National Nurses Week 2023
May 6 – 12 is National Nurses Week, a time to celebrate the nurses who advance the health and safety of our communities. Every year, National Nurses Week takes place during the week of Florence Nightingale’s [...]
Essential Nurse Workforce Funding Legislation Passes Texas Senate
SB 2059 provides funding for clinical site training programs. Senate Bill 2059, by Sen. Juan Hinojosa, passed the Senate after being voted out of the Senate Education Committee on April 19. The bill provides for [...]
Essential Nurse Workforce Funding Legislation Has First House Committee Hearing
THOT-supported House Bill 3930 adds grant funding for nursing education and training programs. HB 3930, authored by Reps. John Bryant and Donna Howard, adds critical funding that will augment the state’s health care workforce strategy to [...]
Vital Nurse Workforce Legislation Passes Senate Committee
SB 2059 provides funding for clinical site training programs. Senate Bill 2059, by Sen. Juan Hinojosa, was voted out of the Senate Education Committee yesterday after being voted out of the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education [...]
Austin CBS News Affiliate Covers Nurse Workforce Challenges and Proposed Legislative Solutions
Recent reporting from CBS Austin takes a deep dive into Texas’ nursing shortage and THOT-supported legislation to help address it. Senate Bill 2059, by Sen. Juan Hinojosa, was reported favorably to the Senate Committee on Education [...]
Essential Nurse Workforce Funding Legislation Has Senate Subcommittee Hearing
THOT-supported SB 2059 adds grant funding for nursing education and training programs. This critical funding will augment the state’s health care workforce strategy to train and retain more nurses through clinical training and innovation opportunities. [...]
Parkland Health Hits the Road to Increase Access to Vaccines
Parkland Health debuts a new mobile immunization clinic to increase vaccination rates among children in Dallas County. The mobile clinic’s providers will immunize patients in Dallas County schools and other rotating sites four to six [...]
Solving the Nurse Workforce Shortage in Midland
An op-ed published in the March 29 Midland Reporter-Telegram highlighted two priority bills filed during the current Texas legislative session that could have a significant impact on the nursing shortage. The op-ed by Midland Memorial [...]
Celebrating Doctors’ Day 2023
March 30 is Doctors’ Day, a day to celebrate and appreciate all our incredible physicians. Doctors’ Day is an opportunity to acknowledge and thank our physicians who care for our communities in our hospitals and clinics [...]
THOT Supported Hospital at Home Legislation Advances
Essential legislation to maintain innovative hospital at home programs in Texas is advancing through the Texas Legislature. House Bill 1890, by Rep. Jacey Jetton, was reported favorably the House Public Health Committee on March 27. [...]