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NURSING EXCELLENCE
2012 NURSING ANNUAL REPORT
S E R V I C E
Q U A L I T Y
P E O P L E
C O S T
G R O W T H
During fiscal year 2012, signs of growth were everywhere,
including the hospital’s main entrance and lobby.
This year was also the busiest in hospital history.
on the cover:
These nurses personify our five areas of focus:
Service, Quality, People, Cost and Growth.
From left: Trisha Maisch, RN; Dan Hudson, RN; Elora Thorpe, RN;
Diana Reyes, RN, and Amy Velasquez, RN, represent the
more than 2,000 nurses at The University of Kansas Hospital.
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a message from our leaders
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e x c e l l e n c e i n p e r fo r m a n c e
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excellence in service
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excellence in quality
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e xcellence of our people
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e x c e l l e n c e i n c o st
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excellence in growth
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2012 nursing achievements
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in memoriam
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From left: Lila Martin, Tammy Peterman and Chris Ruder.
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A MESSAGE
FROM OUR
leaders
The University of Kansas Hospital, thanks to your work and the work of thousands of staff members across
the organization, continues to move toward our vision to lead the nation in caring, healing, teaching and
learning. During the past year, we have cared for more patients than ever before, seen continued upgrades
across our facility, and hired more staff than at any time in the history of the hospital. This growth and
expansion has happened because of a commitment we made nearly 14 years ago when the hospital
became a Public Authority. At that time, we made the promise to focus on exceptional patient care and
service provided by engaged, competent and committed staff. We believed such a focus would lead to
strong financial performance and growth. This patient-centered focus has served us well.
The successes profiled in this year’s annual report are exceptional. They have been achieved through
the dedication and hard work of a team of professionals. A team who puts patients and families first and
foremost in everything they do. A team who understands their important role in the caring and healing
of patients who have come to our hospital from next door or halfway around the world. A team who always
works to be the best.
Staying true to our mission, vision and WE CARE values has been instrumental in our success. As you know,
our vision is “to lead the nation in caring, healing, teaching and learning.” As we continue to grow, our focus
remains on ensuring patients who come from the largest cities and the smallest towns receive care that is
second to none. Every day, we take advantage of all the benefits of being “large” provides us. Yet, from the
perspective of our patients we work to make ourselves feel “small” and as close to home as possible.
We hope you can identify with the stories in the following pages. These stories speak of excellence in
achieving our areas of focus in service, quality, people, cost and growth. They profile individuals and teams
who have consistently strived to help us provide outstanding care and service. They describe collaboration
and leadership by staff who have been with us for months and those who have been leaders in our
organization for many years. Most of all, they highlight our amazing team of nurses who come together
each and every day with only one purpose – to lead the way, merging science with compassion in
delivering exceptional patient care.
Tammy Peterman, RN, MS, NEA-BC
Executive Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Nursing Officer
Chris Ruder, RN, MS, NEA-BC
Vice President,
Patient Care Services
Lila Martin, RN, MSN
Vice President,
Perioperative Services
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performance
EXCELLENCE IN
Nurses at The University of Kansas Hospital are an integral part of a
great team that provides exceptional care to patients. This year, the University
HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) ranked our hospital second in the nation for quality outcomes in
its annual Quality and Accountability Survey for 2011. This is the result of the great care
provided by our team of nurses and other healthcare providers.
UHC analyzed data from 101 institutions, focusing on six domains of care – mortality,
effectiveness, safety, equity, patient centeredness and efficiency. Among the other honors
received during fiscal year 2012, which was one of the busiest in the hospital’s history, include:
✩ The hospital was redesignated as a Magnet facility, receiving eight exemplars
for outstanding quality and patient care, which is considered exceptional
by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
✩ U.S. News & World Report named 10 of our hospital’s specialties to its renowned
“Best Hospitals” rankings: Cancer; Cardiology and Heart Surgery; Diabetes and
Endocrinology; Ear, Nose and Throat; Gastroenterology; Geriatrics; Nephrology;
Neurology and Neurosurgery; Pulmonology and Urology. The magazine also ranked
us the top adult hospital in the Kansas City metro and in Kansas.
✩ Becker’s Hospital Review named us to its “100 Great Hospitals” list.
✩ Thomson Reuters ranked our heart program in the top 50 nationally and among
the top 15 teaching hospitals.
✩ American College of Surgeons again awarded accreditation with commendation
to our cancer program.
✩ National Association of Epilepsy Centers gave our Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Level 4 designation, the highest level possible.
✩ American Heart Association recognized our stroke and heart failure programs
with a Gold Plus Award through Get With the Guidelines®.
✩ Society of Thoracic Surgeons awarded our cardiac surgery program three stars,
the highest ranking possible.
✩ Emergency Nurses Association recognized our Emergency Department with
the Lantern Award.
✩ Society of Chest Pain Centers reaccredited our Chest Pain Center, recognizing
great teamwork and coordination of care.
✩ American Heart Association and Society of Chest Pain Centers granted us Mission:
Lifeline® accreditation as a STEMI Receiving Center.
These accomplishments are due to the commitment and dedication by nursing staff in achieving
5 Star Nursing Excellence every day. The following pages highlight the many ways nurses helped
achieve the hospital’s Five Star Performance Goals this past year.
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Our quality outcomes have drawn more people to us for their care, supporting
the addition of four floors to the Center for Advanced Heart Care. Residents of
Level 9 include (from left) Stacy Smith, RN; Michael Johnson, RN; Michelle Taylor,
and Crystal Chevalier, RN, all in Neurosciences and ENT Intensive Care.
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Because of the patient-centered care provided by Cherie Adair, RN, and her colleagues
in the spine center, their patient care consistently earns “very good” ratings.
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service
EXCELLENCE IN
“This has to be the best collection of caring and uplifting nursing staff!”
That’s just one of the many compliments patients wrote about their care at the
Marc A. Asher, MD, Comprehensive Spine Center. The service provided by the spine center
staff is consistently rated “very good.” In fact, as many as 75 percent of patients give the
team this highest rating each month.
Nursing Director Kim Dixon, RN, attributes this success to the center’s culture.
“The teams continually monitor their patient satisfaction scores, and everyone takes
responsibility for making sure patients receive only the very best care and service.”
If patient satisfaction scores begin to slip, the staff drills down into each question until they
identify the issue. One such problem was lengthy wait times. Applying a little creativity,
the staff took action to make patients’ waits more comfortable. The staff now play music in
the exam rooms and provide magazines and snacks. Such simple things can mean a lot
to our patients.
The spine center is just one of many top-performing nursing areas at the hospital.
Other patient care areas scoring above the 90th percentile in patient satisfaction consistently
during fiscal year 2012 are:
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Neonatal Intensive Care
Cardiothoracic Surgery Intensive Care
Neuroscience Intensive Care
Cardiovascular Treatment and Recovery
Cardiothoracic Surgery Progressive Care
Cardiovascular Progressive Care
Cardiac Intensive Care
North Pre/Post Care
Hematology/Oncology
Renal and Organ Transplant
Surgical Intensive Care
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EXCELLENCE IN
service
Outstanding service at The University of Kansas Hospital means
consistently meeting and exceeding patients’ expectations.
Our nurses are committed to achieving this high standard every day.
OUTSTANDING CARE BREAKS THROUGH SILENCE
The day Kim Hurt came to Unit 53, she was disoriented. Terrified. Anxious. Functionally deaf and blind, she
was transferred from a regional medical center. The move to our hospital – a new, unfamiliar environment –
was jarring. She sat in her bed with the covers pulled over her head.
Hurt communicates through sign language by holding on to another signer’s hands. So the staff had no
way to talk with her except when the sign language interpreter visited. Hurt resisted the special baths and
treatments her condition required. It was a stressful situation – for everyone.
Then Unit Educator Stephanie Winright, RN, began spending as much time as possible with Hurt.
Nurses and aides taught themselves basic sign language and soon started interacting with her. They held
fundraisers. They purchased Hurt clothes. And since she can see basic shapes and colors on bright screens,
the nurses bought her a portable DVD player.
After three months in Unit 53, Hurt was ready for release. Social workers at our hospital worked hard to
secure a spot for her at a deaf and blind community in Oregon, where she lives today.
This experience was profound for Hurt, and equally as profound for our nurses. This level of care is moving
us closer to fulfilling our vision of leading the nation in caring, healing, teaching and learning.
Services like our Comfort Cart (opposite page, top)
help patients’ loved ones during a most difficult time.
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CART OFFERS COMFORT
DURING END OF LIFE
Sitting vigil at her dad’s bed, Mary listens to
soothing music as she jots down her memories in
a journal. The music and journal are a few of the
offerings available on the Comfort Cart, a program
launched this year.
The team recognized family members of dying
patients need support, too. With input from staff,
they assembled a cart full of items to ease the
hours visitors sit vigil by a loved one’s bed. The
carts contain a CD player and CDs, journal and
pens, snacks and coffee, and more.
These little comforts help families during a
very difficult time.
PALLIATIVE CARE
PROVIDES NEW LEVEL
OF SUPPORT
When Sam received the news he had advanced
lung cancer, his oncologist referred him to the
outpatient palliative care team for extra support.
Started at the Westwood Campus cancer
center and Kansas City Cancer Center – North
facilities early this year, the outpatient program
provides patients additional support by
introducing palliative care early in the treatment
process. Our hospital is one of the first in the
nation to provide this type of care for outpatients.
Through the program, our nurses help
patients manage their symptoms and a vast array
of challenges, from pain and nausea to emotional
and financial stress. They guide patients through
creating a care plan that reflects their values
and treatment preferences. The team is helping
patients live as best they can during their fight
against cancer.
This program is only one example of the great
patient-centered care our nurses are known for.
Sue Ellen Breese, ANP, provides extra support
through our new outpatient palliative care
program at our cancer centers.
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quality
EXCELLENCE IN
Dan Saxton will tell you the only reason he can
walk today is because of care he received from
the physicians and nurses at The University of Kansas Hospital.
When he nearly cut off his foot in a farming accident a year ago,
our nationally accredited Trauma Team met Dan in the Emergency
Department and rushed him into surgery. The immediate care from this
team helped save Dan’s foot, and he now walks without assistance.
Responding to over 1,600 traumas per year, the Trauma Team is one of
the hospital’s response teams. The great outcomes of the Trauma and
Rapid Response Team led us to apply this model to other specialized
needs across the hospital. Today, eight response teams provide
quick, efficient care:
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Behavior Response Team
Burn Team
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STEMI Response Team
Stroke Response Team
Trauma Team
These teams are producing excellent outcomes for our patients.
In fact, our risk-adjusted mortality index continues to outperform other
academic hospitals.
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Trauma Team members (from left) Alexsis Johnson, RN;
Travis Pollema, MD; Tammy Murray, RN; and Jeanette Addington, RN,
are among the staff who respond to more than 1,600 traumas annually.
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quality
Our focus on quality outcomes has been one of the major
components of our success for nearly 14 years.
PROGRAM EMPOWERS TEAM TO FIND SOLUTIONS
Ask Nurse Manager Brigid Weyhofen, RN, how Unit 46 went more than 60 days without a single fall, and
she’ll tell you it’s because of the staff focus in concert with the Care Innovation and Transformation initiative
(CIT). The unit launched the AONE initiative last year, and the staff embraced it.
The initiative empowers nurses to look for solutions to problems. So when they see a problem, they know
they have the autonomy – and the responsibility – to fix it.
Nurses rounding with physicians is one of the changes to come out of the initiative. This practice allows
the nurse to update the doctor on the patient’s condition, and the nurse hears the treatment plan firsthand.
This team approach enhances communication between the physician, nurse and patient.
Through CIT, the team has learned to hold each other accountable. Using positive peer pressure,
staff members remind co-workers of proper procedures and practices. They know it’s their individual
responsibility to see their patients receive the highest quality care.
Nursing residents (opposite page, from left) Tuyen Ta, RN; Paige Hooker, RN;
Anna Mathew, RN; and Erika Carter-Logan, RN, developed a new practice
that’s improving outcomes and increasing patient satisfaction.
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NURSE RESIDENTS
REDUCE THE NEED FOR
ISOLATION
ON THE CUSP REDUCES
BLOODSTREAM
INFECTIONS
What started as a simple question from nursing
residents turned into a new practice, improving
outcomes and increasing patient satisfaction. They
asked: “Does this patient really need to be placed
in contact isolation?”
The hospital’s practice has been to isolate
patients if they have a history of infection such as
MRSA. RNs Erika Carter-Logan, Brittany Case, Paige
Hooker, Anna Mathew and Tuyen Ta, Cardiovascular
Progressive Care, examined this practice as their
Nurse Residency research project.
Thisgroupoffirst-yearnursesinterviewed
isolation patients and their care teams, and quickly
found they believed isolation made providing patient
care more cumbersome, which was backed by their
research review. The nurse residents set out to
determine when isolation was no longer needed.
