1. Journey to the Beacon Award: The Georgetown University Hospital Perspective (Heath) 2. The Methodist Hospital: A Beacon of Critical Care Excellence (Lewis) 3. Award-Winning Critical Care at Baystate Medical Center (Scott) 4. The Road to Excellence: Magnet Designation, the Beacon Award, and Primary Care Nursing (Mondino) 5. Pediatric Critical Care (Verger) 6. Benchmarking in Community Hospital ICU's: Challenges, Indicators and Outcomes (Williams) 7. Transport of the Critically Ill (Day, Kunkel) 8. Patient Safety (Kerfoot) 9. Implementation of the Synergy Model (Kerfoot, Pacini) 10. Strategies for Success in the ACNP Role (Kleinpell) 11. The Role of the Critical Care Nurses in Public Policy (Long) 12. Strategies from Industry Leaders (Yeager) 13. Evidence-Based Practice in Critical Care (Cullen, Greiner)
