Vacaville 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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In 2025, we celebrate the commitment of our nurses to excellence in patient care. Our focus has been on strengthening the foundation of nursing through education, training, and continuous professional development. By investing in these core principles, we ensure that every patient receives safe, compassionate, and high-quality care.
We are proud of the incredible accomplishments achieved this year:
• Certification Level 2 Geriatric Emergency Department by the American College of Emergency Physicians, enhancing care for our most vulnerable patients.
• Partnerships with community mass casualty events, demonstrating our readiness and leadership in emergency preparedness.
• Our Emergency Department winning the Team DAISY Award, a testament to their extraordinary teamwork and compassionate care.
To our nurses: thank you for leading the way. Your dedication, resilience, and leadership have been the driving force behind our success. Whether in direct patient care, in education and safety fairs, or in innovation towards Magnet, you embody the values that make nursing a cornerstone of healthcare.
Together, we reaffirm our commitment to excellence and to the communities we serve. Here’s to another year of learning, growing, and delivering care that truly makes a difference.
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Transformational Leadership
Fostering a culture of innovation and adaptability to evolve the way we provide care.
Empowering safer choices among teen drivers
Nurse-led Impact Teen Drivers empowers youth to make safe choices, preventing crashes and saving lives.
Cultivating resilient micro-practices for interdisciplinary leaders through our daily safety briefing
Brief practices, lasting impact: caring science strengthens leadership resilience.
Kaiser Permanente Vacaville expands ER with state‑of‑the‑art trauma rooms
Vacaville Emergency Department grows stronger: 12 new beds, remodeled trauma rooms, faster lifesaving care for the community.
Celebrating our Vacaville 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.
Recognized for excellence
The Vacaville 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.
Vacaville 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 Vacaville 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.
Nursing professional governance at Vacaville Medical Center
Nurses are leading projects that elevate nursing standards of care.
Exemplary Professional Practice
Utilizing evidence to deliver care that aligns with Kaiser Permanente’s mission and vision, and our nursing Professional Practice Model.
Journey to excellence: Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center’s stroke program sets a new standard
Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center’s Stroke Unit drives AHA-guided excellence, improving safety, communication, and recovery.
Caring Calling Cards for Continuity of Care
Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center launches Caring Calling Cards, fostering personalized patient connections and continuity of care.
Vacaville teams participate in mass casualty exercises
Northern Solano MCI drill unites Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center, Vaca Valley, EMS & partners to strengthen disaster readiness.
Trauma video review program
Trauma Video Review aims to enhance teamwork, clarify roles, and strengthen patient safety in trauma care.
Sepsis awareness at Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center: A magical roving cart campaign
Sepsis Awareness Campaign engages staff with innovative education, reinforcing best practices and patient safety.
Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center Community Health Fair
Community Health Fair draws over 500 community members with nurse-led education, screenings, and overdose prevention resources.
Trauma trivia night
Nurse-led Trauma Trivia Night fosters interdisciplinary learning, sharpening skills and strengthening trauma readiness.
Kaiser Permanente First Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Reunion Celebration
From Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to new beginnings, families reunited with care teams to celebrate resilience, hope, and miracles.
New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvements
Continually evolving to advance patient care rooted in evidenced-based practice, research, and innovation.
Pediatric Emergence Delirium after surgery
Vacaville PACU secures American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nursing grant to study pediatric emergence delirium, enhancing child recovery.
Psychiatric Advanced Directives rolls out in emergency department
Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center and Solano partners evaluate PAD use in EDs, driving continuity for behavioral health patients.
Interdisciplinary research: Nursing, trauma, and behavioral health
Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center staff extend compassionate outreach to trauma patients, fostering healing and support.
Empirical Quality Outcomes
Demonstrating the impact Kaiser Permanente nurses are making in the lives of our members, patients, and communities we serve.
Collaboration in action: Vacaville’s discharge success story
Vacaville Medical Center Innovates Patient-Centered Discharge Planning.
Reducing GI procedure cancellations
Health literacy and interactive communication drive compliance, streamline care, and elevate patient experience.
Rise and Dine Challenge: A step towards reducing Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP)
Rise and Dine Challenge engages patients in mobility and meals, reducing hospital-acquired pneumonia risk.
Empowered voices, inspired leaders: The NSA story of connection
A transformative shift in leadership culture was initiated by the Chief Nurse Executive.