Advocate Lutheran General Adult Emergency Department

Park Ridge, Illinois

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital’s adult ED is a 41-bed department, which saw more than 63,000 visits in 2023. It is a Level I Trauma Center, a comprehensive stroke center, and a sexual assault treatment center for adults and adolescents. The ED team is proud to have played an integral part in the hospital achieving a fifth Magnet designation from ANCC in May 2023.

The team is honored and humbled to receive a Lantern Award this year that recognizes the hard re-build work the entire department has accomplished in this post-pandemic environment. The adult ED has shown not only resilience but also innovation and true grit in redefining the delivery of emergency care. The outcomes in nursing turnover, nursing engagement, improved throughput, and workplace safety are just a few of the measures of the department’s success. Achieving these outcomes, even in the face of high volume, high acuity and complexity of patients and high inpatient boarding is a testament to the strength and determination of the adult emergency department staff to have a positive impact on the community it serves.