Thank you, Tina!
Please join us in celebrating Tina Hill! Tina started as a weekend volunteer at Children's Hospital 25 years ago—and she never left! She is now an experienced Certified Nursing Assistant at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in Oakland. We and Tina's patients are so grateful for the contributions Tina has made to the hospital and to our community. Thank you, Tina!
Congratulations Tina. You go above and beyond the call of duty.
Thank you!
Learn how one surgeon takes patients and families on VR "flights" inside children's brains to transform the experience of preparing for—and performing—neurosurgery.
Nurse Roxana Gonzalez spends her nights caring for babies in our Oakland NICU. She became a nurse after interning with Community Health and Adolescent Mentoring Program for Success (CHAMPS), a three-year internship program that prepares Oakland teens of color for health care careers, helping to diversify the field and contribute to culturally competent care. Gonzalez herself was a preemie, born shortly after her mother moved from Mexico. She says few nurses at that time spoke Spanish, and the language gap was hard on her mother, who didn't understand why she couldn't take her baby home from the hospital. It's important to Gonzalez, who is fluent in Spanish, that other parents don't experience the same confusion. "Parents know they can call us at any time, and we'll be there to answer in their language while providing their child with the best care," she says. "When I started, I cared for a baby born at 26 weeks. She weighed less than a kilo, but she was a fighter. I would talk to her in Spanish because her mom talked to her in Spanish, and I think Mom and Dad really appreciated that," she says. Read more about Roxana Gonzalez and the pioneering care provided in our Oakland NICU ➡️ https://ucsfh.org/4cwKa9e
Pediatricians can play a role in combating the health effects of climate change, including educating patients, greening offices and participating in the societal response to climate change. Our Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit has resources, suggestions and links to handouts: https://ucsfh.org/3XN1q5l
Welcome!
Please join me in welcoming our new team members to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in #oakland. Alexa Brooks, Courtney Estevez, Katherina Xu, & Aubrey Willis: we are honored and so very fortunate you have choosen UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals - #oakland. #ucsf #nurses
Retired Nurse Leader
2wTina is a gem. She is the ultimate energizer bunny, bringing good energy into any room she graces. She is a favorite of patients and colleagues. Whenever I ran into Tina, I always walked away with a smile on my face.