Santa Clara Medical Center
Extraordinary nursing care.
Every patient. Every time.
We are recognized as a top hospital in our community and honored for quality, patient safety and advanced medical care by industry and media organizations.
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I’m pleased to share the Santa Clara Medical Center 2025 Annual Nursing Report, highlighting key achievements. This year, we exceeded national benchmarks in quality and patient experience, advanced professional practice, and earned national recognition.
These accomplishments reflect the dedication of our nurses and clinicians, whose work is essential to our mission. We are grateful for their contributions and remain confident in our continued growth and success in 2026 and beyond.
KP NCAL Magnet Dashboard
Transformational Leadership
Fostering a culture of innovation and adaptability to evolve the way we provide care.
CVICU earns Gold Beacon Award for Excellence
Leadership advocacy + nurse dedication made excellence possible
Celebrating our Santa Clara Medical Center nurses
Through our awards programs, we recognize nurses and care partners who exemplify excellence and provide high-quality, compassionate care to our members and patients.
Improving Stroke Care Delivery
Santa Clara Endovascular Stroke Treatment Performance Improvement & Timing Project
Nurses and leaders tackle HAPI with smart tech
KP Santa Clara CVICU & ICU deploy Wellsense Vu to fight pressure injuries—marking a major win in patient safety innovation.
Recognized for excellence
The Santa Clara Medical Center received several awards and accolades.
Structural Empowerment
Empowering nurses to actively contribute their ideas and suggestions to help achieve organizational goals and enhance health outcomes effectively.
Partnering for Stroke Prevention
ICU and Department 135 team up to bring stroke education, hot meals, and essentials to Santa Clara’s homeless community
Santa Clara Medical Center nurses soar to new heights in their practice
Kaiser Permanente nurses demonstrated their commitment to creating and sustaining a culture of excellence by advancing their professional practice through earning advanced degrees, moving to the next level of the clinical ladder, obtaining national board certification, and graduating from the nurse residency program.
Supporting the future of Santa Clara Medical Center nursing
Mentoring is a hallmark of professional practice and transformational leadership that inspires, empowers, and develops leaders at all levels of nursing. Several nurse leaders supported the future of nursing by serving as a mentor to nurses new to their practice.
Reducing NTSV cesarean rates through evidence-based training
KP Santa Clara’s L&D team embraced Spinning Babies® techniques to promote safe, natural births and evidence-based
Nursing professional governance at Santa Clara Medical Center
Santa Clara’s Voice of Nursing Professional Governance
Santa Clara nurses take “Moving the Needle” international
Santa Clara PPACU nurses take ‘Moving the Needle’ global — sharing vaccine access innovation at ICPAN Dublin!
Exemplary Professional Practice
Utilizing evidence to deliver care that aligns with Kaiser Permanente’s mission and vision, and our nursing Professional Practice Model.
Emergency excellence in Geriatric Care
In life’s most critical moments, KP Santa Clara ED chooses what matters most to our members
Bringing quality care and hope to Kenya
Santa Clara Quality Nurse Consultant brings much-needed medical supplies and hospital scrubs to those in need
New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvements
Continually evolving to advance patient care rooted in evidenced-based practice, research, and innovation.
Fill your cup first
ICU Clinical Nurse Jaswinder Kaur, BSN, RN, CCRN presents Re-Brilliancy Study findings during KP Santa Clara’s Quarterly Town Hall
Empirical Quality Outcomes
Demonstrating the impact Kaiser Permanente nurses are making in the lives of our members, patients, and communities we serve.
Targeted education and visual cues drive down RN assault injury rates
Workplace safety wins! Dept. 135 Telemetry sees fewer RN assault injuries after education and visual cue rollout.
Reducing CAUTI in telemetry through urine vacutainer system and nursing practice change
The telemetry division at KP Santa Clara adopts a new urine collection system to reduce CAUTI and improve patient outcomes