Nemours Children's Ranked Among the Very Best — Again

Awards and Recognition

Setting Higher Standards in Children's Health Care

Every parent wants the best for their child. At Nemours, our care teams work hard to provide excellent care for kids, and although we don’t do it for the recognition, people are noticing. Helping give kids the best chance of growing up healthy has earned us a place among the most respected pediatric health care systems in the nation. Here’s just a sampling of our accomplishments:

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US News & World Report

At Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida, we’re ranked by U.S. News & World Report as among the best children's hospitals in the nation in:

At Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware, we're also ranked as one of the best ten children’s hospitals in the Mid-Atlantic and among the best in:

Our Jacksonville, Florida pediatric affiliate, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, staffed by Nemours physicians, is ranked in:

MAGNET Recognition

Our nursing program was granted Magnet status by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®, an award that is considered proof of a hard-earned commitment to excellence in health care.

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The Lantern Award

Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware earned The Lantern Award from the Emergency Nurses Association for commitment to quality and innovation in emergency care.  

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Excellence in Children's Surgery

Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware was verified as a level 1 Children’s Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons Children’s Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program. Nemours Children’s is the only pediatric hospital in the Delaware Valley to achieve this prestigious designation, which recognizes surgery centers whose quality improvement programs have measurably improved surgical quality and have prevented complications, reduced costs and saved lives. Our surgical centers in Deptford and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware are all recognized with this distinction. Learn More About This Achievement.

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NCI Award

The Nemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders is one of only three designated pediatric National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Programs (NCORP) in the country. It was recognized as a fully integrated pediatric cancer network with excellence in clinical research, clinical care and quality improvement.

Telly Awards

Nemours KidsHealth.org, the No. 1 most-visited website devoted to children's health in the world, has won 6 Telly Awards for excellence in video communication in the last 2 years alone.

Commisson on Cancer

Nemours Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware has been re-accredited by the Commission on Cancer which is a quality program of the American College of Surgeons. This tremendous accreditation lists us next to some of the best cancer treatment and research centers in the United States, which has only 1% of hospitals listed as a pediatric institution for this accreditation.

Most Wired

We're named among the Most Wired hospitals and health systems in the annual Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.

NICE Accreditation

Nemours Children’s Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) received their second consecutive accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, an award recognizing our outstanding simulation program.

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