Learn about progress on health equity and anti-racism efforts in Seattle Children’s second quarterly report.
Learn about the experience and expertise of Seattle Children’s incredible nursing team.
The pandemic prompted teams across Seattle Children’s to adapt and innovate to continue safely treating patients amid a new virus. Learn how Seattle Children’s nurses helped grow a COVID-19 testing coordination project and are keeping the community safe through vaccinations.
Nurses make up the largest portion of Seattle Children’s workforce and are an important part of the organization’s Health Equity and Anti-Racism Action Plan. Discover how nurses from across Seattle Children’s are working to make care delivery and the work environment more equitable.
During the pandemic, teams across Seattle Children’s took on projects to improve interpreter offerings for patients and families, which had primarily transitioned to a virtual format. For patients and care teams in critical and acute care units at the hospital, even implementing small signs can make a big difference.
From connecting mothers who may be struggling with resources to help, to implementing suicide screening, to creating new ways to serve Seattle Children’s Sleep Medicine patients, learn about some of our nurses’ innovative and caring approaches to mental and behavioral health care.
Advanced practice providers have a unique role and increasingly prevalent presence at Seattle Children’s. Learn how an innovative new leadership structure is serving as the basis to propel the roles’ growth and improve patient care and team collaboration.
During 2021, Seattle Children’s experienced unprecedent patient volume trends. The influx of patients in the Emergency Department and Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit have been especially significant, leading to efforts to better predict patient flow, improve the patient discharge process and onboard new nurses.