They began automatically testing potentially
infectious patients by swabbing their noses. Since
beginning the practice in CV PCU, 60 percent of
tested patients did not need isolation. Patients,
their families and staff are happier.
During the past year, central line-associated
bloodstream infections have been a focus in our
Blood and Marrow Transplant inpatient area.
Through a national initiative called On the CUSP:
Stop BSI, nurses in Units 41 and 42 reduced the
number of central line-associated infections by 50
percent in 2011 compared to 2010.
The initiative involves implementing a cultural
change model known as the Comprehensive Unitbased Safety Program (CUSP). This model calls for:
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Monitoring infection data continuously
Identifyinganydeficits
Meeting monthly to discuss data
Creating solutions and implementing them
The program also involves educating staff about new
interventions for inserting central lines.
Nurse Manager Cyndy Steen, RN, said CUSP
has inspired her staff. “They now see how they can
prevent infections even more, and they’re producing
excellent outcomes. Our nurses are the driving force
behind our unit’s culture of safety.”
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QUALITY JUST GETS BETTER
Keeping our patients safe is one of the hospital’s cornerstones of care. That’s why the Nursing Department
set aggressive 2012 goals around falls, venous thromboembolism and infection.
NEW VENTILATION
PROCEDURE REDUCES
MORTALITY
VTE RATES DROP
18 PERCENT
With renewed commitment, nurses across the
hospital have made preventing venous
Ensuring optimal outcomes for mechanically
ventilated patients is a passion of Lynelle Pierce, RN, thromboembolism a top priority. It’s paying off.
We’ve reduced VTE cases 18 percent this year
Critical Care clinical nurse specialist. It prompted
her to champion a new care approach for this patient comparedtofiscalyear2011.
A multidisciplinary committee launched an
population.
educational
campaign in 2011 to raise awareness
Reviewingtheliterature,sheidentifiedincreasing
and
implement
activities promoting VTE prevention.
evidence about a process called Spontaneous
Asaresult,ournursesarebetterequippedto
Awakening Trial that reduces ventilator days and
provide evidence-based strategies that promote
mortality.
patient safety.
The initiative calls for nurses to screen patients
daily. When patients meet the criteria, the nurse
performs a SAT. SAT is the interruption of sedation,
allowing the patient to awaken.
INFECTION NUMBERS
Led by a multidisciplinary team from all adult
BELOW NATIONAL
ICUs, SAT is producing excellent results. ICU patient
AVERAGE
length of stay decreased, which has profound effect
on patient morale. Best of all, survival rates of
Thanks to staff diligence, we hit record levels of hand
ventilated patients improved on the risk-adjusted
hygienecomplianceinfiscalyear2012.Thecancer
mortality index this year.
center, Neonatal ICU and Pediatrics ICU set the bar
“Bedside nurses report patients can participate
high by consistently achieving above 90 percent
in their care more, and in many cases, are more
compliance during the year.
cooperative,” Pierce said.
In addition, we performed better than other
Neversatisfiedwiththestatusquo,ournurses
hospitals reporting to the Centers for Disease Control
continually look for ways like SAT to enhance our
and Prevention in preventing central line-associated
patients’ care.
bloodstream infections. Our Intensive Care Units had
27 fewer cases than expected between July 2011
and March 2012. This translates to an estimated
cost savings of $602,000. We reduced length of stay
by 443 days. And we saved three more lives.
Nurses in Unit 46 hit a record by reducing falls in their area by 56 percent
in the past 12 months. This achievement earned them cookies
for going more than 60 days without a fall.
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FALL NUMBERS
ARE FALLING
Falls at our hospital are becoming fewer and fewer,
thanks to the hard work of our nurses.
One of our top performers is Unit 46, which
reduced falls by 56 percent in fiscal year 2012 as
compared to fiscal year 2011. Additional units with
great results in 2012 include:
✩ Rehab – 39 percent
✩ Unit 43 – 30 percent
✩ Unit 53 – 16 percent
One of the key contributors to this success is the
Friday Falls Roundtable. This interdisciplinary
group meets weekly to discuss every fall and
determine trends. They analyze each situation to
determine if the fall was preventable. Eliminating
preventable falls is a top priority of each Unit
Practice Council.
“This emphasis and new processes have helped
create a culture of fall prevention,” said Karen Wray,
RN, director, Acute Care. “While falls are never OK,
we may not be able to prevent every fall. But working
together, we are reducing our falls rate and keeping
our patients safe.”
NATIONAL LEAGUE
FOR NURSING
HONORS HOSPITAL
Nurses at The University of Kansas Hospital
not only excel at providing care, they excel at
supporting nursing education and academic
progression, according to a new designation from
the National League for Nursing.
The hospital was one of three in the nation
to be recognized in a new NLN Center of Excellence
category – Creating Workplace Environments That
Promote Academic Progression of Nurses. It’s the
first time the NLN has opened its Centers of
Excellence beyond nursing schools.
The new four-year designation honors
healthcare facilities that excel at supporting nurses’
efforts to continue their academic preparation.
This recognition is an external validation of the
importance of lifelong learning for all nurses.
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Nurse Administrative Coordinators Beth Vandenberg, RN, (standing)
and Missy Randolph, RN, (far right) hold nightly Mentoring Moments
with unit coordinators, like Ty Fuller, RN, and Emnet Lemma, RN.
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people
EXCELLENCE
OF OUR
At The University of Kansas Hospital, every nurse is a leader.
This value led the Nursing Administrative Coordinators to hold
“Mentoring Moments” to further develop the night-shift frontline
leadership. The result: nursing knowledge and job satisfaction
are on the rise.
NACs Beth Vandenberg, RN, and Missy Randolph, RN, started the
nightly meetings with the Acute Care Division unit coordinators two
years ago to discuss staffing needs. But it didn’t take them long to
realize the meetings could achieve much more. Since then, they’ve
expanded the concept to all nursing divisions.
Now Mentoring Moments include discussions about clinical cases,
staff management, literature review, professional development
and operational issues.
An additional benefit is the strong relationships developed between
unit coordinators. There is more collaboration, and they feel
comfortable turning to each other as resources.
In a recent survey, 92 percent of the unit coordinators said they
benefit significantly from the information shared at Mentoring Moments.
Best practices like this make The University of Kansas Hospital an
employer of choice for nurses in Kansas City.
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EXCELLENCE OF OUR
people
Our excellent people are what make The University of Kansas Hospital
one of the top hospitals in the nation.
OUR NURSES ARE LIFE-LONG LEARNERS
To provide the very best patient care, you need
the very best nurses. That’s what we have at
The University of Kansas Hospital.
More than 65 percent of our staff have a BSN.
More than 200 nurses are actively enrolled in
master’s programs. And three have doctorate
degrees, with another four enrolled in doctorate
programs.
Our nurses with doctorate degrees are
Susan Klaus, PhD; Rachel Pepper, DNP; and
Melanie Simpson, PhD. Pepper, who recently
achieved a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, said,
“It’s so exciting to apply advanced nursing skills and
see great things happen in patient care.”
We have more nurses with BSNs than the
national average, and over 130 of our RNs are
currently working toward a bachelor’s degree. Our
nurses have earned and maintained 643 professional
certifications, and the number keeps rising.
Ten of our nurses are sharing their knowledge
and expertise with the next generation of nurses as
affiliate faculty at the University of Kansas School of
Nursing. One day each week, these nurse experts
teach juniors and seniors in a variety of clinical
settings. Faculty include:
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Heidi Boehm
Cher Brownback
Joanna Dolezal
Diane Farrell
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Theresa Isabell
Alan Reschke
Allison Sourk
Deirdre Waldrup
Stacey Wattier
Rachel Pepper
Nelda Godfrey, RN, PhD, associate dean of
Undergraduate Programs, said the affiliate faculty
is making a huge difference in the education of KU
nursing students. “Our students get real-world
experience in a world-class hospital, and it’s making
them better nurses.”
Opposite page, top: This year’s first-ever 5 Star Symposium was a huge success,
thanks to the 50 nurses involved in planning the day-long event.
Members of the core team include (from left) Stephanie Winwright, RN;
Marta Lawson, RN; Tham Hoffman, RN; and Gigi Siers, RN.
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SYMPOSIUM
SHOWCASES OUR
EXPERTISE
With experts right in our own backyard, why go
outside the hospital? This was the idea behind
the first 5 Star Symposium, held during National
Nurses Week this year.
A team of 50 nurses worked for 10 months to
create a conference equal to any national
conference. Participants earned more than
700 contact hours by attending 21 educational
sessions. Our nurses also benefitted from poster
displays and a vendor exhibit.
The symposium offered plenary and breakout
sessions, and celebrated the nursing profession.
PROFESSIONALISM AT
THE CORE OF NURSING
What does it mean to be a nurse at The University
of Kansas Hospital? This is the question the
Professionalism Council answered this year.
After much research, reflection and input from
nurses across the hospital, the council created
the Professional Identity Statement for Nurses:
At The University of Kansas Hospital,
we strive to create a dynamic culture of
professional behavior that requires personal
and team accountability, self-reflection,
integrity and respect. A nurse at The University
of Kansas Hospital has a professional obligation
to provide the highest quality of care that is
reflective of the culture and to adhere to
organizational policies and best practices.
This culture is actualized through image,
attitudes and behavior.
“This reinforces what being a nurse at our hospital
is all about. It sets the standard for our nurses
to hold themselves and their peers accountable
to consistently provide outstanding care for our
patients,” said Sara Fohn, RN, Professionalism
Council chair. “The statement reminds all of us
nursing is a profession, not just a job.”
Authors of the new Professional Identity Statement
for Nurses are (from left) Krystal Hardman, RN;
Nelda Godfrey, RN, PhD; Kim Dixon, RN; and
Sara Fohn, RN.
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Sylvia Ford, RN, was among the team members who researched and selected
a new isolation gown for the hospital, which resulted in a $220,000 savings annually.
Also pictured is Melissa Bennink, RN.
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cost
EXCELLENCE IN
The hospital continually invests in our people, technology and facilities
to ensure the very best patient care. Every dollar saved means more
we can reinvest in helping our patients.
To pinpoint potential savings, an interdisciplinary team launched the
Clinical Product and Resource Management Program in February.
Since then, the program has reduced waste, increased efficiencies
and improved quality of care.
Now each new product request goes to the CPRM committee for
evaluation. With representatives from Nursing and other departments
across the hospital, the group also looks at existing products
for savings opportunities. They also ensure products meet and exceed
quality expectations. The new isolation gown is a great example
of what CPRM can do.
The team studied the level of barrier protection needed for gowns
at our hospital and researched gown usage and purchasing at nine
other UHC facilities. They also gathered input from staff and held focus
groups in which clinicians tried on a variety of gowns.
As a result, the team selected an over-the-head gown. It provides
the same level of protection as the previous style, but it saves us
more than $220,000 a year.
Savings through programs like CPRM allow the hospital to invest in
the latest advancements and state-of-the-art facilities. This allows us
to care for even more patients with the most serious illnesses.
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cost
As good stewards of resources, our nurses are helping the hospital reinvest
in our people, technology and facilities to ensure the very best patient care.
BLOOD REINFUSION MEANS BETTER OUTCOMES
AND SAVINGS
Since launching the Strategic Blood Management
Program two years ago, we’ve saved more lives
and millions of dollars. Blood reinfusion, the
infusion of blood previously withdrawn from the
same patient, is another practice from the
program that is producing great outcomes.
The Blood Management team was looking
for a way to curtail blood loss in patients to help
prevent anemia and unnecessary transfusions.
Initially exploring blood reinfusions, they identified
a highly rated blood conservation system for
$145,000. But before committing to that expense,
they decided to do some research of their own.
The nurses in the Burnett Burn Center and
Surgical ICU began performing blood reinfusions
as a pilot, using a simple syringe that cost 10
cents. Outcomes were very positive, so the
procedure was rolled out to all ICUs in April. They
avoided an expensive purchase.
Best of all, reinfusion helps them significantly
decrease patients’ risk of infection and anemia.
And we went from wasting 41 mls of blood per
patient per day to zero.
Above: Brooke Dougan, RN, performs a reinfusion in Transplant ICU. It’s practices
like this that are producing better patient outcomes and saving dollars.
Opposite, right: With just a few changes, RNs Tami Alloway (left) and Rowena
Goodman have helped cut supply costs in Cardiothoracic Surgery Intensive Care.
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EVERY DOLLAR SAVED COUNTS
That’s what nurses across the hospital have found as they launch creative, cost-saving initiatives in their
departments.
Neuroscience Progressive Care staff discovered using regular plastic wrap to cover IVs is just as effective
as a clinical product. The plastic wrap only costs 1 cent per sheet, while the vendor’s product costs
90 cents. This change saves the department more than $48,000 annually.
A simple shift change saved dollars in Cardiovascular Treatment and Recovery. The day shift starts at 6 a.m.,
which allows them to expedite prep for procedures. And the night shift can go home on time. That 60-minute
time difference saved the department nearly $17,000 for the year.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Intensive Care staff have cut costs by restocking bedside carts a new way.
