Therapy dogs go back to work lifting patients’ spirits during stressful time
Some of Texas Children’s most beloved employees are back in the office! Members of Texas Children’s Pawsitive Play program started seeing patients again last week prompting some much-needed laughter,...
View ArticleVoice of Nursing blog: Being an advocate for change
Joni Justice shares her experience participating in last month’s peaceful protest on racial injustice and how each of us can be a catalyst for change in promoting racial equality, unity and respect in...
View ArticleGrant money available for COVID-19 related, other critical need projects
Calling all innovators! The Southwest National Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium (SWPDC) needs your help in identifying pediatric device projects that support COVID-19 related and other critical...
View ArticleTexas Children’s touts effectiveness of face masks, social distancing to...
If you hop on social media these days – or even watch the news – it’s hard not to come across conflicting opinions regarding the effectiveness of wearing masks to protect ourselves from the spread of...
View ArticleWords of the Week: July 14, 2020
Unexpected kindness The following passage was written by Texas Children’s Chaplain James Denham. I listen to a podcast every week called “Kind World.” It is an amazing and encouraging podcast that...
View ArticleApplication Assistance Team offers support
Medicaid applications can be overwhelming and intimidating, but their difficulty doesn’t have to be a barrier to joining Texas Children’s Health Plan. Thanks to the health plan’s application assistance...
View ArticleCOVID-19 study, recruitment underway to assess emotional impact on children...
For many of us, 2020 has been an unprecedented year filled with numerous challenges. Since March, the COVID-19 global pandemic has disrupted our normal way of life. Many of us are working from home....
View ArticleChild Life eases stress, anxiety of pandemic for patients, families
The Child Life team at Texas Children’s has a pretty special job. Through a variety of educational and therapeutic interventions, they strive to alleviate stress and anxiety, while promoting positive...
View ArticleVoice of Nursing blog: Keeping children safe during COVID-19
While more children are spending their summer at home amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Kristen Beckworth, manager of Texas Children’s Center for Childhood Injury Prevention, shares important safety tips...
View ArticleHayes on The Health Plan: The Department of Pharmacy
Greetings, team. My highest hopes are that everyone is staying safe as we continue to live within a new world order. My last edition of Hayes on the Health Plan was published in April when life with...
View ArticleCare coordinators persevere through pandemic and social justice era
Care coordination at Texas Children’s – an already challenging job – has become that much more challenging as COVID-19 cases surge in the Houston area. But in true #oneamazingteam fashion, the team of...
View ArticleHeart Center ranked best in the nation for fourth straight year
Texas Children’s Heart Center has once again been named the best place in the country for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery in the U.S. News and World Report 2020-2021 Best Children’s Hospitals...
View ArticleRespite rooms provide a quiet place for frontline staff to relax, decompress
Heather Washington, a nurse in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) at Texas Children’s Lester and Sue Smith Legacy Tower, says one thing she enjoys most about being a nurse is seeing her patients...
View ArticleTexas Children’s group provides employees with educational tools about racism
As events continue to unfold around racial inequity in our community and across the country, Texas Children’s remains committed to supporting equality, justice, and respect, and The Black Lives Matter...
View ArticleSetting up your MyChart account for COVID-19 testing
Texas Children’s has transitioned the management of COVID-19 workforce testing to Epic which, through MyChart, allows employees to: Make COVID-19 testing appointments with Employee Health Receive...
View ArticleThe prescription calls for palliative care
So many teams at Texas Children’s have stepped up in remarkable ways since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The Section of Palliative Care (Pediatric Advanced Care Team) is no different. In fact, this...
View ArticleNurse develops novel approach to medical simulation for PIV, CVC and port...
If you ask Michael Pickett, a nurse practitioner in the Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia Section at Texas Children’s, what he enjoys most about his job, he’ll be quick to say – his passion for...
View ArticleSupply Chain maintains strong supply of PPE to support patient care during...
Since March 6, Texas Children’s Supply Chain Team has worked hard to ensure the organization has enough supplies to care for our patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, four months later, Texas...
View ArticleQuestions for parents to consider as schools reopen
As we near the end of summer and schools share their plans for reopening, there are, undoubtedly, many questions parents and caregivers have due to COVID-19’s impact on our communities. There are...
View ArticleVoice of Nursing blog: Shoring up supplies to meet patient care needs
Diana Lopez shares her role as a clinical product evaluation coordinator in Supply Chain, and how she and her team collaborate to ensure the organization has adequate supplies to support daily...
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