Rhode Island Hospital is the
only hospital in the state to have three
units — the
pediatric intensive care unit, a medical - surgical unit, and the cardiothoracic intensive care unit — recognized with a Beacon Award for nursing excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nur
care unit, a medical - surgical
unit, and the cardiothoracic
intensive care unit — recognized with a Beacon Award for nursing excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nur
care unit — recognized with a Beacon Award for nursing excellence from the American Association of Critical
Care Nur
Care Nurses.
This 313 - bed institution — which includes more than 60
intensive care beds and the
only pediatric neuro -
intensive care and cardiac
intensive care units in the region — is one of the nation's first children's hospitals and the
only freestanding children's hospital between Philadelphia and Atlanta.