As her Frontline Leadership project, Tami Alloway, RN, surveyed product use on the unit’s bedside carts.
She found each patient used different products, and some were never used. She established par levels
for department supplies. Now with predetermined quantities, staff stock to specific levels and avoid
overstocking.
Rowena Goodman, RN, also from CTS ICU, tackled supply costs as her Frontline Leadership project, too.
She set up a process where staff return unused products to Materials Management, and the department
receives credit.
Since implementing these practices, the CTS ICU department has been under budget for supplies for
six of the past seven months.
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What do you do when more and more people want to come here for their care?
You expand.
To make way for a double-digit increase in surgeries last year – the main hospital opened
six new operating rooms, a 19-bed pre/post care area and remodeled waiting areas
and locker rooms this year. The expansion increases our surgical capacity 20 percent.
This brings our total number of operating rooms to 38 at the main hospital.
In addition to the new facilities at the main campus, we gained even more capacity
by adding the surgical hospital facility at I-435 and Nall Avenue. It previously housed
the Heartland Surgical Specialty Hospital. The 42,000-square-foot facility has seven
operating rooms and 19 inpatient beds. The 130-plus employees working at the facility
joined the hospital team in June.
It’s a good thing, because the number of patients keeps rising.
Data from fiscal year 2012 include:
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Pre-Anesthesia Testing Clinic patients: 10,058
OR surgeries: 18,867
Pre-Op patients: 19,078
Post-Anesthesia Care Unit patients: 17,234
To care for patients during a typical day in the OR requires
the coordinated efforts of over 300 people.
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Lindsey McKay, RN, and John Moyer, RN, are among the 300 surgical
staff who keep the 38 operating rooms busy at the main campus.
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EXCELLENCE IN
growth
With more people coming to The University of Kansas Hospital for their care,
our average daily midnight census during fiscal year 2012 increased to 447.
HEART CENTER
EXTENSION ADDS
NEW BEDS
GROWTH MEANS MORE
OPTIONS FOR
CANCER PATIENTS
The University of Kansas Hospital is the largest
single hospital in the Kansas City metro.
In fiscal year 2012, we had an average daily
midnight census of 447. We increased discharges
9.3 percent over the prior year. Our nurses cared for
28,331 inpatients from all Kansas and most Missouri
counties. We have treated patients from all 50 states.
With this amount of growth in patient volume,
there was only one way to go – up. This summer
marked the opening of three new units in the
Center for Advanced Heart Care. These units provide
much needed space to handle the growth of several
specialties. Now there are 84 new beds available to
our patients, allowing continued renovation of other
nursing units within the hospital.
In just one morning, 40 employees from
Nursing, Respiratory Therapy and Transport moved
every patient from Units 61 and 62 to Floors 9 and 8,
respectively. At the same time, they moved ENT
patients from across the hospital to the new floors.
In July, Level 7 became the new home to
Cardiac and Family Medicine Progressive Care.
June 20, 2011, was a momentous day for our
cancer program. Kansas City Cancer Centers and
The University of Kansas Cancer Center became
one, creating the area’s premier outpatient cancer
care organization.
The partnership increased the hospital’s
outpatient locations to 12 and added more than 350
employees, the majority nurses. Now the hospital
can provide thousands of additional cancer patients
with more convenient locations across the metro.
Additionally, these patients receive the benefit of an
academic medical center, giving them access to
greater numbers of Phase I clinical research trials
and more treatment options.
Our cancer center nurses are committed to
treating the whole person, not just the disease.
Their dedication means patients receive
compassionate, patient-centered care every time.
Opposite page, top: Blood and Marrow Transplant staff, including
Stephanie Hammontree, RN (left), and Susan Thompson, RN,
cared for a record number of patients during the past year.
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BMT STAFF TREAT
RECORD NUMBER
OF PATIENTS
“It’s been a rewarding year,” said Marcia
Jacobson, RN, Blood and Marrow Transplant
nurse manager. Last year, BMT staff cared for
a record number of patients – 215 transplants in
all. This is a 20 percent increase over 2010.
The number of photopheresis treatments jumped
41 percent to 1,508. While treating more patients,
BMT staff continued to provide excellent care
and service.
Jacobson credits BMT’s success to the
outstanding nurses and physicians who care for
our patients every day. “Working together, our
staff save more lives every day.”
BURN CENTER
EXPANDS TO SERVE
MORE PATIENTS
Nurses in the Burnett Burn Center know how hard
it is for family members who visit loved ones day
after day. That’s why their input into the unit’s
remodel design was so important.
The comfy lounges, designed to feel more
like home, opened in February. Our nurses
suggested making cooking facilities available to
families, and the designers did. The new lounge
offers a kitchenette and a computer café.
Thefivenewintensivecarepatientrooms
opened in May, which brings the center’s total to
16. They are bigger and allow more room to
enhance the staff’s already excellent care.
With the additional rooms, the unit’s capacity
increases more than 30 percent. Currently,
the center admits more than 300 patients each
year. The burn center received its three-year
reverificationfromtheAmericanBurnAssociation
andAmericanCollegeofSurgeonsearlierthis
year. It remains the only accredited burn center
in the metro.
Nurses in the Burnett Burn Center, like Jaime
Milnes, RN, can now care for more patients
withtheadditionoffivenewpatientrooms.
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achievements
2012 NURSING
28
national certifications
ACHPN – Advanced Certified
Hospice and Palliative Nurse
Carol Mulvenon, RN
Marilyn Parker, RN
ACM – Accredited Case
Manager
Cynthia Orscheln, RN
ACNS-BC – Adult Clinical
Nurse Specialist
Marilyn Parker, RN
Jennifer Surprise, RN
Rosemarie Thompson, RN
ACRN – AIDS Certified
Registered Nurse
Amy Stewart, RN
CBE – Certified Breast Feeding
Educator
Jill Blevins, RN
Melissa Donovan, RN
Cynthia Franke, RN
Summer Hill
Jennifer Jewell, RN
Anne Klein, RN
Bridget MacNevin-Pfeiffer
Susan McDonald, RN
Mary Pinkelman, RN
Kim Riffel, RN
CBN – Certified Bariatric Nurse
Lucia Moreno, RN
CCE – Certified Childbirth
Educator
Glenda Goodman
Summer Hill
ANP-BC – Adult Nurse
Practitioner
Teresa Baumli, RN
CCM – Certified Case Manager
Sue Breese, RN
Terri Brandley, RN
Kerry Campbell, RN
Colleen Booz-Dittrich, LMSW
Erin Carroll, RN
Anne Marie Dalton, RN
Kavita Desai, RN
Carla Eskridge, RN
Sharon Lewis, RN
Jill Hagel, RN
Lisa Parsons, RN
Eugenia Johnson, RN
Lori Ranallo, RN
Johanna Ricci, RN
Abby Raynolds, RN
Christina Roberts, RN
Tashra Thomas, RN
Charyl Rubin, RN
Marina Volarevich-Pittman, RN
Janice Sandt, RN
AOCN – Advanced Oncology
Certified Nurse
Patty Gerken, RN
Marta Lawson, RN
Jan Lewis, RN
Sharon Lewis, RN
Lynn Marzinski, RN
Kristin Moshier, RN
Jeanine Showalter, RN
Nancy Washburn, RN
Beverly Wilson, RN
AOCNP – Advanced Oncology
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Carrie Englert, RN
Ro Henderson, RN
Abigail Raynolds, RN
Liza Rodriguez, RN
Nancy Washburn, RN
CAPA – Certified Ambulatory
Perianesthesia Nurse
Jessica Lane, RN
CBCN – Certified Breast Care
Nurse
Lori Ranallo, RN
Yvonne Ward, RN
CCRN – Critical Care
Registered Nurse
Tami Alloway, RN
Mary Aragon, RN
Mamadou Bah, RN
Jenny Bailey, RN
Kaitlyn Balough, RN
Joel Bangen, RN
Claudia Barbagiovanni, RN
Lorraine Barham, RN
Emily Barnett, RN
Adriane Barrett, RN
Nicole Bebermeyer, RN
Jordan Bedford, RN
Hailey Beebe, RN
Garrett Bendure, RN
Michael Bewley, RN
Michaela Bird, RN
Kristina Blomquist, RN
Michael Blomquist, RN
Michelle Bolen, RN
Jennifer Brown, RN
Karen Brown, RN
Cherylynn Brownback, RN
Carrie Buckley, RN
Christopher Buckley, RN
Jan Caldwell, RN
Cathy Callicoat, RN
Elizabeth Carlton, RN
Ashley Carpenter, RN
Sarah Carter, RN
Breah Chambers, RN
She-Wen Cheng, RN
Linsie Clements, RN
Sam Clements,RN
Luz Conde, RN
Caroline Cowan, RN
Kami Craigg, RN
Gracielle Cromwell, RN
Lynn Davis, RN
Sarah Davis, RN
Kristina Delaney, RN
Kristen Duckworth, RN
Terra Dudenhoeffer, RN
Autumn Duncan, RN
Anne Eads, RN
Aaron Ellis, RN
Elizabeth Fenton, RN
Ryan Ferrell, RN
Gerre Fiore, RN
Molly Flavin, RN
Patricia Fletcher, RN
Emma Florentino, RN
Rose Fontana, RN
Maria Fox, RN
Amanda Gartner, RN
Molly Girten, RN
Nicole Glass, RN
Ashley Goff, RN
Brooke Harris, RN
Jenna Harrison, RN
Rebecca Heidrick, RN
Kerri Helm, RN
Carissa Helvey, RN
Christine Henderson, RN
Judee Herring, RN
Nicole Hofmann, RN
Lori Hollingshead, RN
Elizabeth Howard, RN
Kelly Howe, RN
Erika Humbargar, RN
Shannon Hutchens, RN
Erumu Iboaya, RN
Alexandrea Johnson, RN
Michelle Jones, RN
Valerie Jones, RN
Debra Jordan, RN
Meagan Kinkelaar, RN
Meg LaFerriere, RN
Ashley Leonard, RN
Melinda Loy, RN
Jared Lysaught, RN
Lisa Mahoney, RN
Kiya Marchi, RN
Kimberly Marsh-West, RN
Janet Marts, RN
Christina Mayer, RN
Kathryn Mayer, RN
Shandi McCray, RN
Jason McDonald, RN
Jennifer McNiel, RN
Sarah Mills, RN
Sandy Moorman, RN
Krystal Morris, RN
Su Ann Murry, RN
Sarah Myers, RN
Stephanie Myers, RN
Jennifer Nelson, RN
Brooke Nower, RN
Lauren Nugent, RN
Adam Olberding, RN
Shannon Ortman, RN
Michaela Parsel, RN
Deena Peters, RN
Sarah Pfannenstiel, RN
Monica Pfeiffer, RN
Lynelle Pierce, RN
Brian Piere, RN
Donna Pittaway, RN
Jacqueline Pyle, RN
Jami Quijano, RN
Rose Rader, RN
Margaret Reavis, RN
Janell Reichuber, RN
Katie Roberson, RN
Brianna Robertson, RN
Tracy Rogers, RN
Benjamin Russell, RN
Jessica Salah, RN
Grace Sandri, RN
Shawna Schafer, RN
Leah Schepmann, RN
Amy Schmidt, RN
Fletcher Schubert, RN
Sarah Sierks, RN
Emily Smiley, RN
Stacy Smith, RN
Cherie St. Jean, RN
Julie Stein, RN
Jill Taylor, RN
Julia Theis, RN
Melanie Tisdale, RN
Meredith Uthoff, RN
Bridget Van-Gotten, RN
Jennifer Vehige, RN
Sounithta Vilayvanh, RN
Cara Vogl, RN
Betsy Wagner, RN
Zachary Waldron, RN
Dierdre Waldrup, RN
Renee Walters, RN
Whitney Watson, RN
Eric Westervelt, RN
Sally Wise, RN
Lara Wood, RN
David Wright, RN
Elizabeth Wright, RN
Krista Zahner, RN
Alexis Zecy, RN
CCRN-CMC – Critical Care RN
with Cardiac Medicine
Subspecialty
Patricia Fletcher, RN
Amanda Gartner, RN
Melinda Loy, RN
Jennifer Nelson, RN
Deena Peters, RN
Jill Taylor, RN
CCRN-CSC – Critical Care RN
with Cardiac Surgery
