EL PASO CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CORPORATION

The hospital operates with a strong commitment to excellent patient outcomes, inclusive leadership, and innovative pediatric research and education. A supporting Foundation promotes health equity, wellness, and quality of life for all children through philanthropy, community education, capacity building, and patient care services. Nurses at El Paso Children's Hospital are responsible for delivering patient care through the full nursing process—assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation—while directing and coordinating nursing care based on established clinical practice standards. The organization places significant emphasis on cultural diversity and developmental age-appropriate care within its family-centered approach, and nurses are expected to collaborate with other professional disciplines and contribute to performance improvement initiatives that demonstrate positive patient outcomes. The hospital maintains a formal Code of Conduct (adopted 02/2012, revised 07/2025) built around its HEART values, with established compliance programs covering EMTALA, patient confidentiality, False Claims Act adherence, and ethical decision-making frameworks.

Mission: To provide compassionate, coordinated, family-centered care for children with a dedicated commitment to excellent patient outcomes, inclusive leadership, and innovative pediatric research and education. Vision: To enhance the lives of children from the greater El Paso area and surrounding region by providing a place of hope and healing through unmatched excellence in pediatric patient care, research, and education. Core HEART Values: Healing Environment (fostering teamwork and shared decision-making through family-centered care and age-appropriate comfort measures), Excellence (continuous learning and improvement in quality, service, and leadership), Accountability (responsibility to patients, families, employees, and community), Respect, and Teamwork. The Foundation additionally emphasizes cultural responsiveness, diversity, empathy, innovation, integrity, transparency, community-focused collaboration, and data-driven decision-making.