magnet sta - tus three times or more, and only 401 organizations are currently Magnet-accredited. According to the ANCC, the leading nursing credentialing organiza- tion in the United States, Magnet designation is widely accepted as the gold standard of patient care. The Magnet Recognition Program recognizes excellence and professionalism in nursing, which results in enhanced quality of care and patient safety. Applicants undergo an ex - tensive evaluation, and members granted Magnet status must continue to meet rigorous standards. Suffolk County PulsePoint App has been implemented in Suffolk County. The new service, funded through federal grants, is the first municipal phone application on the East Coast that empowers CPR-trained residents to provide lifesaving assistance to those in cardiac arrest. Hundreds of residents and emergency management personnel signed up in the first 24 hours. County Executive Steven Bellone asks all CPR-trained residents to download the application, sign up for the service and join those who are already users of this lifesaving service. At the New York State Kiwanis District Convention in Albany, the Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) Kiwanis Club was honored as a Distinguished Club for its continued efforts in making a differ - ence in the lives of the NUMC Community. It also received the Total Achievement Award Coral Division for the many community service projects that have been accomplished for the benefit of patients of the NUMC Community. Some of the projects include the Annual Eggstravaganza, Kids to Kamp Kiwanis, Adopt an Angel Program, NEWS M D N E W S . CO M ■ MD NEWS Long Island | 2 9