Subspecialty
Tami Alloway, RN
Kami Craigg, RN
Sarah Davis, RN
Gerre Fiore, RN
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national certifications (continued)
CCRC – Certified Clinical
Research Coordinator
Eryn Bilynsky, RN
Melinda Caldwell, RN
Suzanne Deichler, RN
Valerie Francis, RN
Diana Waddell, RN
CCTC – Certified Clinical
Transplant Coordinator
Janet Drelicharz, RN
Peggy Higby, RN
Tham Hoffman, RN
Sharon McCarthy, RN
Elaine Russell, RN
Diane Todd, RN
CCTN – Certified Clinical
Transplant Nurse
Nicole Hofmann, RN
Whitney Watson, RN
CDE – Certified Diabetes
Educator
Bonnie Cutler, RN
Cynthia Gibson, RN
CDN – Certified Dialysis Nurse
Wanda Smith, RN
CEN – Certified Emergency
Nurse
Marni Anderson, RN
Debora Andrews, RN
Rick Blevins, RN
Gretchen Brown, RN
Angela Buisch, RN
Michael Carroll, RN
Leisa Eaks, RN
Diane Gehring, RN
Wilma Guilbeau, RN
Michael Hastings, RN
Kelly Hewins, RN
Joan Horton, RN
Kelly Howe, RN
Valerie Jones, RN
Lucia Jones-Herrera, RN
Laura Knippa, RN
Katherine Lysaught, RN
Julie McIntosh, RN
Laura Mikkelson, RN
Cherie Morey, RN
Crystal Muller, RN
Tamara Murray, RN
Alison Pontious, RN
Leigh Powers, RN
Mark Puno, RN
Lisa Rice, RN
Mindy Ritter, RN
Erik Unruh, RN
Huhnna White, RN
Shannon Wimsett, RN
CFN – Certified Forensic Nurse
Joan Horton, RN
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CFRN – Certified Flight
Registered Nurse
Marni Anderson, RN
Daniel Hudson, RN
Julie McIntosh, RN
CGRN – Certified
Gastrointestinal
Registered Nurse
Judy Hershberger, RN
Melissa Oropeza-Vail, RN
Bradley Peck, RN
CHFN – Certified Heart Failure
Nurse
Audra Rankin, RN
CHPN – Certified Hospice
and Palliative Care Nurse
Sarah Fohn, RN
Melanie Simpson, RN, PhD
Sarah Walters, RN
CHTC – Certified Hematopoietic
Transplant Coordinator
Elizabeth Harvey, RN
CIC – Certified Infection Control
Silvera Ford, RN
Carol Roberts, RN
Nina Shik, RN
Janet Wehrle, RN
CMSRN – Certified MedicalSurgical Registered Nurse
Chesha Bizan, RN
Karen Bonilauri, RN
Tara Bradford, RN
Summer Bryant, RN
Cheryl Calhoun, RN
John Carothers, RN
Candice Chestnut, RN
Eric Conyers, RN
Pamela Dock, RN
Andrea Dohlman, RN
Cara Farrow, RN
Heidi Fielder, RN
Liza Galindo, RN
Katherine Gerant, RN
Desideria Guela, RN
Lindsay Gutierrez, RN
Lea Hogan, RN
Lisa Jewell, RN
Katelin Karlin, RN
Jagir Kaur, RN
Huyen-Chi Le, RN
Tiffany Lemanski, RN
Hannah Magner, RN
Jessica Molstad, RN
Meghan Moppin, RN
Lucia Moreno, RN
Heidi Nelson, RN
Cara Nuss, RN
Rhonda Pardew, RN
Oliver Jack Perocho, RN
Margaret Peterson, RN
Lara Petrie, RN
Jennifer Reck, RN
Helen Regondola, RN
Renda Restrepo, RN
Mark Schroeder, RN
Teresa Self, RN
Tianna Spencer, RN
Jennifer Sutherlin, RN
Linda Thacker, RN
Suzanne Turrentine, RN
Jeffery Van Horn, RN
Jennifer VanLeeuwen, RN
Jim Waterman, RN
Heidi Webber, RN
Kathleen Welch, RN
Katelyn Winkler, RN
Stephanie Winright, RN
CNN – Certified Nephrology
Nurse
Jennifer Branch, RN
Jean Fahrenking, RN
Denise Loftiss, RN
Deborah West, RN
CNM – Certified Nurse-Midwife
Kathryn Barnds, RN
Suzanne Bentley, RN
Julie Smith, RN
CNOR – Certified Nurse,
Operating Room
Patrick Berry, RN
Meagan Bieker, RN
Carol Brunin, RN
Louis Burris, RN
Jenny Chiddix, RN
Lisa Elm, RN
Andrew Engelhart, RN
Holly Faber, RN
Chad Fisher, RN
Adrianne Frazier, RN
Richard Freed, RN
Patricia Gallagher, RN
Becky Gearhart, RN
Jennifer Hertig, RN
Hayley Hon, RN
Erica Irvin, RN
Julia Jackson, RN
Angela Kerns, RN
Sheri Killer, RN
Tim Kistner, RN
Mary Landis, RN
Leah McKee, RN
Shelly Moore, RN
James Noble, RN
Nancy Page, RN
Lara Petrie, RN
Tamara Steel, RN
Lynette Swanson, RN
Sandra Turner, RN
Macalei Vesper, RN
Marina Volarevich-Pittman, RN
Carol Wagner, RN
Kate Weber, RN
CNRN – Certified Neuroscience
Registered Nurse
Carrie Fountain, RN
Jennifer Moran, RN
Craig Shipley, RN
Stacy Smith, RN
CNSN – Certified Nutrition
Support Nurse
Peggy McLoughlin, RN
COCN – Certified Ostomy
Care Nurse
Meredith Hill, RN
CPAN – Certified Post
Anesthesia Nurse
Christine Hartigan, RN
Nancy Martin, RN
CPEN – Certified Pediatric
Emergency Nurse
Rick Blevins, RN
Joan Horton, RN
Valerie Jones, RN
CPHM – Certified Professional
in Healthcare Management
Carol Ann Matthias, RN
CPHQ – Certified Professional
in Healthcare Quality
Kelly Hewins, RN
CPN – Certified Pediatric Nurse
Kellie Hartman, RN
Brett Haynes, RN
Lauren Lee, RN
Allison Malicoat, RN
Amanda McKinley, RN
Sandy Moorman, RN
Adrienne Platt, RN
My Rieper, RN
Roger Scoggan, RN
Anne Stanton, RN
Elizabeth White, RN
CPON – Certified Pediatric
Oncology Nurse
Chris Klotz, RN
Anne Stanton, RN
CPSN – Certified Plastic
Surgical Nurse
Hayley Hon, RN
James Noble, RN
CPTC – Certified Procurement
Transplant Coordinator
Tham Hoffman, RN
Joanne Oxman, RN
Craig Sherman, RN
Gigi Siers, RN
CRN – Certified Radiology Nurse
Diane Clevenger, RN
Sindy English, RN
CRNI – Certified Registered
Nurse Infusion
Carol Gilmore, RN
Jeanette King, RN
Vanessa Oyler, RN
Catherine Quinn-Haynes, RN
Patricia Yesenosky, RN
CRRN – Certified Rehabilitation
Registered Nurse
Shirley Curtis-Klein, RN
Laura Farris, RN
Nancy Hoglund, RN
Linda Kurtz, RN
Barbara Legler, RN
Joan McMahon, RN
CWCN – Certified Wound Care
Nurse
Nancy Grable, RN
Alicia Heim, RN
Meredith Hill, RN
Julia Pena, RN
FNP-BC – Family Nurse
Practitioner
Terry Broadbent, RN
Michael Carroll, RN
Laura Davidson, RN
Denise Hankin, RN
Teresa Hoffmann, RN
Tarih Johnson, RN
Craig Kazmaier, RN
Stephanie LaFaver, RN
Keely LaNoue, RN
Jan Lewis, RN
Mary Luder, RN
Shannon Parker, RN
Kimberly Richardson, RN
Liza Rodriguez, RN
Jeanine Showalter, RN
Laurie Truog, RN
Renee Walters, RN
IBCLC – International Board
Certified Lactation Consultant
Suzanne Bentley, RN
Jill Blevins, RN
Mary Dettmer, RN
Anne Klein, RN
Susan McDonald, RN
Caryl Lynn Ryan, RN
Tiffany Speck, RN
Ellen Stumphaus, RN
Jenny Walters
LNCC – Legal Nurse Consultant
Certified
Shea Friedel, RN
Felicia Green, RN
Mark Stallbaumer, RN
NE-BC – Certified Nurse
Administrator
Cathy Glennon, RN
Thu Janes, RN
Marta Lawson, RN
Jennifer Lombardi, RN
Amanda Meats, RN
Stacy Morast, RN
NEA-BC – Certified Nurse
Administrator-Advanced
Carol Cleek, RN
Kim Dixon, RN
Maria Pena, RN
Rachel Pepper, RN, DNP
Tammy Peterman, RN
Tracy Rogers, RN
Chris Ruder, RN
Nina Shik, RN
Karen Wray, RN
NNP-BC – Neonatal Nurse
Practitioner
Kristen Belko, RN
Kimberly Burrier, RN
Sara Dubin, RN
Tanesha Hurt, RN
Debra Melnyk, RN
Gail Schuetz, RN
Amie Slaughter, RN
NP-C – Adult Nurse Practitioner
Alicia Ramsey, RN
OCN – Oncology Certified Nurse
Joann Adams, RN
Jody Akins, RN
Kizzy Allen, RN
Marcia Bailey, RN
Teri Banman, RN
Shannon Bellamy, RN
Jennifer Bingham, RN
Geana Black, RN
Anne Bledsoe, RN
Denise Bollier, RN
Carol Bomberger, RN
Margaret Brockhaus, RN
Regina Brownlee, RN
Teresa Bryson, RN
Douglas Burnett, RN
Melinda Caldwell, RN
Leslee Carneal, RN
Erin Carroll, RN
Nina Chute, RN
Kimberley Clark, RN
Rebecca Clark-Snow, RN
Lori Denney, RN
Lisa DeWolfe, RN
Mary Dinges, RN
Lynda Eckerman, RN
Janet Forge, RN
Valerie Fortel, RN
Lisa Fritz, RN
Laura George, RN
Kimberly Gibson, RN
Cathy Glennon, RN
Myra Godsy, RN
Jennifer Gray, RN
George Guilbeaux, RN
Elizabeth Haines, RN
Sandra Hale, RN
Deborah Hall, RN
Halie Hall, RN
Barbara Hedgpeth, RN
Judy Hershberger, RN
Queenann Higgins, RN
Cammie Hines, RN
Mary Hitzelberger, RN
Kathey Huey, RN
Marcia Jacobson, RN
Rebecca Kahler, RN
Margaret Kalaitzidis, RN
Cynthia Kellar, RN
Leslie King, RN
Stephanie LaFaver, RN
Keely LaNoue, RN
Beth Leopold, RN
Victoria Liston, RN
Joan Madden, RN
Margaret McGrew, RN
Karen Mesehede, RN
Anne-Marie Miller, RN
Kerrie Miller, RN
Trisha Mock, RN
Jacqueline Molinaro, RN
Kirsten Morgan, RN
Shari Mott, RN
JoyLyn Mustapich, RN
Joleen Nachbar, RN
Karen Nietzke, RN
Ruth Oben, RN
Cynthia O’Hara, RN
Karen Palmer, RN
Valerie Palmer, RN
Rhonda Pardew, RN
Michelle Pedersen, RN
Debra Peterson, RN
Jenny Quinn, RN
Rose Reicherts, RN
Maria Rieck, RN
Rose Robertson, RN
Madelyn Rudd, RN
Angela Rueter, RN
Ruth Salge, RN
Jerilyn Saluri, RN
Kristi Seemann, RN
Kim Sherman, RN
Melanie Simpson, RN, PhD
Nancy Sorensen, RN
Kay Suppes, RN
Margo Sweany, RN
Karla Tartaglia, RN
Vickie Thomas, RN
Wendy Thomas, RN
Darlene Timmerman, RN
Robin Tropansky, RN
Amy Velasquez, RN
Mary Voelker, RN
Diana Waddell, RN
Stacey Wagers, RN
Mary Walker, RN
Yvonne Ward, RN
Natalie Wellington, RN
Pauline Willison, RN
Mark Winkler, RN
ONC – Orthopedic Nurse
Certified
Rebecca Cizmar, RN
Linda Fisher, RN
Lorelei Huelskamp, RN
Lauren Imel, RN
Cindy Kulphongpatana, RN
PCCN – Progressive Care
Certified Nurse
Hannah Anderson, RN
Sarah Anderson, RN
Frances Blackledge, RN
Emily Bolinger, RN
Amber Burke, RN
Virginia Donohue, RN
Samantha Evans, RN
Diane Farrell, RN
Betsey Gant, RN
Kylie Gaustad, RN
Andrea Glatz, RN
Anne Hager, RN
Justin Halberstadt, RN
Alison Hall, RN
Cheri Kliewer, RN
Kirsten Larson, RN
Kelleigh Lowe, RN
Alyson Luckenbach, RN
Brian Martens, RN
Lynn Murphy, RN
Joyce Ndungu, RN
Nicole O’Hare, RN
Stephanie Oxandale, RN
Jacqueline Pettersch, RN
Alicia Ramsey, RN
Rhea Scott, RN
Sofia Stoll, RN
Allison Thomson, RN
Melanie Tisdale, RN
Jenna Turnbaugh, RN
Stacey Wattier, RN
Heidi Webber, RN
Anna Werner, RN
PMHCNS-BC – Psychiatric and
Mental Health Clinical Nurse
Specialist
Noreen Thompson, RN
PNP-BC – Pediatric Nurse
Practitioner
Teresa Kilkenny, RN
QTTP – Qualified Therapeutic
Touch Practitioner
Theresa Isabell, RN
RCIS – Registered
Cardiovascular Invasive
Specialist
Joel Bangen, RN
Jennifer Cowan, RN
RN-BC – Case Management
Nurse
Diane Gee, RN
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RN-BC – Gerontological Nurse
Beverly King, RN
RN-BC – Nursing Professional
Development
Heidi Boehm, RN
Nell Hull, RN
Robyn Setter, RN
Marci Walker, RN
Karen Wray, RN
RN-BC – Gerontological Nurse
Practitioner
Sarah Walters, RN
RN-BC – Informatics Nurse
Kathryn Barnds, RN
Anne Lane, RN
RN-BC – Pain Management
Cheryl Adair, RN
Angela Interiano, RN
Cheryl Pound, RN
Melanie Simpson, RN, PhD
Jennifer Surprise, RN
Shari Thomasson, RN
Ahvy Whiteside, RN
RN-BC – Medical Surgical
Registered Nurse
Naomi King, RN
Carol McTarsney, RN
RN-BC – Pediatric Nurse
Robert Fenton, RN
RNC-NIC – Neonatal Intensive
Care Nursing
Allison Adewunmi, RN
LindsayBittfield,RN
Sherri Brown, RN
Leasa Clemons, RN
Therese Dansby, RN
Joann Fabac, RN
Cynthia Franke, RN
Melissa Golubski, RN
Laurie Hay, RN
Victoria Roberts, RN
Amanda Terrill, RN
Rhonda Truschinger, RN
Janet Wisner, RN
RNC-OB – Inpatient Obstetric
Nursing
Rebecca Brunner, RN
Leigh Collins, RN
Felicia Green, RN
Julie Smith, RN
Elisa Van Daalen, RN
Jill Whitney, RN
Michele Zook, RN
VABC – Vascular Access
BoardCertified
Christin Dillon, RN
Vanessa Oyler, RN
Linda Troutman, RN
Anthony Wiedel, RN
RN-BC – Psychiatric & Mental
Health Nurse
Carolyn Gallagher, RN
Anna Mensch, RN
Lisa Ninci, RN
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Mohamed Bah, RN, and Sally Gillam, RN, are among the Surgical Intensive
Care nurses who participated in a pilot to perform blood reinfusions.
