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Excellence
without
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N U R S I N G
A N N U A L
R E P O R T
Excellence
On the cover: (front row, left) Akiko Kubo, RN, Rozina Rajab-Ali, RN, Sidonie
Walker-Reid, RN, (middle row, left) Noreen Thompson, RN, Shelly Gilliland, RN,
Leigh Collins, RN, (back row, left) John Carothers, RN, John Hennrich, RN.
Above: More than 14,700 surgeries were performed at our hospital last year.
Pictured are (front row, left) Crystal Eaton, RN, Mystique Gant, RN, (back row,
left) Pat Gallagher, RN, Roy Hamilton, RN, Astra De Vera, RN. They are among
the 163 nurses in Perioperative Services who care for these patients.
without l i mits
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A letter from Tammy and Chris
Introduction: The components of excellence
Excellence in leadership: Transformational leadership
Models of excellence: Structural empowerment
Excellence in practice: Exemplary professional practice
Excellence through innovation: New knowledge, innovations and improvements
Excellent outcomes: Empirical quality results
2009 Nursing achievements
Tammy Chris
A letter from
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What an amazing year this has been. During fiscal year 2009, through our personal commitment, teamwork and dedication to
our patients, we continued to establish ourselves as a national leader. We finished the fiscal year with the highest levels of patient
satisfaction ever achieved by our hospital. During that same period, our annual mortality index (actual mortality/expected mortality)
indicated an estimated 250 patients were discharged from our hospital whose diagnoses and other health-related risk factors
indicated a low likelihood of survival. All of this took place while we were caring for more patients than we’ve ever seen in our hospital—patients who were also more acutely ill than those previously treated. We invested in new units, services and technology. A
final point of pride is our nursing retention rate, which continued to improve over previous years.
The Nursing Annual Report helps tell the story of staff from the Department of Nursing who have made these outstanding
results possible. It tells of the individuals who use quality and performance-improvement principles to advance patient care. It
documents teams of individuals who came together to improve our systems and processes in support of exceptional patient care
and service. And it captures the heart and passion of all of you who join together every day as one of the best health care teams
in the country. As we prepare to submit our application to be redesignated as a Magnet Hospital, this annual report tells a story
that should make all of us very proud.
Thank you for all you have done to help write this story and for all you will do to ensure we lead the nation in caring, healing,
teaching and learning.
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
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The components
of
Excellence
You will notice something different about this year’s Nursing Annual Report. This report highlights our nursing staff’s great work,
using the revised model for Magnet, which was introduced this year.
For those of you who are familiar with the criteria for the Magnet Recognition Program, this new model introduces Five Components, which provide a framework for nursing practice and research. The Fourteen Forces of Magnetism are still there, embedded
in the components, which define more clearly how the forces work together to support exceptional patient care and the profession
of nursing. More than ever before, the Magnet Model reflects the global issues facing nursing and health care.
The first component,
Transformational Leadership, is focused on how leadership establishes a vision (including values,
beliefs and behaviors) that will sustain the organization well into the future. This component includes transformational thinking,
communication and a focus on dynamic innovation to meet the needs of the ever-changing health care environment. Within this
component, you will find Forces No. 1 (Quality of Nursing Leadership) and No. 3 (Management Style). An important aspect of
transformational leadership for our organization is the belief that leadership is an essential role of every member of the team.
Structural Empowerment, the second component, examines how the organization’s structure and relationships support
innovation, professional practice and the embodiment of its mission, vision and values. Linking the organization’s strategic goals
to those of the department and units, we provide development and support to further the accomplishment of these goals.
Contained in this component are Forces No. 2 (Organizational Structure), No. 4 (Personnel Policies and Programs), No. 10
(Community and the Healthcare Organization), No. 12 (Image of Nursing) and No. 14 (Professional Development).
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The third component is Exemplary
Professional Practice. This component encompasses the creation of a vision and sys-
tems that support professional practice within nursing. It also promotes the use of knowledge and evidence to generate the best
possible outcomes for patients, families, communities and the team. This component incorporates a number of forces, including
No. 5 (Professional Models of Care), No. 8 (Consultation and Resources), No. 9 (Autonomy), No. 11 (Nurses as Teachers) and
No. 13 (Interdisciplinary Relationships). Our councils and models, at a department and unit level, as well as the many resources in
place to support the nurse at the bedside, are indicative of our commitment to exemplary professional practice.
Fourth is
New Knowledge, Innovations and Improvements. Based on Force No. 7 (Quality Improvement), this com-
ponent targets the importance of nurses in the development, implementation and sharing of new knowledge and best practices.
Whether it is through improving an existing process or developing an innovative one, nurses have the opportunity and responsibility to advance the practice of health care.
Component Five is
Empirical Quality Results. This component is integrated into the other four components. Force No. 6
(Quality of Care) serves as a foundation for this component. It helps direct the organization’s focus on how care is provided and
the resulting outcomes. Leadership, structure, professional practice and an improvement mindset are all targeted to produce
ever-improving outcomes. This component takes ideas and initiatives from theory to results and keeps the organization focused
on the factors most critical to long-term success.
As you read through this publication, you will see just a sampling of the many ways in which The University of Kansas Hospital
embodies the forces and components of the Magnet criteria. These and many more stories illustrate what makes our hospital
a Magnet facility.
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Excellence
in leadership
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Transformational leadership
In the past year, calls to the Acute Stroke
Response Team have doubled. Jason Gray
couldn’t be happier.
Gray, RN, Neuroscience ICU, and the team have worked hard to
make the phone ring—because the more calls they receive, the
more patients they can treat.
Over the past three years, the ASRT saved numerous lives as they
quickly responded to the needs of patients who suffered strokes.
But it wasn’t enough for Gray. He knew that if the stroke team
members were quickly called for every patient who exhibited signs
of stroke, they could potentially reduce stroke morbidity and mortality for more people.
The goal was simple: Bring in more calls. Gray’s solution was inspired. As his Frontline Leadership Academy project, he included
stroke education in his Advanced Cardiac Life Support classes,
teaching fellow nurses to recognize the signs and symptoms of
stroke. As a result, nurses responded more promptly to refer stroke
victims to the ASRT team, and more patients received treatment
faster. (See graph on page 9.)
Now every critical care nurse receives stroke education. Thanks to
the success of the team’s efforts, The University of Kansas Hospital
received the “Get With The Guidelines” Gold Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association in 2009. The award recognizes the hospital
for providing a higher standard of care for stroke patients.
Gray’s dedication to save more lives by expanding stroke education is just one example of how our nurses transform care at our
hospital. They focus on what’s right for the patient; they continually
ask how they can make the hospital better; and they take action.
Other nurse-led initiatives recently implemented:
• Expanded Surviving Sepsis programs, which train clinicians
across Kansas to recognize the signs of sepsis
• A discharge communications pilot, helping significantly
reduce the hours the hospital is on diversion
• Falls prevention program, which reduced falls 12 percent
compared to last year
In seeking new ways to enhance care, our nurses’ leadership ensures our patients receive not just good care, but great care.
Left: More than 160 nurses make up the five department nursing councils. Members of the Professionalism Council include (from left)
Maria Pena, RN, Karen Wray, RN, Bob Dary, RN, Lori Hollingshead, RN, and Kris Brees, RN. Above: Jason Gray, RN, and the
other members of the Acute Stroke Response Team responded to as many as 60 calls a month last year.
Excellence
in leadership
Transforming neuroscience care
Nurses on Units 61 and 62 understand patient care extends well
beyond the bedside. Stacy Smith, RN, and Thu Janes, RN, nurse
managers of Units 61 and 62, respectively, and their staff helped
design the new Neuroscience units. Their input resulted in bringing
needed supplies right to the bedside and improving patient rooms
and waiting areas.
Additionally, the units’ Practice Councils continually focus on making the new units even better. For example, Unit 61 implemented
and is evaluating a coma scoring tool used at Mayo Clinic, which
they turned into a quick reference for staff. Unit 62 instituted a falls
initiative, which reduced fall rates to below national benchmarks.
It’s this kind of leadership that helps make our hospital a destination for neuroscience care.
Councils lead department initiatives
Recently the Practice, Quality and Research Councils teamed
with Pathology and Laboratory Medicine to look for new ways
to reduce contamination of blood samples sent to the lab. When
samples become contaminated, more blood must be drawn,
which creates a delay in testing. Based on their findings, they
made changes in sampling procedures, ultimately improving the
quality of care our patients receive.
More than 160 nurses make up six nursing councils: Clinical Practice, Coordinating, Management, Professionalism, Quality and
Research. These professionals help set nursing priorities, identify
issues, and most important, develop solutions.
Top: Marthe Wolff, RN, shares Unit 61’s visitor brochure with patients’ families and friends to acquaint them with the unit’s unique features and
procedures. This is only one of the improvements implemented by the unit’s Practice Council during the past year. Bottom: Council members
include (from left) Jennifer Lewis, RN, Michelle Taylor and Kaitlyn Balough, RN.
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Transformational leadership
Frontline leadership spurs new ideas
Communication is the key to excellent care. That’s why Liz Miquelon, RN, developed From Your RN, a
monthly electronic newsletter for physicians.
The newsletter began as her project for the Frontline Leadership Academy. Participants attend
seminars designed to help them strengthen leadership skills and bring about change in their units.
Miquelon, Float Pool educator, crafted the newsletter to bring timely, effective communication
to our physicians about changes to clinical practice in each division or unit. An educational extension and reference tool, the newsletter keeps physicians informed of changes before they
happen. And that translates into better, more efficient and effective care.
Acute Stroke Response Team activations
Number of calls
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Apr 2009
Mar 2009
Feb 2009
Jan 2009
Dec 2008
Nov 2008
Oct 2008
Sep 2008
Aug 2008
Jul 2008
Jun 2008
May 2008
Total ASRT activations
ASRT activations by Critical Care Division
ASRT activations by Acute Care Division
ASRT activations by ED
Liz Miquelon, RN
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Models of
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Excellence
Structural empowerment
Unit 51 was looking for a way to increase
patient satisfaction scores. That got the
attention of unit nurses Bri Hotchkiss, RN,
Gi Manaying, RN, Kristen Phillips, RN, and
Teresa Self, RN.
As part of their Nurse Residency project, they closely examined
patient surveys to discover opportunities to increase patient satisfaction. They tracked themes in patient comments and scores,
and approached change with a combination of care, compassion
and education.
