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Nursing at Texas Children's Hospital
Texas
Children's Center for Clinical Research received The Society of
Pediatric Nurses Excellence in Clinical Scholarship Award for
demonstrating the consistent application of scholarship in clinical
practice. The center supports Texas Children’s Nursing department by
performing literature reviews to ensure its policies are
evidence-based.
Four outstanding Texas Children’s
registered nurses (RNs) have been named among the 10 best nurses in
the Houston area by the Houston Chronicle. Patients, patient
families and peers nominate the nurses for the award. The nurses
honored are Darylin Adams, General
Clinical Research Center; Tammy Davenport, Neonatal
Intensive Care unit; Kimbereley Edwards, General
Medicine/Transplant; and MaryAnn Kiss, Progressive Care
unit. (more)
The
Clinical Practice Council, compromised of nurses from units within
Texas Children's who
identify and collaborate on practice issues to improve
patient-care outcomes, received The Society of Pediatric Nurses
Excellence in Clinical Practice Award for making a significant
contribution to the care of children and families.
Eufemia Jacob, Ph.D., a post-doctoral
nursing fellow in Texas Children's Cancer Center®
received a K23 Research Award from the National Institutes of
Health/National Institute of Nursing Research. This highly
competitive award provides funding for her three year study,
"Response to Morphine in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia."
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In January 2003, Texas Children's
Hospital received national
Magnet Recognition, one of the highest honors in nursing. The
hospital is re-evaluated every four years to ensure quality.
Sixty-seven
hospitals have achieved Magnet status nationwide, and only three are
freestanding children's hospitals.
Texas Children's employs more than
1,000 nurses in more than 42 pediatric subspecialties, including
neonatology, cardiology, surgery and cancer.
The Magnet
designation is administrated by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center (ANCC), the largest nursing accrediting and
credentialing organization in the United States.
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