Reinfusion helps significantly decrease patients’ risk of infection and anemia.
The procedure rolled out to all Intensive Care areas in April.
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Councils and Committees
COORDINATING
COUNCIL
Chris Ruder, RN, chair
Tami Alloway, RN
Melissa Bennink, RN
Jessie Brooks, RN
Elizabeth Carlton, RN
Carol Cleek, RN
Kim Dixon, RN
Patrick Duncan, RN
Gerre Fiore, RN
Sara Fohn, RN
Maria Fox, RN
Becky Gearhart, RN
Cathy Glennon, RN
Jill Hagel, RN
Lori Hollingshead, RN
Angela Interiano, RN
Susan Klaus, RN, PhD
Lila Martin, RN
Janet Marts, RN
Lynn Marzinski, RN
Amanda Meats, RN
Stacy Morast, RN
Kayla Northrop, RN
Jennifer Parks, RN
Tammy Peterman, RN
Nina Shik, RN
Gigi Siers, RN
Amber Styles
Trynn Waldon, RN
Dawn Walters, RN
Jim Waterman, RN
Stephanie Winright, RN
Karen Wray, RN
DEPARTMENT
PRACTICE COUNCIL
Tami Alloway, RN, chair
Melissa Bennick, RN,
chair-elect
Jessie Brooks, RN,
past chair
Nina Shik, RN,
director-liaison
Jody Akins, RN
Nancy Barr, RN
Pat Barrett, RN
Suzanne Bentley, RN
Chesha Bizan, RN
Amber Burke, RN
Carol Cleek, RN
Bonnie Cutler, RN
Cheryl Daugherty, RN
Lynn Davis, RN
Kim Dixon, RN
Angie Edstrom, RN
Sam Evans, RN
Heidi Fielder, RN
Sara Fohn, RN
Janet Forge, RN
Becky Gearhart, RN
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Cathy Glennon, RN
Anne Hager, RN
Elaine Haley, RN
Nell Hull, RN
Gayle Humphrey, RN
Debby Jackson, BSN, JD
Susan Klaus, RN, PhD
Lauren Lee, RN
Brittany Maynard, RN
Carol McTarsney, RN
Joann Moore, PharmD
Vanessa Oyler, RN
Dustin Pierce, RN
Lynelle Pierce, RN
Rozina Rajab-Ali, RN
Gail Saunders, LSW
Gayle Schuetz, RN
Megan Soeken, RN
Jennifer Surprise, RN
Mary Swingle, RN
Janet Wehrle, RN
Karen Wray, RN
CLINICAL INFORMATICS GUIDANCE DOCUMENT
AGENTS
OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE
Ambulatory
Teresa Baumli, RN
Nina Shik, RN, chair
Melissa Whitener, RN
Amber Styles, co-chair
Acute Care
Greg Anderson, RN
Heather Anderson, RN
Lisa Boyer, RN
Susan Burton, RN
Ashley Cameron, RN
Sam Evans, RN
Traci Eversoll, RN
Shelly Gochenour, RN
Anne Gramkow, RN
Alison Hall, RN
Lisa Huynh, RN
Angela Kilmer, RN
Kathy Klosterman, RN
Carol McTarsney, RN
John Morrison, RN
Jennifer Reck, RN
INFORMATICS COUNCIL Kendall Reese, RN
TJ Schreiner, RN
Trynn Waldon, RN, chair Viandra Scruggs, RN
Kayla Northrop, RN,
Jamie Wolf, RN
chair-elect
Dawn Walters, RN, DON Critical Care
liaison
Ashley Carpenter, RN
Jennifer Daniels, RN
Jim Bellamy
Gerre Fiore, RN
Lauren Bond, RN
Elizabeth Gaffney, RN
Laura Burch, RN
Gina Harrell, RN
Rebecca Cizmar, RN
MyLe Huynh, RN
Lynn Davis, RN
Lindsay Leiker, RN
Gerre Fiore, RN
Ashley Leonard, RN
Cathy Glennon, RN
Jared Lysaught, RN
Jen Goens, RN
Sidonie Moses, RN
Lauren Gray, RN
Leslie Price, RN
Kellie Hartman, RN
Abi Sutton, RN
Staci Hermann, PharmD Bridget Van-Gotten, RN
Julie Hodges
Joan Horton, RN
Maternal/Child/Psych
Katie Mann, RN
Lori Finn, RN
LaVerne Manos, RN
Sandy Moorman, RN
Elizabeth Miquelon, RN
Marilyn Talmadge, RN
Cherie Rourke, RN
Amanda Terrill, RN
Victoria Rudolph, RN
Deb Volts, RN
Christina Valentine, RN
Ellen Wendorff, RN
Elisa Van Daalen, RN
Kim Ziglinski, RN
Betsy Wagner, RN
Becky Waitkoss, RN
Peri-op/Procedural
Judy Warren, RN, PhD
Robbin Craddock, RN
Janet Wisner, RN
Ellen Durrenberger, RN
Melissa Fisher, RN
Adrienne Frazier, RN
Max Hardenbrook, RN
Lisa (Hali) Harris, RN
Tammy Jackson, RN
Melissa Jaeger, RN
Amy Kelley, RN
Robin Peterson, RN
Allison Raven, RN
Victoria Rudolph, RN
Marilyn Talmadge, RN
Beverly Young, RN
Kimberly Ziglinski, RN
Carol Cleek, RN
Dan Conyers
Kim Dixon, RN
Theresa Jackson
Jennifer Lombardi, RN
Monica Lubeck
Paula Miller
Britnee Moore
Joann Moore, PharmD
Lee Norman, MD
Cyndy Steen, RN
Dawn Walters, RN
Lisa Ward
MAGNET STEERING
COMMITTEE
Tammy Peterman, RN,
chair
Liz Carlton, RN,
director-liaison
Carol Cleek, RN
Dan Conyers, RRT
Kim Dixon, RN
Kimm Fromm-Foster
Becky Gearhart, RN
Cathy Glennon, RN
Jill Hagel, RN
Susan Klaus, RN, PhD
Marta Lawson, RN
Lila Martin, RN
Noella McCray, RN
Chris Ruder, RN
Terry Rusconi
Robyn Setter, RN
Nina Shik, RN
Gigi Siers, RN
Stacy Smith, RN
Becky Waitkoss, RN
Dawn Walters, RN
Karen Wray, RN
Becky Gearhart, RN
Marta Lawson, RN
Barbara Legler, RN
Melinda Loy, RN
Allison Malicoat, RN
Shelly Moore, RN
Maria Pena, RN
Elisa Van Daalen, RN
Beth Vandenberg, RN
Lisa Ward
NURSING POLICY
AND PROCEDURE
COMMITTEE
Kayla Northrop, RN, chair
Nina Shik, RN
director-liaison
Tami Alloway, RN
Rick Blevins, RN
Jessie Brooks, RN
Diane Clevenger, RN
Leanne Doerner, RN
Janet Forge, RN
Lauren Gray, RN
Kellie Hartman, RN
Hayley Hon, RN
Jennifer Lombardi, RN
Elizabeth Miquelon, RN
Lynn Murphy, RN
Rozina Rajab-Ali, RN
Linda Thacker, RN
Elisa Van Daalan, RN
Marci Walker, RN
Krista Zahner, RN
PROFESSIONALISM
COUNCIL
Sara Fohn, RN, chair
Lori Hollingshead, RN,
chair-elect
Karen Wray, RN,
director-liaison
Kim Dixon, RN
Nelda Godfrey, RN, PhD
Krystal Hardman, RN
Christine Hartigan, RN
MANAGEMENT
Kira Holm
COUNCIL
Tes Kirby, RN
Stephanie LaFaver, RN
Amanda Meats, RN, chair Shannon Ortman, RN
Stacy Morast, RN,
Maria Pena, RN
chair-elect
Robyn Setter, RN
Patrick Duncan, RN,
Gigi Siers, RN
past chair
Megan Soeken, RN
Meghan Sullivan, RN
Marci Bailey, RN
Kathleen Welch, RN
Carol Cleek, RN
Anna Werner, RN
Alisa Ford
Ahvy Whiteside, RN
Ty Fuller, RN
Stephanie Winright, RN
Nursing Research
QUALITY COUNCIL
Jennifer Parks, RN, chair
Janet Marts, RN,
chair-elect
Angela Interiano, RN,
past chair
Liz Carlton, RN,
director-liaison
Emily Barnett, RN
Patrick Duncan, RN
Sindy English, RN
Steven Forsythe, RN
Kim Gibson, RN
Cathy Glennon, RN
Lauren Gray, RN
Laurie Hay, RN
Bri Hotchkiss, RN
Angela Interiano, RN
Debby Jackson, BSN, JD
Joann Moore, PharmD
Tammy Peterman, RN
Melissa Randolph, RN
Brianna Robertson, RN
Chris Ruder, RN
Kristine Shipley, RN
Amber Styles
Marci Walker, RN
Elinor Westphal, RN
QUALITY AND SAFETY
INVESTIGATORS
Ambulatory
Kim Gibson, RN
Vicki Goetz, RN
Jeanette King, RN
Kim Ziglinski, RN
Critical Care
Wesley Casey, RN
Courtney Cruz, RN
Cassie Garza, RN
Cecilia Hanson, RN
Lucia Jones Herrera, RN
Brianna Robertson, RN
Amanda Robinson, RN
Shawna Schafer, RN
Sounithta Vilayvanh, RN
Maternal/Child Health
Theresa Bachman, RN
Missy Golubski, RN
Tara Kincaid, RN
Missy Randolph, RN
Kimberly Riffel, RN
Kristine Shipley, RN
Perioperative Services
Julia Jackson, RN
Rick Meyer, RN
Suzanne Turrentine, RN
Procedural Areas
Jennifer Cowan, RN
Lavita Davis, RN
Joanna Dolezal, RN
Laura Friederich, RN
Celeste Keener, RN
Bill Mauer, RN
Allison Smith, RN
Elinor Westphal, RN
Tony Wiedel, RN
Progressive Care
Sarah Harrington, RN
Alison Lindsay, RN
Janet Marts, RN
Renee Molloy, RN
Lynn Murphy, RN
Amanda Roush, RN
Amanda Williams, RN
RESEARCH COUNCIL
Maria Fox, RN, chair
Jim Waterman, RN,
chair-elect
Cathy Glennon, RN,
director-liaison
Megan Boyko, RN
Heather Collins
Pam Dock, RN
Nancy Dunton, RN, PhD
Sara Dubin, RN
Sindy English, RN
Jill Hagel, RN
Susan Klaus, RN, PhD
Lynn Marzinski, RN
Joan McMahon, RN
Joyce Ndungu, RN
Melanie Simpson, RN, PhD
Cassandra Taylor, RN
Noreen Thompson, RN
Laurie Badzek, RN; Cathy Glennon, RN; Marta Lawson, RN –
Expanding the Scope of Practice: Nursing Workforce Survey of
Genomic Knowledge Attitudes and Practice
Amanda Gartner, RN; Diane Boyle, RN, PhD; Amanda Gartner, RN;
Susan Klaus, RN, PhD; Lauren Nugent, RN; Brianna Robertson, RN
– A Survey Investigating the Knowledge Base of Healthcare Staff
Related to Sepsis Definitions and Early Goal Directed Therapy at an
Academic Medical Center
Liz Carlton, RN; Amanda Gartner, RN; Melissa Parkhurst, MD;
Steve Simpson, MD – Improving Inter-hospital Hand Off
Communication Through the Use of a Standardized Physician
Report Tool
Cathy Glennon, RN; Susan Klaus, RN, PhD; Susan Teasley, RN –
The Development and Implementation of a Manager Workload
Perception Scale
Susan Klaus, RN, PhD – Career Expectations of Bedside Nurses
Seeking Graduate Degrees
Susan Klaus, RN, PhD; Christina Phillips, DNP – Disruptive
Behaviors and Unit RN Job Satisfaction
Jennifer Parks, RN; Susan Klaus, RN, PhD; Jennifer Parks, RN;
Vincent Staggs, PhD; Maria Pena, RN – Outcomes of Nasal Bridling
for Enteral Tube Securement in Burn Patients
Mary Klugman, PhD; Robyn Setter, RN; Marci Walker, RN –
Baccalaureate Nurse Residency Program Demonstration Project
Evaluation Study-ongoing
Research Internships
Factors Associated with a Delayed or Missed Rapid Response Team
Deployment – Christina Waggoner, RN, Inpatient Renal Dialysis;
Amanda Gartner, RN, mentor
Supportive Touch Training for Oncology Nurses – Heather Rischar,
RN, Unit 42; Noreen Thompson, RN, mentor
The Effect of Progressive Upright Mobility on Patients Receiving
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) in the Intensive Care
Unit – Cher Brownback, RN, Medical ICU and Tricia Fletcher, RN,
