The Texas Health Nursing Professional Practice Model is illustrated by four hands surrounding our central goal and process for professional care: patient and family centered care.

We achieve our goal by living our Texas Health Resources values of respect, integrity, compassion, and excellence.

We have adopted Duffy’s Quality Caring Model^© — which focuses on relationship-based care as essential — as our foundation. Relationship-based care keeps the patient feeling “cared for” and leads to positive outcomes.

We embrace teamwork, including diversity and inclusion. We communicate, collaborate and coordinate care for the patient and family using the Texas Health Error Prevention Tools.

Development of ourselves and our professional practices through learning is essential to align our practices with the best evidence and continued improvement. Texas Health Resources provides for career advancement through policies and programs such as the Nursing Care Advancement Program, funding for specialty certification and tuition reimbursement.

Each nurse’s voice is essential in our professional practice at Texas Health Resources. We have a shared governance model that provides for shared decision-making and allows for shared leadership.