Their findings? Patients perceived a gap in care when they transferred from the Surgical ICU to the nursing unit. The team realized
patients may need a little more education about what to expect
when they moved out of the ICU. Now, the Unit 51 nurse who
will be caring for a specific patient visits that patient while still in
Surgical ICU. The patient and family get a personal introduction to
their nurse and Unit 51. Since beginning this education, the unit’s
patient satisfaction scores have significantly increased.
These nurses were among the 106 involved in our BSN Nurse
Residency Program this past year. One of the first of its kind in the
nation, our post-baccalaureate program just celebrated its sixth
anniversary. Since its inception, 594 first-year nurses have participated in the comprehensive development program, which culminates in projects designed to improve patient care in their units.
That equates to hundreds of performance improvement ideas,
policies, procedures or product recommendations that have improved care at our hospital.
Programs like Nurse Residency help raise the standard of professionalism of our nurses and ensure excellent care for our patients.
Opportunities abound for
professional development
When Leah Dickter, RN, unit educator, learned nurses in Unit 66
were eager to gain certification in progressive care, she put the opportunity in their hands. Dickter gathered study guides and DVDs
for the staff, formed a study group and mentored co-workers as
they studied for the exam. (Continued next page.)
Left: Laura Mikkelson, RN, and Mike Wagner, RN, are among the 64 Emergency Department nurses who treated 44,366 patients last year.
Above: Bri Hotchkiss, RN, educates ICU patients on what to expect when they move to Unit 51 for care. This simple act helped increase
the unit’s patient satisfaction scores significantly.
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Models of
Excellence
Nurses interested in certification also got a boost from attending
the second Certified Nurses Day reception in March, sponsored
by the Professionalism Council. Certified nurses answered questions about the certification process and offered an insider’s tour of
steps to obtaining certification.
The hospital also helps nurses develop professionally through
tuition reimbursement, the certification bonus program, mentoring
programs and support of nurse-led initiatives. It’s through professional development that our nurses hone their skills and expand
their knowledge.
A commitment to our community
Collecting soda can pull tabs. Fitting bike helmets. Trekking along
city streets. These seemingly everyday efforts have something in
common: They greatly affected the health and well-being of our
communities this year. And our nurses were at the heart of each
one.
The Float Pool collected 80 pounds of pull tabs and raised money
for the Ronald McDonald House. Trauma and Burn Services combined efforts with the Headstrong for Jake Foundation in making
bicycle outings safer for hundreds of children. Nurses throughout
the hospital walked the walk for the American Heart Association,
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and American Cancer
Society. And our nurses helped vaccinate 3,600 people who drove
through our campus for free flu shots.
This is just a sample of our nurses’ dedication beyond the walls of
the hospital. Individual nurses quietly make their mark on improving the health of our communities every day. Their commitment
and impact have no bounds.
Top: Thu Janes, RN, was among the volunteers who sized bike helmets at bike rodeos last year. Our nurses donated hundreds of hours of
service to our community in 2009. Bottom: For six years, high school students have experienced nursing first-hand, thanks to nurses like
Stephanie Winright, RN, who volunteered their time during Nurse Academy. This is just one way our nurses further the image of nursing.
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Units 63 and 64 are seeing RED
The day they’re going home, liver transplant patients on Units 63 and 64 don’t spend time in discharge
limbo. By 1 p.m., they have their instructions, a month’s worth of medication and all their questions
answered.
They see timeliness and care focused on their needs. What they don’t see is the safe, standardized
process behind the scenes.
That’s where Mona Moran, RN, comes in. When Moran joined the Organ Transplant department
as its liver transplant case manager, she jumped at the opportunity to streamline the discharge
process. She partnered with Pharmacy to create the RED (Reduction in Errors upon Discharge)
process. With the help of nurses from Units 63 and 64 and nurse manager Rachel Pepper, RN,
Moran ensures the RED process is applied to every patient’s discharge experience.
At the core of the process is a multidisciplinary computer safety huddle at 9 a.m. The patient’s
case manager, surgery resident physician and transplant pharmacist meet to input discharge
orders. Just two-and-a-half hours later, those orders are completed and the nurse case manager
walks the patient through medicine and home care instructions.
The tight timeline and informed teaching plan is designed to decrease length of stay and readmission rates, increase throughput, and most important, create a safe discharge experience
for patients.
BSN Nurse Residency Program success
594
Our first-year nursing retention rate: 95%
(National average: 27-53%)
Nurse Residency Program participants (2003-2009):
Participants moving into leadership positions:
Right: Munira Sarfani, RN,
is among the 106 BSN
Nurse Residency Program
participants who completed
projects last year, designed
to improve quality in
their units.
4 managers, 6 unit educators,13 unit coordinators
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Models of
Excellence
Nurses help drive down diversion hours
Whenever our hospital cannot receive new patients because beds
are unavailable, we have lost an opportunity to provide our excellent care to people who need us most. Thanks to a remarkable effort by teams across the hospital, diversion hours are now at their
lowest level in four years. The hospital reported just 3.41 diversion
hours in June 2009, down from 231 hours in March 2008.
The Emergency Department often faces challenges to accommodating more patients, so ED nurses implemented a number of
throughput initiatives.
The Emergency Department:
• Implemented a “fast track” program to treat patients
more quickly
• Created nursing protocols for treating patients with the most
common complaints
• Implemented a second triage nurse to help manage the
waiting-room population
• Created a lab-draw station in the waiting room to start treatment earlier
• Switched to a five-tier triage system – the Emergency Nurses
Association’s gold standard for triage
• Implemented a nurse-led system to balance staffing and
improve customer service
• Added eight exam rooms and 20 nurses
Our efforts to reduce diversion hours have resulted in an increase
in patient volume and patient acuity throughout the hospital.
Jeremy Waun, RN, examines Emergency Department patients to determine whether they can be treated quickly through the “fast track”
program and released. Programs like this have helped significantly reduce diversion hours over the past year.
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3.41
2.5
27.64
3.04
26.06
4.21
28.15
Apr 2009
Jun 2009
Mar 2009
Jan 2009
75.00
Mar 2008
Apr 2008
May 2008
Jun 2008
Jul 2008
Aug 2008
Sep 2008
Oct 2008
Dec 2008
Feb 2009
May 2009
0
Nov 2008
40.97
84.02
99.49
66.06
127.3
158.18
148.11
150.00
Total hours
231
Total diversion hours
300.00
225.00
Month
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Excellence
in practice
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Exemplary professional practice
Nursing Peer Review Committees continually look for ways to make
patient care even safer at The University of Kansas Hospital.
The more than 20 nurses who make up the committees are a rich resource. They use their
experience and expertise to identify issues and develop patient-focused solutions.
For example, the committees realized safety checks differed from unit to unit. Their
recommendation: new, consistent safety-check procedures across the hospital.
Helping nurses achieve the new standards with education and mentoring, the
committees established an even stronger foundation for patient care.
The Nursing Peer Review Committees are just one example of Magnet’s Exemplary Professional Practice Component at work. Our Clinical Excellence Nurses
and the Pain Management Team are also examples of nurses providing their
expertise in support of high-quality patient care.
Our nurses are also excellent teachers. This past spring, more than 90 nurses
served as Go-Tos during the launch of physician documentation in O2. Trained in
the “PhysDoc” functionality, they provided at-the-elbow assistance as physicians
navigated the new applications. As a result of this professional collaboration, the
go-live went exceptionally well. Patient satisfaction remained at the 99th percentile
during and immediately following the launch. And physician calls to the help desk
were minimal. In fact, the O2 command center was able to close down a week
before expected.
Practices like this ensure we produce the best outcomes possible.
For this nurse, it’s game on
Akiko Kubo, RN, is keen on playing games. As the nurse educator on the Medical ICU,
Kubo’s games helped reduce supply costs, improve treatment of sepsis and increase the
number of critical care registered nurses. Her creative approach to education has a longlasting effect for nurses and their patients. (Continued next page.)
Left: Doyle Coons, RN, (right) assists Jiten Patel, MD, with the new physician documentation
application in O2. More than 90 nurses served as Go-Tos during the launch. Right:
Mike Hastings, RN, and Tara Bradford, RN, serve on our Nursing Peer Review Committees,
whose charters are to identify issues and develop solutions.
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Excellence
in practice
Taking a cue from “The Price is Right,” Kubo used a game show
format to quiz nurses on the cost of typical MICU supplies from a
syringe to an arterial line catheter set. Week after week, by taking
cost into consideration, they learned to choose supplies based on
patient needs while being good stewards of resources. Increased
knowledge and staff focus reduced supplies left in patient rooms,
which must be thrown away after discharge.
In another competition, MICU staff participated in the “Surviving
Sepsis League.” After 11 weeks, 46 MICU teams nearly doubled
their compliance in meeting all 11 sepsis interventions. Another
game, designed to prepare nurses for certification exams, pitted
MICU and Unit 63 nurses against the MICU’s certified critical care
nurses. When the contest began, only five of the units’ 50 nurses
were CCRNs, prompting Kubo to call the game “Are You Smarter
than Five CCRNs?” After six weeks of answering sample test questions through the game, 18 nurses garnered CCRN credentials.
Help for families dealing with death
When a loved one dies, the last thing a family wants to deal with is
mounds of paperwork. The new Bridge Builders Program guides
families through that paperwork and provides them compassionate, caring support.
Bridge Builders are nurses specially trained in end-of-life care.
They answer questions and provide resources to families dealing
with the death of a loved one. Established by the hospital’s Donor
Advisory Council, Bridge Builders also serve as a resource to bedside nurses as they provide patients end-of-life care.
Teamwork makes for
flawless pump installation
Nurses helped propel the December rollout of more than 1,700
infusion pump modules and control units. A team of 25 nurses and
support staff from throughout the hospital developed education
plans, protocols and safety parameters. More than 1,200 nurses
were trained on the new infusion pumps. Nearly 200 nurses also
were educated as super users. On hand during implementation,
these super users have remained vital resources for their units.
The pumps, which were the overwhelming choice of our nursing,
pharmacy and anesthesia staffs, are equipped with 1,500 different
medication entries across various profiles. The pumps represent
one of the most important medication safety technologies for the
hospital. With this technology, the hospital is further able to increase compliance with national safety standards.
Above: Bridge Builder Marla Stubbs, RN, (right) lends support to Jaimie Heldstab, RN, as she provides end-of-life care. Right: Nurses are the
glue between the multiple specialties in the Marc A. Asher, MD, Comprehensive Spine Center. Kim Dixon, RN, (from left) Teresa Baumli, RN,
and Jo Prieto, RN, coordinate a patient’s care with Talal Khan, MD. The spine center’s patient volume is up more than
30 percent from its opening in November.