Cardiac ICU; Susan Klaus, RN, PhD, mentor
The Impact of Care Journals on Patient Discharge Readiness and
Family Satisfaction in Neuroscience Care Units – Elli Trinh, RN,
Unit 62, Susan Klaus, RN, PhD, mentor
Medical/Surgical
Specialty
Heidi Fielder, RN
Maggie Foss, RN
Anna Langer, RN
Deidre Mitchell, RN
Lindsey Warren, RN
Janette Wright, RN
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Professional Organizations
INTERNATIONAL
American Heart Association Emergency
Cardiovascular Care: Kelly Hewins, RN,
regional faculty, member, QI committee
Kansas Organization of Nurse Leaders:
Rachel Pepper, RN, DNP, member, board
of directors, chair, advocacy commission
Kansas State Nurses Association, Local
District 2: Melissa Jaeger, RN, treasurer;
Nina Shik, RN, member, board of directors
NATIONAL
Association of Perioperative Registered
Nurses, Greater Kansas City Chapter:
Kate Howell, RN, member, board of
directors; Julia Jackson, RN, standing
committee chair; Bucky Will, RN, president
American Nurses Credentialing Center:
Cathy Glennon, RN, vice president,
Commission on Certification;
Jennifer Lombardi, RN, member,
content expert registry
Greater Kansas City Chapter of the
American Association of Critical Care
Nurses: Heather Nelson, RN, member,
board of directors; Stacy Smith, RN,
standing committee chair
International Society of Nurses in Cancer
Care: Cathy Glennon, RN, member,
conference management committee,
abstract reviewer for 2012 meeting
American Organization of Nurse Executives: Greater Kansas City Chapter of the
Karen Wray, RN, member, education
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses: Joan
committee
McMahon, RN, standing committee chair
American Society of Pain Management
Nurses: Melanie Simpson, RN, PhD,
member, board of directors
Greater Kansas City Chapter of the Spinal
Cord Injury Association: Joan McMahon,
RN, member, board of directors
American Trauma Society: Elizabeth
Carlton, RN, trauma program faculty
Headstrong for Jake: Liz Carlton, RN,
member, board of directors
Association of Rehabilitation Nursing:
Joan McMahon, RN, member, budget and
finance committee
International Transplant Nurses Society,
Kansas City Chapter, Heart of America:
Melissa Bennink, RN, standing committee
chair; Peggy Higby, RN, president-elect;
Tham Hoffmann, RN, standing committee
chair; Adam Olberding, RN, past president;
Jennifer Smothers, RN, standing
committee chair; Whitney Watson, RN,
president; Brandy Weaver, RN, secretary
Association of Spinal Cord Injury
Professionals: Joan McMahon, RN,
chairman, national conference
Emergency Nurses Association:
Michael Hastings, RN, member, Institute
of Quality, Safety and Injury Prevention
Advisory Council
National Nursing Staff Development
Organization: Heidi Boehm, RN, standing
committee chair; Marci Walker, RN,
member, finance committee
University Healthcare Consortium:
Tammy Peterman, RN, member CNO
council
REGIONAL/LOCAL
Kansas City Area Nurse Executives:
Tammy Peterman, RN, president
Kansas City Black Nurses Association:
Marva Smith, RN, standing committee
chair
Kansas City Chapter of the American
Association of Diabetic Educators: Cynthia
Gilbert, RN, standing committee chair
Kansas City Mission Lifeline/MARCER
Region: Kelly Hewins, RN, co-chair,
steering committee
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners,
Kansas Emergency Nurses Association:
local chapter: Liza Rodriguiz, RN, secretary Michael Hastings, RN, president; Kelly
Hewins, RN, standing committee chair
American Association of Neuroscience
Nurses, Kansas City Chapter/Mo-Kan
Kansas Healthcare Collaborative:
Blues: Carrie Fountain, RN, standing
Tammy Peterman, RN, member,
committee chair; Thu Janes, RN, treasurer; steering committee
Jennifer Moran, RN; standing committee
chair, Stacy Smith, RN; standing
Kansas Mission Lifeline Region V: Kelly
committee chair
Hewins, RN, facilitator, member, steering
committee
American Heart Association: Kelly Hewins,
RN, member, regional task force
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Mid-American Chapter of the MS Society:
Joan McMahon, RN, member, clinical
advisory committee
Midwest Association of Administrative
Nursing Supervisors: Missy Randolph, RN,
newsletter editor; Beth Vandenberg, RN,
president
Missouri-Kansas PeriAnesthesia Nurses
Association: Nancy Martin, RN, secretary
MO-Kan Vascular Access Nurses:
Vanessa Oyler, RN, treasurer
National Nurses Staff Development
Organization, Heart of America Affiliate:
Robyn Setter, RN, vice-president;
Marci Walker, RN, treasurer
Northeast Kansas Regional Trauma Council:
Liz Carlton, RN, secretary
Oncology Nurses Society, Greater
Kansas City Chapter: Cathy Glennon, RN,
treasurer; Jennifer Gray, RN, standing
committee chair; Kathey Huey, RN,
president-elect; Lynn Marzinski, RN,
standing committee chair; Noella McCray,
RN, standing committee chair; Julie
Wilhauk, RN, DNP, standing committee
chair
Philippine Nurses Association of Greater
Kansas City: Mary Aragon, RN, member,
board of directors; Lourdes Batocabe RN,
public relations officer; Luz Conde, RN,
secretary; Joy Doolin, RN, treasurer; Emma
Florentino, RN, member, board of directors
Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Chapter: Kelly
Hewins, RN, treasurer; Naomi King, RN,
standing committee chair; Gigi Siers, RN,
standing committee chair; Marta Lawson,
RN, standing committee chair
Society of Pediatric Nurses, Greater Kansas
Chapter: Jennifer Lombardi, RN, president
Sunflower Foundation, Healthcare for
Kansans: Chris Ruder, RN, chairman,
board of trustees
University of Kansas Nurses Alumni
Association: Chris Ruder, RN,
vice-president
Practice Council Chairs
DIVISION PRACTICE COUNCIL
CHAIRS
CV Management
Kelsi Shorthouse, Monitor Tech
PACU
Elaine Haley, RN, chair
Ambulatory
Kim Dixon, RN, chair
CVOR
Bill Matthews, RN, chair
Cancer Center
Gayle Humphrey, RN chair
Jody Akins, RN, chair-elect
CV PCU
Justin Halberstadt, RN, chair
Cara Smith, RN, chair-elect
PAT Clinic
Kimberly “Zann” Roach, RN,
chair
Heather Posch, RN, chair-elect
Critical Care
Dustin Pierce, RN, chair
Sarah Goldsmith, RN,
chair-elect
CVPP
Monty Bishop, RN, chair
Progressive Care
Amber Burke, RN, chair
Anne Hager, RN, chair-elect
Maternal/Child
Mary Swingle, RN, chair
Brittany Maynard, RN,
chair-elect
ED
Joan Horton, RN, chair
Huhnna White, RN, chair-elect
EP Lab
Misty Jaeger, RN, chair
Float Pool
Carol McTarsney, RN, chair
Jennifer Reck, RN, chair-elect
SDS
Cathy Katzer, RN, chair
Sally Doss, RN, chair-elect
Unit 61
Amy Herman, RN, chair
Zack Waldron, RN, chair-elect
Unit 62
Christy Bartlett, RN, chair
Unit 66
Kylie Gaustad, RN, chair
GI Lab
Sara Moore, RN, chair
Elinor Westphal, RN, chair-elect
Perioperative
Elaine Haley, RN, chair
Inpatient Dialysis/Apheresis
Tracy Presler, RN, co-chair
Christina Waggoner, RN
co-chair
SICU
Shandi McCray, RN, chair
Nicole Bebemeyer, RN,
co-chair-elect
Kimberly Norton, RN,
co-chair-elect
Inpatient Rehab
Archie Thomas, RN, chair
Lindsay Jost, RN, chair-elect
Spine Center
Cheryl Pound, RN, chair
Beth Haines, RN, chair-elect
Adult Psych/PLS
Kim Ziglinski, RN, chair
Burn Center
Abbey Harding RN, chair
Michelle Czerw, RN,
co-chair-elect
Jacob Hunt, RN, co-chair-elect
Case Management
Erin Medina, RN, chair
Cath Lab
Jessica Krueger, RN, chair
CICU
Heidi Quilty, RN, chair
CTR
Heather Field, RN, chair
Lakeitia Bunn, RN, chair-elect
CTS ICU
Brooke Harris, RN, chair
Jeff Pitts, RN, chair-elect
CTS PCU
Amber Burke, RN, chair
Sarah Hamilton, RN, chair-elect
Unit 43
Lauren Imel, RN, chair
Monica Tranckino, RN,
chair-elect
Pediatrics
Unit 46
Elizabeth White, RN, chair
Mandy McKinley, RN, chair-elect Diana Reyes, RN, chair
Carrie Armstrong, RN,
chair-elect
PICU
Mary Swingle, RN, chair
Unit 51
Stacy Hackler, RN,
Brynn Harrison, RN, co-chair
co-chair-elect
Kevin Bills, RN, co-chair
Brittany Maynard, RN,
co-chair-elect
Unit 53
Becky Culbertson, RN, co-chair
Radiology Nursing
Dayna Campbell, RN, co-chair
Brandon Fry, RN, chair
Med/Surg
Chesha Bizan, RN, co-chair
Heidi Fielder, RN, co- chair
UNIT PRACTICE COUNCIL
CHAIRS
Unit 41/42/BMT
Mollie Krantz, RN, co-chair
Liza Murray, RN, co-chair
Unit 64
Melissa Beal, RN, chair
Karen Bonilauri, RN, chair-elect
IV Therapy/Infusion Therapy
Cathy Quinn-Haynes, RN, chair
Labor/Delivery
Alissa Poitras, RN, chair
MICU
Sarah Goldsmith, RN, chair
Elizabeth Wright, RN, chair-elect
Mother/Baby
Deb Volts, RN, chair
Marilyn Talmadge, RN,
chair-elect
MTICU
Katie Mayer, RN, chair
NICU
Leasa Clemons, RN, co-chair
Shannon Fryer, RN, co-chair
Michelle Remmich, RN,
co-chair-elect
Kaitlin Henry, RN, co-chair-elect
OR
Holly Faber, RN, chair
Megan Bieker Spierer, RN,
chair-elect
Jacob Hunt, RN, is a part of a team who offer
compassionate care in the Burnett Burn Center
as patients recover and reclaim their lives.
