Pediatric Facilities

Outpatient Pediatric Clinic

This building is a free-standing clinic on the main hospital campus which has it's own pharmacy, lab, and X-ray. The residents' Continuity Care Clinics operate here, as well as, the Urgent Care and Night Clinics, General Pediatrics and Subspecialty Clinics.

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Subspecialty Pediatric Clinic

Located on the fourth floor of the main clinic are the majority of the pediatric subspecialists to include Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

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Pediatric Cancer Center

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Inpatient Service

Located on the fourth floor of the hospital is a 22-bed pediatric inpatient service which is staffed by four full-time pediatric hospitalists and one to two fellows per year. This is a multidisciplnary wards including general and subspecialty patients.

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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

Conveniently located next to the inpatient service, is a 12-bed PICU which is staffed by three full-time pediatric intensivists.

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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Located on the third floor of the hospital and adjacent to the Couplet Care Unit is a 60-bed Level III NICU. The NICU is staffed by six full-time neonatologists and NICU-trained nurse practitioners. This Level III center is able to provide such services as ECMO, oscillating vents and CPAP.

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Complete Care Nursery

The nursery has 23 beds were mother and child can room together and be watched over by a full-time general pediatrician.

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Child Life Department

Child Life is a program in hospitals and clinics that is designed to help children deal with medical treatment in a positive way. There are three main goals:

1. Work to normalize the hospital experience for the child, that is make it as “regular” as possible. This is done through play experiences, recognition of holidays and birthdays (if they occur during hospitalization), opportunities for socializing with other children, camp experiences, etc.
2. Help the parent and the child deal with the stress and anxiety that often accompany healthcare experiences. This is done by providing sensory education on medical events (preparation for procedures or surgeries, disease specific education to reinforce teaching provided by the medical staff), relaxation and stress management education, and play activities designed to encourage communication of feelings and mastery over medical equipment.
3. Provide activities which help the child continue to grow socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually throughout the time of their hospital and clinic experiences. This is done through age and activity-level appropriate play.

Child Life can also help make the healthcare experience positive in the following ways: school-reentry programs, parent education, parent/patient support, Bud E. Bear Program, and camps and retreats.

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Simulation Center

Located on the Temple College Campus a few blocks from Scott & White Hospital is the medical simulation center which provides access to a full spectrum of clinical simulation technologies and professional education support for the use of simulation in clinical training.

Simulation is shifting the paradigm of medical education. From didactic lectures to a hands-on approach, simulation encourages the practice of safer medicine. Numerous residencies from Scott & White, the medical students from Texas A&M HSC College of Medicine, OR Techs, EMT students and dental hygiene students at Temple College use this center to train and become proficient in their areas of expertise.

In Pediatrics, the residents perform mock codes every month under the supervision of one of the PICU physicians. Incoming interns will also spend a day at the center, during orientation week, to perform procedures such as LPs, IV starts, chest tubes, etc. The PICU physicians will also work one-on-one with residents throughout the course of their residency to become more comfortable with specific procedures.

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