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Exemplary professional practice
Practice leads to enhanced
communication and care
Patients are often frustrated when they’re referred from one
physician’s office to another for treatment. But not at the new
Marc A. Asher, MD, Comprehensive Spine Center. The center’s
nurses are the glue between the multiple specialties housed in the
center. They coordinate patient care and even stay with individual
patients as they move from one treatment area to the next. This
helps nurses be better informed so they can answer patients’
questions. Most important, the collaboration ensured consistent,
accurate and efficient treatment for the 11,250 patients who came
through the spine center’s doors during the past eight months. As
a result of this new approach to spine care, 95 percent of spine
center patients indicate they would recommend us to their friends.
Spine center patient volumes
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Nov 2008
Dec 2008
Jan 2009
Feb 2009
Mar 2009
Apr 2009
May 2009
Jun 2009
Patient volume
New patients
Established
Procedures
1,206
1,251
1,344
1,320
1,444
1,671
1,405
1,611
298
254
314
317
360
448
349
398
663
715
784
790
885
925
819
946
225
268
227
213
198
298
237
267
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Excellence
through innovation
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New knowledge, innovations and improvements
In the few minutes it takes to move premature babies from Labor and Delivery to the
Neonatal ICU, their body temperatures can
drop to hypothermic levels and lead to cranial bleeding. For a preemie, what happens
in those first moments can literally mean the
difference between life and death.
Hypothermia is far less likely in our Neonatal ICU today because
of Janet Wisner, RN, and her research regarding preemie body
temperatures. As her Frontline Leadership Academy project, she
tested a new protocol of placing a premature baby in a specially
designed plastic bag immediately after delivery. Using the bag, she
discovered our preemies’ average body temperature rose three
percent, avoiding hypothermia.
Wisner’s project is an example of how our nurses continually look
for ways to innovate and improve patient care. Testing evidencebased research is an everyday occurrence.
The Department of Nursing encourages these efforts, weaving research into nurses’ daily work. Through the Frontline Leadership
Academy and Residency Program, nurses research best practices
and apply them in their work. Those eager to delve into research
can participate in the new Nursing Research Internship Program.
In addition, the department’s research professor helps nurses write
grants and conduct research projects.
Our nurses’ quest for knowledge and innovation helps us provide
cutting-edge, compassionate care.
New BMT space enhances patient care
When patients come to the new Blood and Marrow Transplant unit
on the Westwood Campus, they enter a world filled with natural
light and views of nature. This healing environment is the result of
BMT staff teamwork. Staff participated in the new area’s design,
creating an efficient environment that conveys a sense of hope.
Best of all, patients receive even better care. The layout of the
new space allows us to offer the option of outpatient transplant for some patients. Even if patients are admitted to the
hospital, they go home sooner now because they receive treatments in the BMT unit previously available only as an inpatient.
The new space allows us to treat up to 50 patients a day.
Left: Thanks to Janet Wisner, RN, (center, looking on) our premature babies are now placed in specially designed plastic bags
immediately after delivery to prevent their body temperatures from dropping to hypothermic levels. Tanesha Hurt, RN, intubates a 23-week baby
minutes after delivery. Above: Mary Burkhart, RN, and the other BMT nurses can now provide more treatment to transplant patients as
outpatients because of the newly expanded BMT unit.
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Excellence
through innovation
Symposium showcases the best
RRT saves lives
This year, our nurses will share their research outside the hospital
and gain knowledge from others at the first citywide symposium.
Previously, the Department of Nursing’s internal Nursing Science
Symposium showcased nursing research abstracts from across
the organization. This year, the exchange of knowledge and ideas
will be expanded to include nurses from other Kansas City metro
hospitals.
In 2008, our Rapid Response Team responded to 1,013 activations. And because of team members’ expertise, the number of
code blues outside the ICU dropped 76 percent over the past four
years.
Much of this success is due to our RRT training program, known
as the RRT Boot Camp. Recognized as a national model, the boot
camp is coordinated by Mike Blomquist, RN, and Doyle Coons,
RN, both in Medical ICU.
Due to the success of our overall RRT program, the Institute of
Healthcare Improvement identified us as a mentor on the design
and use of RRTs for hospitals across the country.
Our Rapid Response Teams, including Megan Leiker, RT, Mike Blomquist, RN, (center) and Jared Lysaught, RN, responded to 1,013
activations last year.
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New knowledge, innovations
and improvements
RRT reduces codes outside of ICU
5.00
Rate per 1,000 discharges annually
4.60
3.57
3.75
3.03
2.50
1.59
1.25
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
Stacy Fulkerson, RN, is among
the BMT staff that treat up to 50
transplant patients each day.
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Excellent
outcomes
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Empirical quality results
When four-year-old Emily ran to her dad as
he lay wrapped in bandages in the Burnett
Burn Center, the first thing she noticed was
his funny pajamas. She wasn’t afraid of his
appearance, even though he suffered from
fourth-degree burns and had lost an arm and
a leg. She knew what to expect, thanks to
Kayla Northrop, RN, unit educator, Unit 52,
and the burn center’s child visitation program.
Before Emily’s first visit, Northrop had taken her on an ageappropriate virtual tour of the burn center. Emily saw digital pictures of her dad, the staff, equipment and interventions used in his
care. This desensitization process helped decrease Emily’s fear.
It’s this kind of care that earned the burn center an American Burn
Association and American College of Surgeons’ National Verification Designation.
To qualify, the burn center met rigorous standards, concentrating
on clinical outcomes, professional development, community outreach, research and patient resources. Only one other burn center
in Kansas and none in Missouri received this prestigious designation. Just 55 of 140 burn units/centers in the United States hold
this distinction.
A patient’s widow was so grateful for the nursing care her husband
received that she requested memorials be made to the burn center. Those donations now fund the Thomas McCool/KCP&L Award
for Excellence in Burn Nursing.
Quality reflected in all we do
The burn center is just one of the many areas to produce awardwinning outcomes. Other achievements include:
• Get With The Guidelines Performance Achievement Awards
from the American Heart Association and American Stroke
Association for stroke, coronary artery disease and heart
failure care
• Kansas Hospital Education and Research Foundation’s
Thomas R. Sipe Award for our “Reducing Mortality from
Sepsis” program
• Accreditation of our BMT program from the Foundation for
the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy
These achievements reflect our great patient outcomes as evidenced by the mortality chart on the next page.
Left: Linda Lopez, RN, (from left) Eric Westervelt, RN, Jessica Hargrave, RN, and Cooper Walker, HCT, perform wound care in the hydrotherapy
room in the burn center. Our burn center is the only one in the metro to receive the American Burn Association and American College of
Surgeons’ National Verification Designation. Above: Lindsay Leiker, RN, is one of Unit 61’s nursing staff who achieved patient satisfaction
scores at the 99th percentile last year.
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Excellent
outcomes
Risk-adjusted mortality index
Mortality index
0.8
0.7
0.67
0.76 0.73 0.77
100
0.65
0.6
0.68
0.56
0.64
0.57
0.65
0.59
0.64
0.54
80
70
60
0.5
50
0.4
40
32
29
0.3
30
20
0.2
2
6
10
0
FY 2009 YTD
Much work has been done across the hospital to reduce the risk of
infection at the time patients are most vulnerable. The table at right
shows the hospital’s success in controlling ventilator-associated
pneumonia.
3
May 2009
Winning the fight against infection
Mortality Index
8
Apr 2009
Thanks to the work of all our staff, the hospital’s risk-adjusted
mortality index is one of the lowest in the nation.
3
Mar 2009
The lower the mortality number, the better. Hospitals strive to reach
a mortality index of 1.0 or lower. A score of 1.0 means a hospital’s
survival rate is what would be expected given the severity of its
patients’ illnesses or injuries. The further below 1.0 the number, the
better job a hospital has done to save lives and provide safe,
quality care.
6
Feb 2009
Mortality rate at record low
Dec 2008
Sep 2008
Aug 2008
Jul 2008
Jun 2008
3
20
Jan 2009
0
6
Nov 2008
8
11
Oct 2008
0.1
26
90
Percentile
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
initiatives results
Unit
Performance
Cardiac ICU
15 consecutive quarters with no VAPs
Trauma ICU
15 consecutive months with no VAPs
Burn ICU
18 consecutive quarters with no VAPs
Cardiothoracic
Surgery ICU
8 of 10 consecutive quarters with no VAPs
Medical ICU
14 of 16 consecutive quarters with no VAPs
Percentile rating
0.9
Empirical quality results
Patient satisfaction guaranteed
A woman with a tracheostomy became frustrated keeping track of the paper she was using to communicate with staff since she couldn’t speak. So Monique Hegwood, RN, Cardiovascular Progressive
Care, bought her a pack of spiral notebooks. For Hegwood, it cost less than $5. For the patient,
it meant regaining control over her life. In fact, when she was discharged, she told Hegwood
with a smile, “It’s hard to be depressed with you as my nurse.”
Patients routinely compliment the nurses in the Center for Advanced Heart Care. Outstanding customer service is standard procedure at the center, with patient satisfaction scores, as measured by the national Press Ganey survey, at the 99th percentile
for fiscal year 2009.
Our nurses achieve such high standards by consistently asking how they can make
things even better. Such was the case with Units 42 and 64. Through hard work, Unit
42 raised its overall score to the 98th percentile, up from the 78th. And Unit 64 raised
its score from the 76th percentile to 98th. Efforts like these helped the hospital achieve an
overall patient satisfaction score in the 90th percentile for the year.
Our commitment to high-quality care and service is taking us one step closer to becoming
the best hospital in the nation.
