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Passing it on
Yolanda Contreras is not only an experience and invaluable caregiver, she has risen through the ranks to serve as the Intensive Care Unit Clinical Mentor at JPS. The student has become the teacher.
We’re Not Making This Up: Artist To Become Nurse
Emily Pooladsanj has spent the past decade as a make-up artist in the businesses of creating “wounds” for 1980s style slasher films. In a plot twist worthy of the silver screen, however, she hopes to soon be mending real injuries in the role of a nurse.
“He’s Not Going to Die Today”
It began like a normal workday for Alex Ramsaier. In August 2019, he was operating an 8,000-pound rock saw at a quarry in Abilene when, in the blink of an eye, the giant machine suddenly turned over and rolled across the lower part of his body.
JPS Earns High Marks in Leapfrog Hospital Safety Rankings
JPS Health Network is one of only a few purely public safety net hospitals across the country – and the only one of its kind in Texas – to receive a B grade in the newly-released Leapfrog Group Spring 2021 Hospital survey.
JPS Puts Dancer Back in the Spotlight
From the moment she arrived in the JPS Health Network trauma bay with a shattered pelvis and a badly broken ankle, orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Eric Barcak was determined not to let those injuries shatter the dreams of a young professional dancer.
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