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Medical Director/Hospital Director Partnerships
Unit-Based Partnerships
Department-Based Partnerships Program-Based Partnerships
BURN UNIT
Maria Pena, RN
ANESTHESIA/OR
MANAGEMENT –
PERIOPERATIVE SERVICES
Lisa Elm, RN
Tim Kistner, RN
Lila Martin, RN
Sandy Turner, RN
CARDIAC CRITICAL CARE
Cheryl Daugherty, RN
CARDIOLOGY
Renee Walters, RN
ANEMIA MANAGEMENT
Elora Thorpe, RN
BEHAVIOR RESPONSE TEAM
Noreen Thompson, RN
CTS ICU
Staci Guidicessi, RN
ANESTHESIA/PAIN
MANAGEMENT
Melanie Simpson, RN, PhD
BLOOD AND MARROW
TRANSPLANT
Cathy Glennon, RN
Marcia Jacobson, RN
Cyndy Steen, RN
CTS SURGERY
Becky Gearhart, RN
CARDIAC CATH
Nikki Harvey, RN
CHEST PAIN CENTER
Kelly Hewins, RN
FULL TERM NURSERY
Laurie Hay, RN
CARDIOTHORACIC
PROGRESSIVE CARE
Anna Werner, RN
CLINICAL PRODUCTS
Pat Barrett, RN
Brian Dolan, RN
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Becky Gearhart, RN
Nikki Harvey, RN
DIABETIC AND ENDOCRINE
Cindy Gilbert, RN
INPATIENT DIALYSIS
Jason Smith, RN
INPATIENT REHABILITATION
Barbara Legler, RN
MICU
Doug Peterson, RN
MTICU
Adam Olberding, RN
NEUROLOGY
Thu Janes, RN
NICU
Laurie Hay, RN
Amanda Meats, RN
PEDIATRICS
Allison Malicoat, RN
GASTROENTEROLOGY/
ENDOSCOPY
Greg Crawford, RN
NEURO INTER-OPERATIVE
MONITORING
Lila Martin, RN
OR MANAGEMENT/
PERIOPERATIVE
Lila Martin, RN
PRE-OP AND POST-OP
Lanette Kelly, RN
EPILEPSY
Thu Janes, RN
Stacy Smith, RN
HEPATOLOGY
Christine Young, RN
HOSPITALIST PROGRAM
Karen Wray, RN
INFECTION CONTROL
Nina Shik, RN
INFUSION ROOM
Deb Jordan, RN
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
Laura Burch, RN
LIVER TRANSPLANT
Tracy Giacoma, RN
Adam Olberding, RN
Rachel Pepper, RN
SURGICAL ICU
Cris Pritchard, RN
MOVEMENT DISORDER
Stacy Smith, RN
UNIT 46 & COMMUNITY
ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
Brigid Weyhofen, RN
NEURO ICU
Carol Cleek, RN
Stacy Smith, RN
UNIT 66 – TELEMETRY
Craig Shipley, RN
ORTHO TRAUMA
Tracy Rogers, RN
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Kim Dixon, RN
Melanie Simpson, RN, PhD
PALLIATIVE CARE
(NON-ONCOLOGY)
Marilyn Parker, RN
RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS/
CODE BLUE
Carol Cleek, RN
Doug Peterson, RN
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SPINE CENTER
INTERVENTIONAL PAIN
Kim Dixon, RN
SPINE REHABILITATION
Kim Dixon, RN
SPINE SERVICES
Thu Janes, RN
Joan McMahon, RN
Stacy Smtih, RN
STROKE
Janice Sandt, RN
Stacy Smith, RN
THORACIC SURGERY
Becky Gearhart, RN
TRAUMA/CONCUSSION
Summer Bryant, RN
Tracy Rogers, RN
UNIT 43 – ORTHOPEDICS
Stacy Morast, RN
UNIT 63 – SOLID ORGAN
TRANSPLANT
Tracy Giacoma, RN
QSI Quality Improvement Projects
Theresa Bachman, RN,
Pediatrics – “Cow-Tipping”
Handoffs
Courtney Cruz, RN, Cardiac
ICU – Reducing Venothrombo
Embolism in Procedural
Cardiac Patients
Jen Cowan, RN, Cath Lab –
Handoff Documentation
Ellen Durrenburger, RN, and
Lavita Davis, RN, IP Dialysis –
Hepatitis B Detection and
Dialysis Machine Disinfection
and Diabetic Management of
Patients on Hemodialysis
Cecilia Hanson, RN, Cardiothoracic ICU – Enhancing
Nurses’ Knowledge to Reduce
Venothrombo Embolism
Amanda Huber, RN, Unit 46 –
Creating a Culture of Fall
Prevention
Lucia Jones, RN, Emergency
Department – Reducing Falls
and Improving Hand Hygiene
Tara Kincaid, RN, L&D –
Communication and Handoff
Reporting in the Labor and
Delivery Unit
Bill Mauer, RN, and Joanna
Doezal, RN, CTR – Hemostasis
Management System
Bill Mauer, RN, EP Lab –
High Alert Medication Check
Deidre Mitchell, RN,
Unit 15A/B – Handoffs &
Transferring Patients During
Shift Change
Renee Molloy, RN, and
Sarah Harrington, RN, Unit 62 –
Wash for the Win! Improving
Hand Hygiene
Lynn Murphy, RN, CTP –
Vicki Goetz, RN, Spine Center – Fall Reduction
Heidi Fielder, RN, Unit 51 –
Improving Communication
Preventing VTE with Early
Through Patient Handoffs
Melissa Randolph, RN, NAC –
Ambulation for Surgery Patients
Float Pool – Resource Nurse
& Hardwiring Bedside Safety
Jeanette King, RN,
Handoff Communication
Checks
Cancer Center – Handoff
Communication
Kimberly Riffel, RN,
Maggie Foss, RN, Unit 55 –
Mother/Baby – Delivery and
Encouraging Meal Breaks
Anna Langer, RN, Rehab –
Post-Delivery Communication
through Structured Handoffs,
Fall Reduction through
Fall Reduction & Nurse/PCA
Structured Interdisciplinary
Brianna Robertson, RN,
Communication
Handoffs
Medical Transplant ICU –
Progressive Upright Mobility
Cassandra Garza, RN,
Alison Lindsay, RN, Unit 66 –
and Reducing Unit Acquired
Surgical ICU – Improving Bundle VTE Reduction Using a Flush
Pressure Ulcers
Compliance to Reduce Ventilator Order Set
Associated Pneumonia
Amanda Robinson, RN,
Janet Marts, RN, CVP –
Neuroscience ICU – Improving
Missy Golubski, RN, NICU –
Patient Education: Most
Venothrombo Embolism
Reduction of Retinopathy of
Common Side Effects of
Prevention Awareness
Prematurity
Prescription Medications
Amanda Rousch, RN, Unit 64 –
Fall Reduction
Shawna Schaffer, RN, Medical
ICU – Spontaneous Awakening/
Breathing Trial and Sedation
Usage
Kristine Shipley, RN, PICU –
Airway Management Cart
Reconfiguration
Sounithta Vilayvanh, RN, and
Wesley Casey, RN, Burnett
Burn Center – Reducing
Medication Errors
Lindsey Warren, RN,
Unit 41/42 – Improving Handoff
Communication: RN to RN,
RN to PCA, and Outpatient/
Inpatient; Chemotherapy
Administration Safety
Elinor Westphal, RN, GI –
Handoff Consistency
Tony Wiedel, RN, IV Therapy –
Reducing PICC Related VTE
Kim Ziglinsky, RN, Psych –
Boosting Unit Morale by
Strengthening Practice Council
Julia Bradbury, RN, is a staff member of Transplant
Intensive Care, which holds the hospital record
for the highest percentage of certified nurses.
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Presentations and Posters
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL
Carrie Armstrong, RN; Diana
Reyes, RN; Trynn Waldon, RN;
Brigid Weyhofen, RN –
American Organization of Nurse
Executives Center for Care
Innovation and Transformation,
“Patient Satisfaction
Improvement Project,”
April 2012 (poster)
Carrie Armstrong, RN; Diana
Reyes, RN; Trynn Waldon, RN;
Brigid Weyhofen, RN –
American Organization of Nurse
Executives Center for Care
Innovation and Transformation,
“Unit 46: Changing the Culture,”
April 2012
Lynn Davis, RN –
EPIC Users Group Meeting,
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Developing a
Nursing Informatics Council,”
September 2011
Sara Dubin, RN – National
Association of Neonatal Nurses
Annual Educational Conference,
“Heliox in the NICU,”
September 2011
Tracy Giacoma, RN –
7th Annual Workshop for
Financial Coordinators,
“The Impact of Hospital Cost
and Statistical Reporting,”
September 2011
Lauren Gray, RN –
EPIC Nursing Advisory
Liz Carlton, RN –
Council, “Rapid Order Set
American Association of Medical Development for CPOE,”
Colleges Integrating Quality:
August 2011
Collaborating for Care Meeting,
“Gathering the Tribes –
Lauren Gray, RN – EPIC Users
A Multi-Disciplinary/InterGroup Meeting, “Rapid Order
Disciplinary Patient Safety
Set Development for CPOE,”
Conference,” June 2012
September 2011
Liz Carlton, RN – Direct Call
Leadership Conference,
“Developing a Comprehensive
Transfer Management Strategy,”
March 2012
Liz Carlton, RN;
Doug Peterson, RN –
National Magnet Conference,
“HERO’s Beyond the Bedside,”
October 2011 (poster)
Liz Carlton, RN; Chris Ruder,
RN; Noreen Thompson, RN –
The University HealthSystem
Consortium 2011 Annual
Conference, “In the Line of Fire:
One Hospital’s Journey to a
Safer Environment,”
September 2011 (poster)
Melissa Golubski, RN –
NANN 27th Annual Education
Conference, “The Quality and
Safety Investigator in the
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,”
September 2011 (poster)
Lindsay Gutierrez, RN; Monica
Odgers, RN; Trynn Waldon,
RN; Bridgid Weyhofen, RN –
American Organization of Nurse
Executives Center for Care
Innovation and Transformation,
“Nurse-Aide Communication
Improvement Initiative,”
October 2011 (poster)
Laurie Hay, RN; Janet Wisner,
RN – NICU Leadership Forum
Best Practice Forum, “Clinical
Coaching in the NICU:
Branching Out to Enhance Staff
Education,” April 2012
Joan McMahon, RN – 2011
ASCIP Conference, “Developing
a Comprehensive SCI Clinic,”
September 2011
Lynelle Pierce, RN; Whitney
Watson, RN – American
Association of Critical Care
Nurses National Teaching
Institute, MARS and the Failing
Liver…Sending Help From the
Planet Earth,” May 2012
Chris Ruder, RN;
Tammy Peterman, RN –
National Magnet Conference,
“Growing Great Leaders,”
October 2011
Cyndy Steen, RN; Robin
Thompson, RN – BMT
Tandam Meetings, “Reduction
of Central Line Associated
Bloodstream Infections in
the BMT Population,”
February 2012 (poster)
Betsy Wagner, RN –
National Nursing Staff
Development Organization
National Conference,
“Entertain Me, So I Can Learn!