Patient satisfaction by the numbers
100%
78
88 93
84
97 95 96 98 98 98
71 74
75%
50%
25%
0%
Jun 2009
May 2009
Apr 2009
Mar 2009
Feb 2009
Jan 2009
Dec 2008
Nov 2008
Oct 2008
Sep 2008
Aug 2008
Jul 2008
Monique Hegwood, RN
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National nursing certifications
ACHPN – Advance Certified Hospice
and Palliative Nurse
Marge Barnett, RN
Marilyn Parker, RN
ACNP-BC – Acute Care Nurse
Practitioner - Board Certified
Kristen Tierney, RN
Erin Tuttle, RN
ACNS-BC – Adult Clinical Nurse
Specialist - Board Certified
Nikki Harvey, RN
Marilyn Parker, RN
Jennifer Surprise, RN
ACRN – Aids Certified Registered
Nurse
Amy Stewart, RN
ANP-BC – Adult Nurse Practitioner Board Certified
Mary Burkhart, RN
Sharon Lewis, RN
Lisa Parsons, RN
Matthew Pierce, RN
Lori Ranallo, RN
Abby Raynolds, RN
Rosie Thompson, RN
AOCN – Advanced Oncology
Certified Nurse
Rhonda Evans, RN
Marta Lawson, RN
Jan Lewis, RN
Lynn Marzinski, RN
Kristin Moshier, RN
Amy Strauss-Tranin, RN
AOCNP – Advanced Oncology
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Mary Burkhart, RN
Rowena Henderson, RN
Julie Wilhauk, RN
CBE – Certified Breast Feeding
Educator
Mary Dettmer, RN
Mary Pinkelman, RN
CBN – Certified Bariatric Nurse
Lucia Moreno, RN
CCM – Certified Case Manager
Colleen Booz, LMSW
Carla Eskridge, RN
Jill Hagel, RN
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Mona Moran, RN
Jane Myer, LMSW
Johanna Ricci, RN
Van Rickard, LMSW
Janice Sandt, RN
Jennifer Thibault, RN
Jenny West, RN
CCRN – Critical Care Registered Nurse
Alyson Algrim, RN
Tami Alloway, RN
Mary Aragon, RN
Ellen Banerjea, RN
Joel Bangen, RN
Lorraine Barham, RN
Adriane Barrett, RN
Chris Blanchard, RN
Kristy Blomquist, RN
Michael Blomquist, RN
Michelle Bolen, RN
Jessica Broom, RN
Cathy Callicoat, RN
Liz Carlton, RN
Brett Cikanek, RN
Sarah Coffey, RN
Greg Crawford, RN
Heather DaSilva, RN
Lynn Davis, RN
Kristy Delaney, RN
Ashley Dinkel, RN
Kristen Duckworth, RN
Patrick Duncan, RN
Aaron Ellis, RN
Gerre Fiore, RN
Emma Florentino, RN
Amanda Gartner, RN
Caryl Goodyear-Bruch, RN, PhD
Amy Heidenreich, RN
Christine Henderson, RN
Kristi Henderson, RN
Lori Hollingshead, RN
Christin Howard, RN
Kelly Howe, RN
Shannon Hutchens, RN
Amy Isabell, RN
Tammy Jackson, RN
Alexis Johnson, RN
Michelle Jones, RN
Lindsay Jordan, RN
Kaylee Kincaid, RN
Amanda King, RN
Akiko Kubo, RN
Caroline Lance, RN
Delois Laverentz, RN
Laura Lillich, RN
Jared Lysaught, RN
Janet Marts, RN
Katie Mason, RN
Kate McElderry, RN
Jennifer Miller, RN
Shelli Murry, RN
Lauren Nugent, RN
Steve Palmer, RN
Malorie Picardi, RN
Lynelle Pierce, RN
Donna Pittaway, RN
Jami Quijano, RN
Rose Rader, RN
Rachael Raugewitz, RN
Janell Reichuber, RN
Tracy Rogers, RN
Munira Sarfani, RN
Cat Schunke, RN
Stephen Scott, RN
Phillip Shepard, RN
Emily Smiley, RN
Stacy Smith, RN
Laura Stallbaumer, RN
Jill Taylor, RN
Melanie Tisdale, RN
Erin Tuttle, RN
Brooke Updegrove, RN
Bridget Van-Gotten, RN
Jennifer Vehige, RN
Dee Waldrup, RN
Renee Walters, RN
Whitney Watson, RN
Alex Westerman, RN
Eric Westervelt, RN
Leah Wilson, RN
Lara Wood, RN
Elizabeth Wright, RN
Chad Yeager, RN
CCTC – Certified Clinical Transplant
Coordinator
Rebecca Baird, RN
Judy Greathouse, RN
Peggy Higby, RN
J. Tham Hoffman, RN
Felicia Long, RN
Elaine Russell, RN
CDE – Certified Diabetes Educator
Bonnie Cutler, RN
Cindy Gilbert, RN
CDN – Certified Dialysis Nurse
Wanda Smith, RN
CEN – Certified Emergency Nurse
Rick Blevins, RN
Marni Bolella, RN
Mike Carroll, RN
Leisa Eaks, RN
Mike Hastings, RN
Kelly Hewins, RN
Kelly Howe, RN
Karen Jones, RN
Valerie Jones, RN
Elizabeth Love, RN
Katie Mann, RN
Jeanine McCullough, RN
Crystal Muller, RN
Alison Pontious, RN
Leigh Powers, RN
Mindy Ritter, RN
Brian Selig, RN
Shannon Wimsett, RN
CFRN – Certified Flight Registered
Nurse
Marni Bolella, RN
Dawn Coleman, RN
CGRN – Certified Gastrointestinal
Registered Nurse
Judy Hershberger, RN
Melissa Oropeza-Vail, RN
Brad Peck, RN
CHPN – Certified Hospice and
Palliative Nurse
Melanie Simpson, RN, PhD
CHRN – Certified Hyperbaric
Registered Nurse
Linda Appleton, RN
CHTC – Certified Hematopoietic
Transplant Coordinator
Elizabeth Harvey, RN
CIC – Certified Infection Control
Kathleen Hall-Meyer, RN
Carol Roberts, RN
Nina Shik, RN
Janet Wehrle, RN
CMSRN – Certified Medical-Surgical
Registered Nurse
Katherine Alexander, RN
Callie Ballenger, RN
Summer Bryant, RN
Cheryl Calhoun, RN
John Carothers, RN
Eric Conyers, RN
Laura Crow, RN
Sara Geyer, RN
Desideria Guela, RN
Clarine Holtz, RN
Gayle Humphrey, RN
Jagir Kaur, RN
Naomi King, RN
Chi Li, RN
Leslie Masters, RN
Mary May, RN
Lucia Moreno, RN
Greg Naines, RN
Kathryn Nunnally, RN
Cara Nuss, RN
Rhonda Pardew, RN
Oliver Perocho, RN
Lara Petrie, RN
Helen Regondola, RN
Renda Restrepo, RN
Linda Thacker, RN
Andrea Vanderfeltz, RN
Larry Washam, RN
Leah Wilson, RN
June Yi, RN
CNM – Certified Nurse-Midwife
Kathryn Barnds, RN
Suzanne Bentley, RN
Julie Smith, RN
CNN – Certified Nephrology Nurse
Jane Cline, RN
Wendy Cundiff, RN
Lynn Kinsman, RN
Denise Loftiss, RN
CNOR – Certified Nurse, Operating
Room
Patrick Berry, RN
Meagan Bieker, RN
Deloris Blanks, RN
Carol Brunin, RN
Cheryl Chapman, RN
Jenny Chiddix, RN
Phyllis Dexter, RN
Lisa Elm, RN
Andrew Engelhart, RN
Chad Fisher, RN
Richard Freed, RN
Patricia Gallagher, RN
Becky Gearhart, RN
Jennifer Hertig, RN
Hayley Hon, RN
Kathleen Howell, RN
Dasha Jaros, RN
Sheri Killer, RN
Mary Landis, RN
James Noble, RN
Lynette Patocka, RN
Patrick Perry, RN
Shirley Verbenec, RN
Macalie Vesper, RN
Marina Volarevich, RN
CNRN – Certified Neuroscience
Registered Nurse
Anne Barnhart, RN
Kay Brown, RN
Carrie Fountain, RN
Karen Lawrence, RN
Jennifer Moran, RN
Laura Nestell, RN
Craig Shipley, RN
Stacy Smith, RN
CNSN – Certified Nutrition Support
Nurse
Peggy McLoughlin, RN
COCN – Certified Ostomy Care Nurse
Rebecca Collis, RN
Virginia Freeman, RN
Meredith Hill, RN
CPAN – Certified Post Anesthesia
Nurse
Marijen Aga, RN
Nancy Martin, RN
CPN – Certified Pediatric Nurse
Pamela Burt, RN
Regan Jacobson, RN
Sandy Moorman, RN
Roger Scoggan, RN
CPON – Certified Pediatric Oncology
Nurse
Kristy Reynolds, RN
CPNP-PC – Primary Care Certified
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Teresa Kilkenny, RN
CPSN – Certified Plastic Surgery Nurse
Hayley Hon, RN
James Noble, RN
CPTC – Certified Procurement
Transplant Coordinator
J. Tham Hoffman, RN
Craig Sherman, RN
CRN – Certified Radiology Nurse
Diane Clevenger, RN
Sindy English, RN
CRNI – Certified Registered Nurse
Infusion
Carol Gilmore, RN
Jeanette King, RN
Cathy Quinn-Haynes, RN
Kay Schwartz, RN
Lisa Winebrenner, RN
Patricia Yesenosky, RN
CRRN – Certified Rehabilitation
Registered Nurse
Anne Briginshaw, RN
