Florence and Frederic Gautier and the Harris County Hospital District Foundation hosted its’ annual Silver Tea on May 10, 2015 at the beautiful home of the Gautier-Winther family, friends of Henry J.N. Taub II, Foundation Chair. The food, flowers, peach ice tea, and the weather were all wonderful, and everyone enjoyed themselves as we raised funds to benefit Harris Health Nurses by advancing their professional, management and leadership talents through education, training, research efforts, and skills development programs.
More than 130 people from the business community, Harris Health and HCHD Foundation Board members, philanthropists, supporters, and staff attended this successful event.
The tea provided a valuable networking opportunity and the event also outlined the future changes in nursing. As it was explained, nurses are tasked with an even wider range of health care responsibilities. Great nurses take what they’ve learned in their formal education- the key concepts, the research, the policy and societal considerations – and apply it to make surprising, difficult, life-or-death decisions every day. And that’s why nursing education has such a crucial role to play.
The event had several amazing presentations from some of the honored guests. From the wonderful stories shared, caring for the sick has certainly gotten more complicated. Today’s nurses aren’t just caring for the sick; they’re changing our very notion of modern medicine and health care delivery.
Nurses are giving talks, publishing scientific research, developing mobile medical applications, and actively addressing health care policy. They’re collaborating with their colleagues, from social workers and oncologists to hospital administrators and public safety personnel. The field is growing, and so are opportunities for nurse practitioners, directors of forensic programs and PhD nurses, nurse educators, nurse-anesthetists, and nurse researchers.
The event was well attended, the location was beautiful and all was responded positively by those in attendance.
On behalf of the HCHD Foundation Board of Trustees, we are most appreciative for the support of Florence and Frederic Gautier and truly thank them for making this event a success and a special thank you to the nurses of Harris Health System.
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