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Cook Children’s Medical Center and LifeGift : Senior Leadership Matters. Laurie Patterson RN Nurse Manager PICU Cook Children’s Medical Center. Cook Children’s Medical Center. 282 beds, 2430 employees 2136 patients served each month 2 Intensive Care Units:
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Cook Children’s Medical Center and LifeGift: Senior Leadership Matters Laurie Patterson RN Nurse Manager PICU Cook Children’s Medical Center
Cook Children’s Medical Center • 282 beds, 2430 employees • 2136 patients served each month • 2 Intensive Care Units: • 33 bed PICU (including Cardiac Intensive Care) • 54 bed NICU • Service area: Western half of Texas; referrals from 27 states last year. • Kidney transplant program
Cook Childrens Medical Center • Level 2 Trauma Center • 85,271 pediatric E.R. visits and trauma patients served last year • Helicopter and fixed wing transport
Senior Leadership Support • Senior leaders set the tone and the stage for donation within the hospital. • Set expectations for hospital performance (conversion rate) • Assume joint accountability with OPO for results • Maintain contact with OPO executive leadership • Provide the leadership to ensure best practices are implemented
Cook Childrens/LifeGift Collaboration • We respect the OPO’s mandate to maximize donation. • We jointly serve donor families and children awaiting transplantation. • Formed close relationships throughout many levels of the hospital and LifeGift: leadership, clinicians, public relations. • Actively involved in the board level of LifeGift.
Future for Cook Children’s Medical Center and Organ Donation • Our challenge is to: 1. Reach for our next benchmark: 90% conversion rate.