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One Pearland mother is pushing for better pay to keep private duty nurses on the job, making sure children have the adequate care they need.
Advocates say home nursing care wages, often paid through Medicaid and set by the state, are just too low to keep nurses and nursing assistants in the profession.
A fight to survive: Deep freeze imperiled Texas' most vulnerable FacebookTwitterEmail 1of21 Hailey Cheevers, 10, sits in a chair in her living room as her father Stan, left, and Samir Haq, a home-health nurse, prepare the home following several days of winter storms Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Houston. Pipes broke in the cold weather causing parts of the ceilings to collapse.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of21 Hailey Cheevers, 10, sits in a chair in her living room as Samir Haq, a home-health nurse, prepares to do endotracheal suctioning after she returne...