Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital has received its re-designation as a Maternal Level III facility by the Texas Department of State Health Services, a recognition that places the Harris Health System hospital among 44 similarly designated facilities for their high quality of care and service for new mothers and newborns. The hospital already is a Level III Neonatal Care designated facility, meaning its staff are experts in taking care of the tiniest patients. LBJ […]
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Harris Health System, Lone Star College Partner to Address Severe Nursing Shortage
Harris Health System has partnered with Lone Star College’s Nursing Program to help alleviate its staffing shortage, hiring student nurses as nurse technicians. The severe shortage of nurses has been evident during the COVID-19 pandemic, and its multiple surges. The educational partner program allows first- and second-year nursing students at the college to get jobs at Harris Health’s Ben Taub and Lyndon B. Johnson hospitals. The nursing students joined Harris Health in September as nurse […]
Harris Health System’s LBJ Hospital Earns More National Nursing Recognition
Harris Health System’s Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital has earned its re-designation as a Pathway to Excellence® hospital, its second national nursing recognition in less than a month. It comes on the heels of LBJ Hospital achieving Magnet recognition in September, the acknowledged gold standard for nursing excellence. Both recognitions are given by the American Nurses Credentialing Center to hospitals that promote high-quality patient outcomes through a robust nursing program that works in coordination and collaboration with […]