Shirley Curtis-Klein, RN
Laura Farris, RN
Nancy Hoglund, RN
Katherine Kloczkowski, RN
Joan McMahon, RN
Bea Murdock, RN, PhD
CVRN-Level 1 – Board Certified
Cardiovascular Nurse
CWCN – Certified Wound Care Nurse
Rebecca Collis, RN
Virginia Freeman, RN
Meredith Hill, RN
Suzanne Mitchell, RN
FNP-BC – Family Nurse Practitioner
Nancy Arends, RN
Rebecca Huser, RN
Mary Ann Kavalir, RN
Craig Kazmaier, RN
Bonnie Labelle, RN
Jan Lewis, RN
Suzanne Mitchell, RN
Gomathi Ramakrishnan, RN
Suzanne Robinson, RN
Laurie Truog, RN
Julie Wilhauk, RN
IBCLC – International Board Certified
Lactation Consultant
Suzanne Bentley, RN
Mary Dettmer, RN
Deborah Salkov, RN
Jenny Walters, RN
LNCC – Legal Nurse Consultant
Certified
NE-BC – Certified Nurse Administration
Cathy Glennon, RN
Thu Janes, RN
Stacy Morast, RN
Brian Selig, RN
NEA-BC – Certified Nurse
Administration - Advanced
Mary Bianchi, RN
Carol Cleek, RN
Tammy Peterman, RN, MS
Tracy Rogers, RN
Chris Ruder, RN, MS
NNP-BC – Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Sherri Brown, RN
Sara Dubin, RN
Kim Hunter, RN
Gail Schuetz, RN
OCN – Oncology Certified Nurse
Joann Adams, RN
Kizzy Allen, RN
Marcia Bailey, RN
Teri Banman, RN
Denise Bollier, RN
Carol Bomberger, RN
Doug Burnett, RN
Kerry Campbell, RN
Kimberley Clark, RN
Laura Davidson, RN
Lisa DeWolfe, RN
Mary Dinges, RN
Janet Forge, RN
Kirsten Fredrick, RN
Marilyn Ganns, RN
Jacque Gentile, RN
Laura George, RN
Cathy Glennon, RN
Diann Godbey, RN
Jennifer Gray, RN
Jody Griffin, RN
George Guilbeaux, RN
Suzanne Hagemann, RN
Anne Hagerman, RN
Beth Haines, RN
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Deborah Hall, RN
Cammie Hines, RN
Kim Hoffman, RN
Rebecca Huser, RN
Marcia Jacobson, RN
Cindy Kankh, RN
Keely LaNoue, RN
Beth Leopold, RN
Victoria Liston, RN
Shari Mott, RN
Peggy Murphy, RN
Ruth Oben, RN
Karen Palmer, RN
Mary Perrin, RN
Lori Pudenz, RN
Kristy Reynolds, RN
Rose Robertson, RN
Stephanie Roling, RN
Madelyn Rudd, RN
Angela Rueter, RN
Ruth Salge, RN
Kristi Seemann, RN
Maura Suggs, RN
Margo Sweany, RN
Darlene Timmerman, RN
Lori Torrillo, RN
Robin Tropansky, RN
Apinya Vorasaph, RN
Stacey Wagers, RN
Yvonne Ward, RN
ONC – Orthopedic Nurse Certified
Rebecca Cizmar, RN
Linda Fisher, RN
Lorelei Huelskamp, RN
Cindy Kulphongpatana, RN
PCCN – Progressive Care Certified
Nurse
Susan Baldwin, RN
Diane Farrell, RN
Shannon Ortman, RN
Alicia Ramsey, RN
Melanie Tisdale, RN
PMHCNS-BC – Psychiatric & Mental
Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
Noreen Thompson, RN
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Nursing certification distribution
RN-BC – Case Management
Diane Gee, RN
RN-BC – Certified Medical-Surgical
Registered Nurse
Wendy Lyles, RN
Jennifer Ragan Spence, RN
RN-BC – Gerontology
Beverly King, RN
RN-BC – Informatics Nurse
Anne Lane, RN
Becky Waitkoss, RN
RN-BC – Nursing Professional
Development
Janet Forge, RN
Robyn Setter, RN
Marci Walker, RN
Karen Wray, RN
RN-BC – Pain Management Nurse
RN-BC – Psychiatric Mental Health
Nurse
Kathleen Crenshaw, RN
Carrie Gallagher, RN
Colleen Janner, RN
Christine Mensch, RN
Diane Moore, RN
Lisa Ninci, RN
RNC-NIC – Neonatal Intensive Care
Nursing
Carrie Berhorst, RN
Leasa Clemons, RN
Joann Fabac, RN
Cynthia Franke, RN
Missy Golubski, RN
Laurie Hay, RN
Rhonda Truschinger, RN
Janet Wisner, RN
RNC-OB – Inpatient Obstetric Nursing
Julie Smith, RN
Michelle Zook, RN
PNP-BC – Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Teri Huddleston Lavenbarg, RN
SANE-A – Sexual Assault Nurse
Examiner - Adult
QTTP – Qualified Therapeutic Touch
Practitioner
Theresa Isabell, RN
WCC – Wound Care Certified
Nancy Grable, RN
Julia Pena, RN
* includes CMSRN and RN-BC –
Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse
Editors and reviewers
Sindy English, RN, editorial board, Journal of Radiology Nursing
Nell Hull, RN, co-editor, Practice Pointers
Jennifer Gray, RN, editor, ONS Breast SIG Newsletter
Lila Martin, RN, editor, Heartbeat, the Missouri-Kansas PeriAnesthesia Nurses
Association’s newsletter
Joan McMahon, RN, editor, The University of Kansas Hospital Nursing Research
Council Literature Review
Lynelle Pierce, RN, editor, AACN Advanced Critical Care, Pulmonary Symposium
edition, 2008
Missy Randolph, RN, editor, MAANS local chapter newsletter
Suzanne Shaffer, RN, co-editor, Practice Pointers
Noreen Thompson, RN, reviewer, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
Yvonne Ward, RN, peer reviewer, Oncology Nursing Forum
Publications
The following people have contributed
to The University of Kansas Hospital
Nursing Research Council Literature
Review: Abstracts Relevant to Nursing
Practice.
Sue Baldwin, RN
Angela Hale, RN
Christine Henderson, RN
Lisa Huynh, RN
Theresa Isabell, RN
David Koerner, RN
Sandy Moorman, RN
Laura Nestell, RN
Rachel Pepper, RN
Malorie Picardi, RN
Melissa Randolph, RN
Stephanie Rolling, RN
Janice Sandt, RN
Nikki Sauceda-Weathers, RN
Janet Wehrle, RN
Eric Westervelt, RN
Jeannie Whipple, RN
In many cases, Department of Nursing
staff partnered with other authors,
listed here as et al. Their contributions
are greatly appreciated.
Marge Barnett, RN, Lynne Connelly,
RN, PhD, et al – “A Study of Staff
Nurse Administration Patterns and
Attitudes Regarding the Titration of
Opioids of the Dying Patient in the
Acute Care Setting,” Oncology Nursing
Forum, 2008: 35(3), 495-96 (Abstract)
Michelle Bolen, RN, Akiko Kubo,
RN, Caryl Goodyear-Bruch, RN,
PhD, Lynne Connelly, RN, PhD, et
al – “Psychometric Testing of the KU
Delirium Assessment Tool (KU DAT) for
Intubated Patients,” [Abstract] AJCC,
2008: 17, 278
Liz Carlton, RN, et al –“Implementation and Enforcement of Ventilator
Associated Pneumonia Prevention
Strategies in Trauma Patients,” Surgical
Infections, April 2009, 10(2): 255-258
Kathleen Marzluf, RN, Mike Hastings,
RN, Carol Cleek, RN, et al – “Lactate
Levels Predict In-Hospital Mortality
in Transferred Patients with Severe
Sepsis or Septic Shock,” Annals of
Emergency Medicine, October 2008
Lynne Connelly, RN, PhD – “Research
Roundtable: Mixed Methods Studies,”
MEDSURG Nursing, 2009: 18(1), 31-2
Caryl Goodyear-Bruch, RN, PhD –
“Dear Editor,” AACN News, May 2009:
26(5), 2
“Telling Your Confident Story,” AACN
News, April 2009: 26(4), 2
– “When Success Trumps Failure,”
AACN News, March 2009: 26(3), 2
Roundtable: Retrospective Chart
Reviews, MEDSURG Nursing, 2008:
17(5), 322-3
– “‘Beacon-ize’ Your Team,” AACN
News, February 2009: 26(2), 2.
Roundtable: Survey Methods, MEDSURG Nursing, 2009: 18(2), 114-5
“Why Does Failure Trump Success?”
AACN News, January 2009: 26(1), 2
Roundtable: Pilot Studies.” MEDSURG
Nursing, 2008: 17(6), 411-2
“Have You Read Your Cookie Box?”
