Mercy Childen's Hospital

Mission and Values

Mercy extends the healing ministry of Jesus by improving the health of our communities with emphasis on people who are poor and under-served.

Values

Mercy demonstrates behaviors reflecting our core values of compassion, excellence, human dignity, justice, sacredness of life and service.

Together We Commit To:

• Compassion:
  Our commitment to serve with mercy and tenderness.
• Excellence:
  Our commitment to be the best in the quality of our services and the stewardship of our resources.
• Human Dignity:
  Our commitment to be respectful of all persons.
• Justice:
  Our commitment to act with integrity, honesty and truthfulness.
• Sacredness of Life:
  Our commitment to reverence all life.
• Service:
  Our commitment to respond to those in need.

Mercy Children’s Hospital incorporates the family-centered care philosophy into all of its services. At the heart of family-centered care is the belief that health-care providers and the family are partners, working together to best meet the needs of the child.

This is our Family-Centered Care philosophy statement, drafted by parents and adopted by our hospital administration:

Family-Centered Care Philosophy Statement

Family-centered care is an approach to the planning, delivery and evaluation of health care that is grounded in mutually beneficial partnerships between health-care providers and parents.

This philosophy is based on the following assumptions:

1. The parent is the primary care coordinator for their child and is competent in this role.
2. Parents will be given the information and tools they need to make appropriate choices for their child.
3. The ongoing participation of the parent is critical to family-centered care.
4. There is a high level of acceptance for individuality and cultural diversity.
5. A parent is defined as an individual with the ongoing, primary responsibility of nurturing a child.