Fort Worth Star-Telegram: These Fort Worth health care workers have access to child care at their workplace. How?
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram featured Cook Children's, Texas Health Resources and Baylor Scott & White for their partnership with Bright Horizons to offer on-site child care as a benefit to their employees.
Cook Children's and Texas Health Resources share a child care center known as Kids' Place.
Kids’ Place allows parents like Anne Kirk, M.D., a pediatric hospitalist and medical director for quality and safety provider education at Cook Children's, to work and know their children are safe and nearby. The center provides flexible hours, a crucial benefit for health care workers with unpredictable schedules.
"I think because they cater to nurses and physicians, they kind of understand our lifestyle a little bit better. They, I think in some ways, are just kind of more understanding of our intense schedules... (which) makes me feel more comfortable leaving my kiddo," Dr. Kirk said. "I think being a first-time mom, I was very anxious about being away from my baby, and having him just across the street has helped me mentally so much to not be nervous and worried about him. So it's really worked out amazingly for us."