AACN News, December 2008:
25(12), 2
Roundtable: Measuring Constructs,”
MEDSURG Nursing, 2008: 17(4), 254,
269
Roundtable: Bland-Altman Plots,”
MEDSURG Nursing, 2008: 17(3),
175-6
Roundtable: Accuracy and Precision,”
MEDSURG Nursing, 2008: 17(2),
99-100
Roundtable: Power Analysis and
Effect Size,” MEDSURG Nursing,
2008: 17(1), 41-2
Cathy Glennon, RN, et al – “Relaxation Technique to Ease Dyspnea: a
Tool for Oncology Nurses,” Clinical
Journal of Oncology Nursing, October
2008, 12(1), 369-371
Caryl Goodyear-Bruch, RN, PhD,
et al – “Apoptotic-related Protein
Expression in the Diaphragm and the
Effect of Dopamine During Inspiratory
Resistance Loading,” Biological Research for Nursing, 2008: 9, 293-300
“Gratitude. Hope. Confidence. And,
yes, Acorns.” AACN News, November
2008: 25(11), 2
Kathleen Meyer, RN, et al – “A Report
of Hospitalized Patients with H1N1
Novel Influenza Virus,” Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Review, July 2, 2009
Marilyn Parker, RN, et al – Chapter
26, “Alternative Access (Subcutaneous
Infusion),” Infusion Nursing: An Evidenced Based Approach, 2nd Edition;
Infusion Nurses Society, 2009
Lynell Pierce, RN, et al – “Ventilatory
Assistance,” Introduction to Critical
Care Nursing, 5th edition; Elsevier
Saunders, 2009
Robyn Setter, RN, et al – “Pediatric
Chronic Illness (Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis)
Effects on Well Siblings: Parents’
Voices,” Issues in Comprehensive
Pediatric Nursing, 32: 94-113, 2009
Noreen Thompson, RN, et al –
“Models of Care: The Roles of Nurses
and Social Workers in the Diagnosis
and Management of Psychogenic
Non-epileptic Seizures,” Non-epileptic
Seizures, Cambridge University Press,
2009
“Am I Alpha?” AACN News, October
2008: 25(10), 2
“It Has a Name,” AACN News,
September 2008: 25(9), 2
“Garbage In? Positive Out!” AACN
News, August 2008: 25(8), 2
“With Confidence,” AACN News, July
2008: 25(7), 2
Caryl Goodyear-Bruch, RN, PhD, et al
– “Dopamine Alleviation of Diaphragm
Contractile Dysfunction and Reduction of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Damage
in Rats,” Heart & Lung, 2008: 37,
132-143
Theresa Isabell, RN – “Universal
Energy,” The University of Kansas
Hospital, Department of Nursing, Practice Pointers, 6(6); December 2007
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Professional organizations
INTERNATIONAL
International Society of Nurses in
Cancer Care: Cathy Glennon, RN,
member, board of directors; finance
committee; policy and procedures
committee; scientific program committee; program committee for 2010
ISNCC Atlanta meeting; abstract reviewer for program committee for 2010
ISNCC Atlanta meeting
International Society of PsychiatricMental Health Nurses: Noreen
Thompson, RN, member, board of
directors
NATIONAL
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses:
Callie Ballenger, RN, member, position
statement task force
American Association of Critical Care
Nurses: Caryl Goodyear-Bruch, RN,
PhD, president, July 2008-June 2009
American Association of Spinal Cord
Injury Nurses: Joan McMahon, RN,
chair, 2009 conference
American Board for Transplant Certification: Elaine Russell, RN, member,
CCTC examination committee
American Burn Association: Kayla
Northrop, RN, ABLS national instructor
American Nurses Credentialing Center:
Cathy Glennon, RN, vice chair;
nursing chair, administration content
expert panel; chair, appeals committee;
Noreen Thompson, RN, member,
ARNP Consensus Group
American Organization of Nurse
Executives: Brian Selig, RN, member,
political action committee
American Society of Blood and Marrow
Transplant: Julie Wilhauk, RN, member, 2009 radiation injury preparedness
committee (mid-level practitioners);
member, 2009 clinical guidelines
committee (mid-level practitioners)
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American Trauma Society: Liz Carlton,
RN, chair, trauma education committee
Association of Opthalmic Registered
Nurses: Clara Meneses, RN, member,
board of directors
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses: Sherri Killer, RN,
delegate, 2009 AORN Congress
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses:
Joan McMahon, RN, member, CEAU
review committee; abstract reviewer
Mother & Child Health Coalition: Mary
Bianchi, RN, member, board of directors
National Foundation for Trauma Care:
Brian Selig, RN, member, advocacy
committee
Oncology Nursing Society: Yvonne
Ward, RN, member, 2009/2001 ONS
Congress planning team; ONCC
certification advocate; ONS diversity
advocate
Association of Occupational Health
Professionals in Healthcare, Heart of
America - Kansas City Chapter: Jan
Wesselmann, RN, past president
Kansas Hospital Association: Tammy
Peterman, RN, MS, member, council
on health delivery; Brian Selig, RN,
member, education committee
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, Greater Kansas City
Chapter: Lisa Elm, RN, immediate
past president; Jennifer Hertig, RN,
secretary; Kate Howell, RN, treasurer;
Bucky Will, RN, member, board of
directors; chair, program committee
Kansas Organization of Nurse Leaders:
Rachel Pepper, RN, chair, advocacy
commission, board member
Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Greater
Kansas City Chapter: Sylvia Ford, RN,
member, board of directors; representative, Sunshine Fund; Kathleen
Meyer, RN, president; Janet Wehrle,
RN, program committee and chapter
librarian
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses,
Greater Kansas City Chapter: Joan
McMahon, RN, education chair
Society of Critical Care Medicine:
Carol Cleek, RN, member, emergency
preparedness committee
Community Blood Center: Tammy
Peterman, RN, MS, member, board of
directors
REGIONAL/LOCAL
Hadassah Nurse Council, Kansas City
Chapter: Charyl Rubin, RN, coalition
co-coordinator
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses,
Heart of America Chapter: Callie
Ballenger, RN, secretary; Nell Hull,
RN, immediate past president
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, Kansas City Chapter:
Karen Lawrence, RN, member, board
of directors; Thu Janes, RN, member,
board of directors
American Society of Plastic Surgery
Nurses, Kansas City Chapter: J.D.
Noble, RN, treasurer; Haley Hon, RN,
co-treasurer
Association of Diabetes Educators,
Kansas City Regional Chapter: Bonnie
Cutler, RN, member, board of directors; legislative chair
Association of Occupational Health
Professionals in Healthcare, Region
2: Jan Wesselmann, RN, regional
director
Health Ministries Association – Kansas
City Chapter: Kathy Robinson, RN,
member, board of directors
Kansas City Cancer Coalition: Liz
Marzinski, RN, chair
Kansas City Medical-Surgical Nurses
Consortium: Marta Lawson, RN,
member, steering committee
Kansas Emergency Nurses Association: Kelly Hewins, RN, education
liaison, EN 411 contact to Representative Dennis Moore’s office; David
Samuelson, RN, EN 411 program
contact, 2nd Congressional District;
Brian Selig, RN, member, government
affairs committee and by-laws
committee
Kansas Healthcare Collaborative:
Tammy Peterman, RN, MS, member,
steering committee
Midwest Association of Administrative
Nursing Supervisors: Missy Randolph,
RN, vice president; executive board
member; Beth Vandenberg, RN,
immediate past president; executive
board member
National Nurses Staff Development
Organization, Heart of America Affiliate:
Bob Dary, RN, treasurer 2008; Robyn
Setter, RN, chair NNSDO affiliate advisory committee; Marci Walker, RN,
treasurer 2009
Northeast Kansas Trauma Council:
Liz Carlton, RN, secretary
Northeast Kansas Regional Trauma
Executive Committee: Liz Carlton,
RN, prevention /education committee
co-chair; performance improvement
committee co-chair
Oncology Nursing Society, Greater
Kansas City Chapter: Dorothy Austin,
RN, chair, archives committee;
Jennifer Gray, RN, co-chair,
membership committee; Lori Ranallo,
RN, co-chair, nominating committee;
Yvonne Ward, RN, co-chair, membership committee
Phillipine Nurses Association of Greater
Kansas City: Luz Conde, RN, board
member; Joy Doolin, RN, board
member; Emma Florentino, RN, board
member
Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Chapter:
Robyn Setter, RN, leadership
succession chair
Society of Pediatric Nurses, Greater
Kansas City Chapter: Jennifer
Lombardi, RN, president
Sunflower Foundation Healthcare for
Kansans, Chris Ruder, RN, MS, secretary, board of trustees
Unit practice council chairs
* Chair
** Chair-elect
*** Co-chair
Unit 56 – Mother/Baby – FTN
Mary Dettmer, RN*
Amber Clark, RN**
CTS PCU
Amber Burke, RN*
Lynn Murphy, RN**
Unit 15A/B/C – Short Stay and
Med/Surg
Jamie Klamm, RN*
Devon Somers, RN**
Unit 61 – Neurosurgery ICU
Kaitlyn Balough, RN***
Jason Gray, RN***
CV PCU
Melanie Rose, RN*
Gracielle Alba, RN**
Unit 62 – Neuroscience/Neurosurgery
Jennifer Fuentes, RN*
CVOR/CV Pre-Post
Steve Forsythe, RN*
Unit 63 – Medicine Transplant ICU
Adriane Barrett, RN*
Alyson Algrim, RN**
Emergency Department
Mark Puno, RN*
Laura Mikkelson, RN**
Unit 64
Hannah Magner, RN*
Darcy Webb, RN**
EP Lab
Zann Roach, RN*
Mark Reichuber, RN**
Unit 65 – MICU
Becky Wagner, RN***
Chad Yeager, RN***
Jenn Miller, RN**
Float Pool
Marsha Herndon-Landry, RN*
Allis Selmon, RN**
Unit 26/28 – SICU
Micki DaSilva, RN***
Terra Haselhorst, RN***
Unit 2OP/3OP/PLS
Malcolm Teschan, RN*
Unit 3F – Rehabilitation
Nancy Hoglund, RN*
Shirley Curtis-Klein, RN**
Unit 41/42/BMT
Janet Walsh, RN*
Victoria Butler, RN**
Unit 43
Cara Nuss, RN*
Unit 44A – PICU
Kaleena Bauck, RN*
Brett Haynes, RN**
Unit 44C – Inpatient Dialysis
Debbie West, RN*
Unit 46
John Carothers, RN*
Unit 51
Abby Roddy, RN*
Jennifer Craft, RN**
Unit 52 – Trauma/Burn
Jennifer Ellis, RN*
Unit 53
“Under Construction”
Unit 54 – Labor and Delivery
Felicia Green, RN*
Unit 55 – Pediatrics
Lauren Shackles, RN*
Elizabeth Swartz, RN**
Unit 66
Sarah Pfannenstiel, RN*
Allison Smith, RN**
Pre-anesthesia Treatment/
Infusion Clinic
Robbin Craddock, RN*
Paul Owen, RN*
David Jeffery, RN**
Cancer Center
Yvonne Ward, RN*
Peggy Murphy, RN**
Case Management
Cynthia Orschlen, RN***
Gail Saunders, RN***
Cardiac ICU
Melinda Loy, RN*
Jenn Broberg, RN**
GI/Endoscopy
Susie Collins, RN*
Infection Control
Janet Wehrle, RN*
Interventional Radiology
Jill Williams, RN*
Darcy Doege, RN**
NICU
Amanda Terrill, RN*
Leasa Clemons, RN**
OR
Jenny Chiddix, RN**
PACU/SDS
Catherin DeLeon, RN*
Renal Dialysis – Outpatient
Elizabeth Courtney, RN*
Cardiac Treatment & Recovery
Cheryle Hanson, RN*
Cath Lab
Zann Roach, RN***
Lynn Smith, RN***
CTS ICU
Kaylee Kincaid, RN*
Tami Alloway, RN**
Our staff, including Craig Shipley, RN, have
earned 396 professional nursing certifications
in 62 specialties.
