Best and Worst Hospitals for Nursing Care
Each year U.S. News & World Report releases "America's Best Hospitals" rankings which is a listing of top hospitals in the United States. One category in the report is nursing care. Patients filling out the survey are asked how often their nurses were courteous, listened carefully and gave clear explanation. The hospitals ranked highest for nursing for the year ending December 2008 are:
Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, KS
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Methodist Medical Center of Illinois, Peoria, IL
Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, CO
University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, IL
Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
To see the other top hospitals for nursing care and those hospitals ranked as worst, continue here.
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