Nurses

HCA Houston Southeast values recognition for our exceptional nurses. Our nurses are a part of the International DAISY Award Program that honors exceptional nurses, each monthly recognition is highlighted on our DAISY Award Wall of Honor.

HCA Houston Southeast recognizes certification as a central responsibility to the practice of professional nursing. We proudly recognize our certified colleagues in Campus Connection, where we highlight their departments and the certifications they have earned. Each year, our certified nurses are also invited to a special Certified Nurses Day celebration. These are just a few of the ways we honor and celebrate the achievements of our dedicated nurses.

Our professional practice model* (PPM) is the conceptual framework for our nurses, nursing care, and interprofessional patient care. It is a schematic description that depicts how our nurses' practice, collaborate, communicate, and develop professionally to provide the highest-quality care to our patients.

The PPM illustrates the alignment and integration of nursing practice with the mission, vision, values, and philosophy that nursing has adopted. Our care delivery system is integrated within our PPM and promotes continuous, consistent, efficient, and accountable delivery of nursing care.

What does our model mean?

The Outer Circle includes Quality Outcomes, Evidenced-Based, Collaboration, Shared Governance and Professional Development.

• Quality Outcomes – Nurses practice at every level of healthcare operation to improve patient outcomes in all areas of care.
• Evidence-Based – Nurses participate in innovative practices as well as using a problem-solving approach to clinical decision-making within our health care organization that integrates the best available scientific evidence to guide their practice
• Collaboration – Nurses have interprofessional collaborative partnerships with all members of the healthcare team. This collaboration results in open and objective information sharing, delivery of care and evaluation of outcomes for each patient.
• Shared Governance – Nurses have the ability to share information and promote practices to increase structural empowerment, exemplary professional practice, transformational leadership, and knowledge and innovation.
• Professional Development – Nurses seek professional development to enhance their professional practice. HCA Houston Healthcare recognizes and rewards nurses for their professional contributions to advancing their practice and profession in their nursing practice.

The Inner Circle which includes Holistic, Commitment, Integrity, and Compassion all reflect the nursing attributes that promote a healthy clinical environment where each colleague is respected.

• Holistic – When caring for colleagues and patients, nurses treat the whole person, taking into account the body, mind, spirit, culture, socioeconomic background, and environment.
• Commitment – Nurses are dedicated to provide optimal patient care and enhance the nursing profession.
• Integrity – Nurses are honest, have strong moral principles and possess moral uprightness that is reflected in their patient care.
• Compassion – Nurses are empathetic and show genuine concern for others.

The Diamond Plus – As a diamond represents lifelong commitment, faithfulness and is a symbol of a promise; the nurses of HCA Healthcare and the care they give represent this same commitment to their patients. The diamond in the center represents the patients and their families that we serve.

Through our Professional Practice Model, we create and sustain a culture of quality and care that continually reflects that “Above all else we are committed to the care and improvement of human life”.