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Councils and committees
COORDINATING COUNCIL
Chris Ruder, RN, MS, chair
Mary Bianchi, RN
Liz Carlton, RN
Carol Cleek, RN
Cheryl Daugherty, RN
Kim Dixon, RN
Sindy English, RN
Amanda Gartner, RN
Cath Glennon, RN
Jill Hagel, RN
Angela Interiano, RN
Kaylee Kincaid, RN
Jennifer Lombardi, RN
Lila Martin, RN
Janet Marts, RN
Lynn Marzinski, RN
Elizabeth Miquelon, RN
Cynthia Orscheln, RN
Jill Peltzer, RN
Doug Peterson, RN
Suzanne Shaffer, RN
Nina Shik, RN
Melanie Simpson, RN
Kathy Robinson, RN
Dawn Walters, RN
Karen Wray, RN
CLINICAL PRACTICE
COUNCIL
Janet Marts, RN, chair
Kaylee Kincaid, RN, chair-elect
Carol Cleek, RN, director-liason
Nina Shik, RN, director-liaison
Gracielle Alba, RN
Alyson Algrim, RN
Tammi Alloway, RN
Kaitlyn Balough, RN
Kaleena Bauck, RN
Adriane Barrett, RN
Jen Broberg, RN
Amber Burke, RN
Jenny Chiddix, RN
Amber Clark, RN
Leasa Clemons, RN
Susie Collins, RN
Elizabeth Courtney, RN
Robbin Craddock, RN
Jennifer Craft, RN
Shirley Curtis-Klein, RN
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Bonnie Cutler, RN
Micki DaSliva, RN
Cheryl Daugherty, RN
Catherin DeLeon, RN
Mary Dettmer, RN
Leah Dickter, RN
Darcy Doege, RN
Jennifer Ellis, RN
Sara Fohn, RN
Steve Forsythe, RN
Jennifer Fuentes, RN
Amanda Gartner, RN
Jason Gray, RN
Felicia Green, RN
Cheryle Hanson, RN
Nikki Harvey, RN
Terra Haselhorst, RN
Brett Haynes, RN
Marsha Herndon-Landry, RN
Nancy Hoglund, RN
Angela Interiano, RN
Debby Jackson, BSN, JD
David Jeffery, RN
Jeanette King, RN
Jamie Klamm, RN
Sharon Kumm, RN
Joann Lacy, RPh
Melinda Loy, RN
Hannah Magner, RN
Nancy Martin, RN
Jenn Miller, RN
Lisa Mills, RN
Lynn Murphy, RN
Peggy Murphy, RN
Cara Nuss, RN
Cynthia Orschlen, RN
Paul Owen, RN
Susan Parker, RN
Sarah Pfannenstiel, RN
Mark Puno, RN
Mark Reichuber, RN
Loren Reviere, RN
Zann Roach, RN
Abby Roddy, RN
Rozina Rajab-Ali, RN
Melanie Rose, RN
Gail Saunders, RN
Alli Selmon, RN
Lauren Shackles, RN
Suzanne Shaffer, RN
Allison Smith, RN
Lynn Smith, RN
Jennifer Surprise, RN
Elizabeth Swartz, RN
Malcolm Teschan, RN
Amanda Terrill, RN
Pat Twenter, RN
Amber Vigil
Becky Wagner, RN
Becky Waitkoss, RN
Trynn Walden, RN
Janet Walsh, RN
Yvonne Ward, RN
Darcy Webb, RN
Janet Wehrle, RN
Debbie West, RN
Jill Williams, RN
Peggy Woodward, RN
Chad Yeager, RN
MAGNET STEERING
COUNCIL
Tammy Peterman, RN, MS,
chair
Suzanne Shaffer, RN, chair
Liz Carlton, RN, director-liaison
Mary Bianchi, RN
Carol Cleek, RN
Kim Dixon, RN
Cath Glennon, RN
Jill Hagel, RN
Marta Lawson, RN
Lila Martin, RN
Noella McCray, RN
Kathy Robinson, RN
Chris Ruder, RN, MS
Robyn Setter, RN
Nina Shik, RN
Stacy Smith, RN
Lisa Voorhies
Becky Waitkoss, RN
Dawn Walters, RN
Karen Wray, RN
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
Jennifer Lombardi, RN, chair
Cheryl Daugherty, RN, chairelect
Jill Hagel, RN, director-liaison
Marci Bailey, RN
Kevin Bills, RN
Kris Brees, RN
Patrick Duncan, RN
Alisa Ford
Patty Howerton, RN
Robyn Lindsey, RN
Virginia Taylor, RN
Marci Walker, RN
Eric Westervelt, RN
Brigid Weyhofen, RN
PROFESSIONALISM
COUNCIL
Suzanne Shaffer, RN
Nina Shik, RN
Amber Styles, RN
Marcie Teel, RN
Luke Thepthepha
Robin Thompson, RN
Marci Walker, RN
Janet Walsh, RN
Shirley Weber, MT
Joanna Wolfe, RN
Mary Bianchi, RN, facilitator
Karen Wray, RN, facilitator
RESEARCH COUNCIL
Heidi Boehm, RN
Kris Brees, RN
Bob Dary, RN
Toni Dickinson, RN
Sara Fohn, RN
Amanda Gartner, RN
Nelda Godfrey, RN
Lori Hollingshead, RN
Kira Marlow
Amanda Meats, RN
Maria Pena, RN
Leigh Powers, RN
Ronda Westerheid, RN
Stephanie Winright, RN
Lynn Marzinski, RN, chair
Sindy English, RN, chair-elect
Cath Glennon, RN, directorliaison
Heidi Boehm, RN
Lynne Connelly, RN, PhD
Theresa Isabell, RN
Cathi Johnson, RN
Jessica McDonald, RN
Joan McMahon, RN
Jill Peltzer, RN
Suzanne Shaffer, RN
Bob Spaniol, RN, PhD
Noreen Thompson, RN
Kristin Whitehair
QUALITY COUNCIL
Angela Interiano, RN, chair
Amanda Gartner, RN,
immediate past-chair
Liz Carlton, RN, director-liaison
Bonnie Cutler, RN
Ashley Dinkel, RN
Sindy English, RN
Gerre Fiorre, RN
Sarah Fohn, RN
Sylvia Ford, RN
Mary Ellen Gaul, RN
Krystal Hardman, RN
Mike Hastings, RN
Debby Jackson, BSN, JD
Sabrina Korentager, RN
Jared Lysaught, RN
Lila Martin, RN
Megan Riffel, RN
Chris Ruder, RN, MS
Leigh Ann Scott, RPh
Robyn Setter, RN
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
and PROCEDURES
Nina Shik, RN, chair
Nikki Harvey, RN, immediate
past-chair
Rick Blevins, RN
Diane Clevenger, RN
Janet Forge, RN
Michelle Jones, RN
Kaylee Kincaid, RN
Janet Marts, RN
Kate McElderry, RN
Bernadette Mitchell, RN
Kayla Northrop, RN
Rozina Rajab-Ali, RN
Jason Smith, RN
Linda Thacker, RN
Research
Presentations
Liz Carlton, RN (PI), Lynne Connelly, RN, PhD (Co-PI),
Tammy Peterman, RN, MS, Suzanne Shaffer, RN, and Jennifer
Thibault, RN – Improving Patient Outcomes using Clinical Scene
Investigators (CSIs), (Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas
City, REACH Healthcare Foundation in conjunction with the BiState Nursing Workforce Innovation Center grant)
NATIONAL
Liz Carlton, RN (PI), Lynne Connelly, RN, PhD (Co-PI), Tammy
Peterman, RN, MS, Suzanne Shaffer, RN, and Jennifer
Thibault, RN – Work Environment Assessments (WEA), (Health
Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City, REACH Healthcare
Foundation in conjunction with the Bi-State Nursing Workforce
Innovation Center grant)
Lynne Connelly, RN, PhD (PI), Stacy Morast, RN (Co-PI), Heidi
Boehm, RN, and Andi Vanderfeltz, RN – Study of Short Preoperative Education Program for Joint Replacement Patients
Cathy Glennon, RN (PI), Lynne Connelly, RN, PhD (Co-PI),
Jenny Arthur, RN, and Marcia Jacobson, RN – Can the Use of
Virtual Reality Goggles Decrease Anxiety in Patients Having a
Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy?
Lynn Marzinski, RN (PI), Lynne Connelly, RN, PhD (Co-PI) and
Kathy Huey, RN – Distress in Cancer Patients
Noreen Thompson, RN, et al – Congestive Heart Failure:
Improving Outcomes 2006-2009 (NIH/NIR grant)
Noreen Thompson, RN (PI), Lynne Connelly, RN, PhD, Mary
Ann Kavalir, RN, Jill Peltzer, RN, et al – Psychogenic Seizures:
Support and Education at the Time of Diagnostic Disclosure
(Cerner/ANF grant)
Research internships
Epicardial Pacing Wires and Showering – Anna Werner, RN, and
Alan Reschke, RN (interns), Cardiothoracic Surgery Progressive
Care Unit
Risk Factors for Deep Vein Thrombosis in Patients with Acute
Neurological Dysfunction – Jennifer Lewis, RN, (intern), Neurosurgical ICU
Central Venous Catheters and Stopping Vasopressors for Blood
Draws – Kavita Desai, RN, Neurosurgical ICU, and Munira
Sarfani, RN, Medicine ICU (interns)
Marge Barnett, RN – 10th
Annual Hospice and Palliative Care Team Conference,
“Administration of Opioids at
End of Life: Nurse Knowledge,
Attitudes and Practice
Patterns,” March 2009
Marge Barnett, RN, and
Lynne Connelly, RN, PhD –
2009 Annual Conference of
the Midwest Nursing Research
Annual Conference, “Nurse
Titration of Opioids at End of
Life in Acute Care Settings: An
Analysis of Practice Patterns,
Knowledge and Attitudes,”
March 2009
Mike Blomquist, RN, and
Doyle Coons, RN – American
Association of Critical-Care
Nurses National Teaching
Institute and Critical Care
Exposition, “The Bone Drill:
Intraosseous Access in the
Adult Patient,” May 2009
Heidi Boehm, RN, and
Summer Bryant, RN – 12th
Annual Magnet Conference,
“Nurses Taking Action to
Transform Care at the Bedside,” October 2008
Michelle Bolen, RN, Lynne
Connelly, RN, PhD, Caryl
Goodyear-Bruch, RN, PhD,
Akiko Kubo, RN, et al –
Midwest Nursing Research
Annual Conference, “Psychometric Testing of a Delirium
Assessment Tool for Intubated
Patients,” March 2009
Michelle Bolen, RN, and Akiko
Kubo, RN – American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
National Teaching Institute
and Critical Care Exposition,
“Surviving Sepsis League!
