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HCA Houston Healthcare’s gift sparks new nursing opportunities
At HCA Healthcare, investing in nurses and the people they care for is paramount to what we do and who we are. There is no one closer to the patient than our nurses – all 94,000 of them. Recognizing the positive impact that nurses have on the lives of others, we have invested in a…
Stop the Bleed: What HCA Healthcare wants you to know in a bleeding emergency
A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss within five minutes. And, in just one hour, you can learn the basic skills needed to treat a life-threatening bleeding injury. 20 percent of people who have died from traumatic injuries could’ve survived with quick bleeding control. Developed in the wake of rising mass casualty…
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HCA Heroes: labor & delivery nurse helps others create families – in more ways than one.
Lisa Jones, a gestational surrogate-turned-labor and delivery nurse at HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, has dedicated her life to helping others build their families. Good Morning America dubbed her as the “incredible nurse” who “births babies for those who can’t and delivers them for those who can.” “For a good bit of time, I was…
Power of Partnership: HCA Healthcare and the March of Dimes
Nearly half a million babies (10-15%) born in the United States require care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). And when your baby is in the NICU, each minute can feel like a lifetime. It’s easy for parents to feel helpless, but at HCA Healthcare, we partner with our NICU families to aid in…
8 things every woman needs to know about her fertility
There are few things more heartbreaking than trying to conceive and can’t. However, fertility is not always in our control. An estimated 7.3 million Americans, or 12 percent of the population in their reproductive years, are infertile, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To make the challenge of conceiving more complicated,…
What parents need to know about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Influenza (flu) season is in full swing across the country, with 19 states reporting a high-level of flu-like-activity. Unfortunately, that’s not the only virus on the rise this time of year. It’s also the peak period for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV – a condition that affects mostly children and can be quite serious. HCA…