The Changing Winds (and
Minds) of Today’s Learner,”
July 2011
Marci Walker, RN –
National Nursing Staff
Development Organization
National Conference,
“Clinical Competency Fitness
Michael Hastings, RN –
Emergency Nurses Association’s Makeover; The Marathon
Training Program,” July 2011
Leadership Conference,
“Building Future Leaders,”
February 2012
Laurie Hay, RN –
NANN National Conference,
“Clinical Coaching in the NICU:
Branching Out to Enhance
Staff Education,”
September 2011 (poster)
REGIONAL/LOCAL
Teri Banman, RN –
Kansas City Area Tumor
Registrars Association,
“Navigation Program:
Identification of Barriers to
Care,” November 2011
Kaitlin Begg, RN; Janet Marts,
RN; Jacqueline Pyle, RN, – The
University of Kansas Hospital
6th Annual Nursing Research
Symposium, “Call Light Race”
September 2011
Liz Carlton, RN –
2012 Annual Northeast Kansas
Regional Trauma Conference,
“Developing Regional
Performance Improvement
Infrastructure,” April 2012
Liz Carlton, RN – 2012 Annual
Northeast Kansas Regional
Trauma, Level IV Workshop –
“What is Trauma Performance
Improvement?” April 2012
Liz Carlton, RN –
5-Star Symposium,
“Remembering Jake,”
May 2012
Liz Carlton, RN – Kansas
Hospital Engagement Network
Program, “Clinical Focus on
Hospital Acquired Conditions:
VTE,” June 2012
Liz Carlton, RN – Magnetizing
KC, “Data Presentation that
Drives Results – Empirical
Outcomes,” February 2012
Sean Cash, RN – Nebraska
Medical Center, “Psychosocial
Issues for Transplant Donors
in Relation to the Transplant
Process,” August 2011
Bob Dary, RN;
Beth Vandenberg, RN – Delta
Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau,
“Magnetizing the Night Shift,”
March 2012
Bob Dary, RN;
Beth Vandenberg, RN –
Midwest Association of
Administrative Nursing
Supervisors, “Engaging the
Night Shift,” June 2012
Sara Dubin, RN – MissouriKansas Association of Neonatal
Nurses, “Heliox in the NICU,”
November 2011
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Sara Fohn, RN – The University
of Kansas Hospital Palliative
Care Grand Rounds, “Palliative
Nursing Across the Spectrum of
Care,” December 2011
Maria Fox, RN – Fall Trauma
Update, St. John’s Mercy
Hospital, “Pain Management
Strategies,” September 2011
Amanda Gartner, RN –
Greater Kansas City Chapter of
American Association of Critical
Care Nurses, “Hemodynamic
Monitoring,” November 2011
Amanda Gartner, RN –
Patient Care Assistant
University, “Focus on Quality
and Safety,” December 2011
Amanda Gartner, RN –
The University of Kansas
Hospital Critical Care Update:
“Focus on Quality,”
February 2012
Amanda Gartner, RN –
The University of Kansas
Hospital Nurse Residency
Program, “Quality
Improvement,” January 2012
Cindy Gilbert, RN –
Area Health Education Center,
“Management of Diabetes and
Glycemic Alteration,” April 2012
Cindy Gilbert, RN –
Area Health Education Center,
“Update on Medications for
Managing Diabetes,” June 2012
Cindy Gilbert, RN –
KC Chapter of American
Association of Diabetic
Educators, “New Diabetic
Medications,” November 2011
Catherine Glennon, RN –
Tumor Registrars Regional
Conference, “Metastatic Breast
Cancer: The Bridge Survey,”
October 2011
Krystal Hardman, RN –
Area Health Education Center,
“Dreaming PURPLE,”
March 2012
Laurie Hay, RN – The University
of Kansas Hospital 6th Annual
Nursing Research Symposium –
“Clinical Coaching in the NICU:
Branching Out to Enhance Staff
Education,” September 2011
(poster)
Laurie Hay, RN –
Magnetizing KC Conference,
“Clinical Coaching in the NICU:
Branching Out to Enhance Staff
Education,” February 2012
(poster)
Dan Hudson, RN –
11th Annual Kansas Trauma
Summit, “A Boy from the
Bronx – The Story of a Snake
Wrangler,” August 2011
Carol Ann Matthias, RN –
KU Cancer Center Nursing
Grand Rounds, “When Getting
a “C” Does Not Mean
You’re Average – My Patient
Experience,” October 2011
Tracy McDonald, RN –
Region 7 Trauma Program
Managers Workshop, “Trauma
Finance 101,” December 2011
Gigi Siers, RN – Magnetizing
KC Conference, “Comfort Carts:
A Tangible Expression of the
Nursing Care Model at End of
Life,” February 2012 (poster)
Joan McMahon, RN –
Johnson County Community
College, “SCI – From Where
We Began to Where We Hope
to Be,” October 2011
Gigi Siers, RN – The University
of Kansas Hospital 6th Annual
Nursing Research Symposium,
“Leading Teams in Action,”
September 2011
Carol Mulvenon, RN – Greater
Kansas City Chapter Oncology
Nursing Society, “Look Inside
My Cancer Pain Toolbox,”
September 2011
Melanie Simpson, RN, PhD –
Guest Lecturer, Physical
Therapy at The University of
Kansas Hospital, “Managing
Pain and Physical Therapy,”
March 2012
Dan Hudson, RN –
9th Annual Life Star of Kansas
Emergency Care Symposium,
“Essential Airway and Ventilatory Kayla Northrop, RN –
Management Principles,”
The University of Kansas School
October 2011
of Nursing, “Burn Care 101,”
November 2011
Dan Hudson, RN – Children’s
Mercy Hospital, “Difficult Airway Kayla Northrop, RN – Johnson
and Management Principles,”
County Community College
April 2012
Paramedics, “The First 24,”
March 2012
Susan Klaus, RN, PhD –
University of Kansas School of
Lynelle Pierce, RN – Greater
Nursing BSN Research Class,
Kansas City Chapter of AACN,
“Hospital-Based Research:
“Mechanical Ventilation: Basics
The Real Deal,” October 2011
and Beyond,” January 2012
Akiko Kubo, RN –
Liberty Hospital Education
Resource Group Meeting –
“Entertain Me, So I Can Learn!
The Changing Winds (and
Minds) of Today’s Learner,”
March 2012
Akiko Kubo, RN – Heart of
America NNSDO Chapter –
“Entertain Me, So I Can Learn!
The Changing Winds (and
Minds) of Today’s Learner,”
January 2012
Nina Shik, RN – Kansas Nurses
Association Annual Convention,
“Evidenced-Based Practice:
Benefits and Pitfalls,”
October 2011
Lynelle Pierce, RN –
Critical Care Orientation at
The University of Kansas
Hospital, “Care of the
Respiratory Patient,”
October 2011 and April 2012
Melanie Simpson, RN, PhD –
Continuing Education for Nurses
at St. Francis Hospital,
“Making Pain Management
More Positive,” March 2012
Jennifer Surprise, RN – The
University of Kansas Hospital
Pain Resource Nurse Program,
“Monitoring Patients on Opioid
Therapy, Avoiding Pitfalls,” and
“Assessment, Reassessment
and Documentation of Pain,”
August 2011
Diedre Waldrup, RN;
Whitney Watson, RN –
Greater Kansas City American
Association of Critical Care
Nurses Visions Symposium,
“The Nuts and B-OLTS of Liver
Audra Rankin, RN – Area Health Transplantation,” March 2012
Education Center, “Heart Failure
Update,” December 2011
Nancy Washburn, RN –
Young Survival Coalition at
Chris Ruder, RN;
Cancer Action, “Obesity and
Tammy Peterman, RN –
Exercise and its Importance,”
5-Star Day, “The Power of
January 2012
Professionalism,” May 2012
Janice Sandt, RN –
14th Annual Stroke Symposium,
“Drip and Ship Model of Care,”
October 2011
Janice Sandt, RN – Ft. Scott
Mercy Health Center, “Impeding
Stroke,” February 2012
Robyn Setter, RN –
The University of Kansas
Hospital, “Mentoring 101,”
January 2012
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awards
2012 NURSING
Excellence in Nursing Awards
Expert Clinical Nurse
Melissa Oropeza-Vail, RN
Nurse Innovator
Howard Willyard, RN
Nurse Preceptor
Sarah Carter, RN
Patient/Family Advocate
Stephanie Winwright, RN
Expert Nurse Leader
Adam Olberding, RN
Nurse Mentor
Kayla Northrop, RN
Outstanding
New Graduate
Taylor Frese, RN
Patient/Family Educator
Anna Langer, RN
The University of Kansas Hospital Magnet Nurse of the Year
Melanie Simpson, RN, PhD
Donor-Sponsored Awards
Andrea Allen, RN
Teri Banman, RN
Erika Carter-Logan, RN
Wesley Casey, RN
Terra Dudenhoeffer, RN
Debra Jordan, RN
Anna Langer, RN
Mary Madden, RN
Rhonda Martin, RN
Jennifer Medellin, RN
Dustin Pierce, RN
Kris Seemann, RN
Michele Zook, RN
Christy Gibson
Ethan Kent
Support Staff Excellence
Diane Anderson
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Valerie Brian
Nursing Excellence Award winners were honored at a dinner in June. Seated, from left: Melissa Oropeza-Vail, RN; Anna Langer, RN;
Taylor Frese, RN; Kayla Northrop, RN. Standing, from left: Howard Willyard, RN; Sarah Carter, RN; Melanie Simpson, RN, PhD;
Stephanie Winwright, RN; and Adam Olberding, RN.
Donor-sponsored Award winners were also honored:
Seated, from left: Erika Carter-Logan, RN; Rhonda Martin, RN;
Andrea Allen, RN; Teri Banman, RN; Debra Jordan, RN. Standing,
from left: Jennifer Medellin, RN; Mary Madden, RN; Anna Langer, RN;
Terra Dudenhoeffer, RN; Wesley Casey, RN; Michele Zook, RN;
Kris Seemann, RN; and Dustin Pierce, RN.
Support Staff Excellence Award winners are, from left,
Christy Gibson, Ethan Kent, Valerie Brian and Diane Anderson.
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Publications
The following people have contributed to
The University of Kansas Hospital
Research Council Literature Review:
Abstracts Relevant to Nursing Practice:
In many cases, Department of Nursing
staff partnered with other authors, listed
here as et al. Their contributions are
greatly appreciated.
Allison Adewunmi, RN
Suzanne Bentley, RN
Rebecca Brunner, RN
Robert Dary, RN
Tiffany Diehl, RN
Joanna Dolezal, RN
Sara Dubin, RN
Sindy English, RN
Maria Fox, RN
Amanda Gartner, RN
Wendy Garza, RN
Cathy Glennon, RN
Lisa Hahn, RN
Michael Hastings, RN
Erika Humbargar, RN
Lauren Imel, RN
Julia Jackson, RN
Lisa Jewell, RN
Alexsis Johnson, RN
Cathi Johnson, RN
Linda Kurtz, RN
Janet Marts, RN
Bill Mauer, RN
Lynn Marzinski, RN
Joan McMahon, RN
Jennifer Moran, RN
Jennifer Parks, RN
Melissa Randolph, RN
Robyn Setter, RN
Kristine Shipley, RN
Amy Velesquez, RN
Stacey Wattier, RN
Patty Winkler, RN
Hasan Al-Omari, RN, PhD, et al –
“Psychological Outcomes of Intimate
Partner Violence Experienced by Jordanian
Working Women,” Healthcare for Women
International, 33, 217-227
Michael Hastings, RN; Susan Klaus, RN,
PhD; et al – “Effect of Weather on Medical
Patient Volume at Kansas Speedway Mass
Gatherings,” Journal of Emergency Nursing:
in press
Susan Klaus, RN, PhD, et al – “Job
Satisfaction in Birth Cohorts of Nurses,”
The Journal of Nursing Management:
in press
Elyse Biethman, RN – “Mandatory Gardasil
Vaccination in Adolescents,” Sigma Theta
Tau International Delta Chapter Journal of
Undergraduate Nursing Writing, 5th Ed,
August 2011
Lynn Marzinski, RN – “Oncology
Nursing – Changing Straw Into Gold,”
Central Focus, Newsletter of the Greater
Kansas City Chapter Oncology Nursing
Society, Vol 47(2), page 1
Michael Blomquist, RN; Doyle Coons, RN
– “Rapid Response Teams: What’s
Your Role,” Mosby’s Nursing Consult,
October 2011
Carol Mulvenon, RN, et al – “Sadly
Caught up in the Moment: An Exploration
of Horizontal Violence,” Nursing Economics,
30, 6-13
Heidi Boehm, RN, et al – “Improving
Feedback to Students Online, Teaching Tips
From Experienced Faculty,” The Journal of
Continuing Education in Nursing, 42(11),
503-509
Heather Nelson, RN – “Pediatric Advanced
Directives: A Voice for the Voiceless,”
Sigma Theta Tau International Journal,
August 2011
Elizabeth Carlton, RN; Lauren Gray, RN;
et al – “Reduction of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients:
A multidisciplinary, interprofessional
approach aligning education with quality
improvement,” AAMC R4R Member
Innovation, https://www.aamc.org/
icollaborative/r4r/264250/resource174.html
Jill Peltzer, RN, et al – “The Development
of a Comprehensive Community Health
Center in a Rural Community: A Qualitative
Case Study,” Leadership in Health Services,
25(1), 52-61
Linus Silvey, RN – “Patient Autonomy
and End-of-Life Care: Cross-Cultural
Considerations,” The Journal of
Undergraduate Nursing Writing,
Vol 5, Issue 1, August 2011
Cathy Glennon, RN, et al – “Patient
Perceptions of an Art-making Experience in
an Outpatient Blood and Marrow Transplant Melanie Simpson, RN, PhD – “Pain,” in M
Hickey & S Newton (Eds), Telephone Triage
Clinic,” European Journal of Cancer Care:
for Oncology Nurses, (2nd Ed. pp 199-201).
in press
Pittsburgh, PA: Oncology Nursing Society
Shari Thomasson, RN – “When the
Negative Becomes Positive,” Central
Focus, Newsletter of the Greater Kansas
City Chapter Oncology Nursing Society,
Vol 48 (2), page 9
Stephanie Winright, RN, et al – “Prostate
Cancer: Nursing’s Role,” Med-Surg Matters:
in press
Clearlis Starr, RN, Mother/Baby Unit Coordinator is among a team
who provide family-centered care to our new moms and babies
as they start their new journey in life.
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in memoriam
During the past year, The University of Kansas Hospital
lost four members of its nursing family.
They are greatly missed by their co-workers
and friends at the hospital.
Michael Wajcman, RN
PACU
Ray Vienna
Emergency Department
Jenny West, RN
Clinical Excellence
Dean Crist
Perioperative Services
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