Tackling the Sepsis Bundle on
the MICU Gridiron,” May 2009
(Poster)
Liz Carlton, RN – American
Trauma Society, “Trauma
Program Manager’s Course,”
November 2008
Liz Carlton, RN, et al –
Southwest Surgical Congress,
“A Protocol for Prophylactic
Anticoagulation in Patients
with Traumatic Brain Injuries,”
March 2009 (Poster)
Southwest Surgical Congress,
“Aggressive Evidence-based
Management of Catastrophic
Brain Injury: Effects on Mortality, Hospital Discharge and
Organ Donation,” March 2009
(Poster)
Society of Critical Care
Medicine, “Implementation
and Enforcement of Ventilator
Associated Pneumonia Prevention Strategies in Trauma
Patients,” May 2009 (Poster)
Carol Cleek, RN, Mike
Hastings, RN, et al – Society
of Critical Care Medicine
Conference, “Improving
Outcomes in Severe Sepsis
and Septic Shock: Results
of a Prospective Multi-center
Collaborative,” February 2009
(Poster)
Lynne Connelly, RN, PhD, et
al – 35th Annual National Conference on Professional Nursing Education & Development,
Creating Jazz: Transforming
Exchanges in Education &
Practice, “Reframing Course
Evaluations as Professional
Responsibility,” October 2008
Lynne Connelly, RN, PhD,
et al – Academy of MedicalSurgical Nurses Conference,
“Patients’ Concerns about
Hospital Safety,” October
2008 (Poster)
and Noreen Thompson, RN
– 12th Annual Magnet Conference, “Mentoring Partnerships
to Encourage Evidence-based
Practice and Nursing Research,” October 2008
and Noreen Thompson, RN
– Kansas Nursing Research
Exchange, “Mentoring
Partnerships to Encourage
Evidence-based Practice and
Nursing Research,” November
2008
and Jill Peltzer, RN – 2009
Annual Conference of the
Midwest Nurses Research
Society, “A Phenomenological
Study of Nurses’ Grief for a
Dying Patient,” March 2009
(Poster)
Patrick Duncan, RN, Sylvia
Ford, RN, Alexis Johnson,
RN, Nina Shik, RN, and Janet
Wehrle, RN – 2009 APIC Conference, “Impact of Improved
Environmental Cleaning and
Hand Hygiene Compliance on
Clostridium difficile Rates in a
Surgical Intensive Care Unit,”
May 2009 (Poster)
Jennifer Ellis, RN, Kayla
Northrop, RN, and Maria
Pena, RN – 2009 American
Burn Association National
Conference, “Installing Smoke
Alarms in Urban Communities:
A Burn Prevention Project,”
November 2008
Caryl Goodyear-Bruch, RN,
PhD – Christiana Care Conference, “Alpha Dog Wisdom for
Nurses,” September 2008
PhD – NDNQI Conference,
“Healthy Work Environments
Using the AACN Standards,”
January 2009
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Presentations
Caryl Goodyear-Bruch,
RN, PhD – SCCM Congress
IV: Translating Science into
Patient Care: Promises and
Pitfalls, “Effecting Change
and Making It Part of the ICU
Culture,” February 2009
PhD – American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
National Teaching Institute
and Critical Care Exposition,
Presidential speech: “Passionate, Purposeful, Positive,” May
2009
Akiko Kubo, RN – American
Exposition, “Creating a Culture
of Certification: Best Practices
Roundtable,” May 2009
Exposition, “Are You Smarter
Than 5 CCRNs? Journey
to Certification,” May 2009
(Poster)
Institute and Critical Care Exposition, “Progressive Upright
Mobility in the ICU: The HowTo-Guide,” May 2009
Akiko Kubo, RN, and Doug
Peterson, RN – American
Institute and Critical Care Exposition, “Worst to First: One
Unit’s Journey to the Beacon
Award,” May 2009
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Elizabeth Miquelon, RN –
35th Annual National Conference on Professional Nursing
Education & Development,
Creating Jazz: Transforming Exchanges in Education
& Practice, “Unit Specific
Orientation Sheets: Transforming Insecurity into Excellent
Practice,” October 2008
Kathy Robinson, RN – 35th
Annual National Conference
on Professional Nursing
Education & Development,
Creating Jazz: Transforming
Exchanges in Education &
Practice, “Jazzy Approach for
Fast-moving Nurses – Preparing for Magnet,” Kansas City,
MO, October 2008
Kayla Northrop, RN, and
Maria Pena, RN – 2009
American Burn Association
National Conference, “Response to Stress is Magnified
Among Burn Center Staff: A
Pilot Study,” November 2008
Chris Ruder, RN, MS –
HRSA Organ Donation and
Transplantation Breakthrough
Collaborative, “Transplant
Center’s Peer Assist Process,”
October 2008
and Chris Ruder, RN, MS –
12th Annual Magnet Conference, “An Iterative Approach
to Effective Staff Engagement,” October 2008
and Bob Page – Physician
Strategy Summit, “Using
Medical Director Partnerships
to Achieve Organizational
Objectives,” April 2009
Lynelle Pierce, RN – Las
Vegas 35th Annual Critical
Care Update. National Professional Education Institute,
“Airway Pressure Release
Ventilation; and Sedation and
Delirium Management in the
ICU,” April 2009
Lynelle Pierce, RN –
American Association of
Critical-Care Nurses National
Teaching Institute and Critical
Care Exposition, “Pulmonary
Therapies to Improve Oxygenation,” May 2009
Eric Westervelt, RN – 2009
American Burn Association
National Conference, “Fluid
Creep,” November 2008
REGIONAL/LOCAL
Marge Barnett, RN – Midwest
Regional Conference on End
of Life Care, “Administration
of Opioids at the End of Life:
Nurse Practice Patterns and
Attitudes,” November 2008
Heidi Boehm, RN, and
Summer Bryant, RN – 11th
Annual Kansas Nursing Research Exchange, “Quiet Time
on Unit 43: Family Medicine
& Orthopedics,” Nov. 7, 2008
(Poster)
Heidi Boehm, RN, Summer
Bryant, RN, and Stacy
Morast, RN – Collaborating
for Exceptional Care, “Quiet
Time on Unit 43, April 22,
2009 (Poster)
Liz Carlton, RN – Southeast
Kansas Regional Trauma
Council, “Development of a
PIPS Program,” September
2008
Liz Carlton, RN – Kansas
Trauma Summit, “Hypothermia; Trauma: The Good, The
Bad & The Ugly,” September
2008
Liz Carlton, RN – Southwest
Kansas Regional Trauma
Council, “Development of a
Trauma QI Program,” January
2009
Akiko Kubo, RN – Greater
Kansas City American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
2009 Visions Symposium,
“CRRT: Past, Present, and
Future,” March 2009
Liz Carlton, RN – Spring
Trauma Seminar, “Burn Resuscitation; New Methods in
Hemorrhagic Shock Resuscitation; and Traumatic Brain
Injury,” March 2009
Kathleen Meyer, RN – The
University of Kansas Southeast AHEC, “The Impact of
MRSA Infections in the Community,” March and April 2009
Liz Carlton, RN – Region
VII Trauma Program Managers Winter Workshop, “The
Trauma Education Consortium” (Poster)
Stacy Morast, RN – Collaborating for Exceptional Care,
“Performance Improvement,”
Kansas City, Kan., April 2009
(Poster)
Lynne Connelly, RN, PhD, Jill
Peltzer, RN, et al – Kansas
Nurses’ Research Exchange,
“A Phenomenological Study of
Nurses’ Grief Experience for
the Dying Patient,” November
2008
Heidi Nelson, RN, Cara Nuss,
RN, and Gina Smothers, RN
– Collaborating for Exceptional
Care, “Unit 43 Practice Council,” April 2009 (Poster)
Joyce Funk, RN – Kansas
City Regional Association of
Diabetes Educators, “Cystic
Fibrosis – A Multi-System
Disease,” May 2009
Lynelle Pierce, RN – Kansas
City Southwest Clinical Society, “Sedation and Delirium –
A Protocol Approach,” May
2009
Catherine Glennon, RN –
Community Cancer Care
Foundation, “Staffing Challenges While Meeting Patient
Symptom Needs,” July 2008
Kathy Robinson, RN –
Annual Health and Spirituality
Regional Workshop, “Emerging Research and Approaches
to Coherence: Connections of
Body, Mind & Spirit,” November 2008
Kansas City Cardiovascular
Nursing Chapter, “Nursing
Shortage Strategies,” August
2008
Julie Wilhauk, RN – Oncology Nursing Society – Topeka
Chapter, “Hypomethalation
Agents-Novel Therapies,”
2008
Cathy Glennon, RN, and
– Kansas City Cardiovascular Organization, “Effective
Strategies for Addressing the
Nursing Shortage,” September 2008
The following are Poster
Presentations from the 3rd
Annual Nursing Science Symposium: Caring about Communication, The University of
Kansas Hospital Department
of Nursing, Sept. 25, 2008.
Schools of Nursing (multiple
sites), “Nursing Shortage,”
February-April 2009
Anne Arthur, RN, Heidi
Boehm, RN, Lynne Connelly,
RN, PhD, and Rozina
Rajab-Ali, RN – “The Use of
Constant Observation”
Presentations
Anne Arthur, RN, Lynne
Connelly, RN, PhD, and Leah
Dickter, RN – “Comparison of
Three Thermometers: A Quality Improvement Study”
Jill Peltzer, RN, et al – “A
Phenomenological Study of
Nurses’ Grief Experience for
the Dying Patient”
– “Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction in Chronic Back Pain
Patients on Long-term Opioid
Therapy”
Elizabeth Allred, RN, Kim
Marsh-West, RN, Shandi
McCray, RN, and Casey
Watson, RN – Best Practice
Education for Trach Care
Ashley Carpenter, RN, Kaitlyn
Balough, RN, and Divya
Gandotra, RN – Nurses’
Opinions on Group Report
and Patient Assignments
Marge Barnett, RN, Lynne
Connelly, RN, PhD, Pat
Dalrymple, RN, and Carol
Mulvenon, RN – “Nurse Titration of Opioids at End of Life
in the Acute Care Setting: An
Analysis of Practice Patterns,
Knowledge and Attitudes”
Joan McMahon, RN, and
Kelli Swayden, RN – “Effect
of Sitting Versus Standing on
Perception of Provider Time at
the Bedside”
The following are Poster Presentations from the 2008 BSN
Nurse Residency Program,
The University of Kansas
Hospital, The Department of
Nursing, Dec. 4, 2008.
Jasmine Balino, RN, Cara
Bachman, RN, and Linsie
Sanger, RN – Paper Version
of I&O
Sabrina Carter, RN, Mindy
Cooper, RN, Diane Gehring,
RN, Laurel Herzog, RN, and
Jessie Krieling, RN – Outpatient Admissions…Does the
Entry Point Need to be the
ED?
Bob Dary, RN, Nell Hull,
RN, and Cindy Tuggle, RN
– “Jazzed on Patient Safety:
Transforming Nursing Orientation”
Ashley Abound, RN, Erin
Colburn, RN, and Ashley
Goff, RN – DVT Prophylaxis
Heidi Boehm, RN, Rebecca
Gearhart, RN, and Sherry
Killer, RN – “Exploring the
World of Nursing”
Hastings, RN, et al –
“Improved Sepsis Recognition and Survival Following
Initiation of a Multidisciplinary
Sepsis Team”
“Increased Mortality Among
Transferred Septic Patients”
“Outcomes in Septic Patients
Excluded from the Surviving
Sepsis Database”
Rebecca Horvat, PhD,
Amanda Gartner, RN, Jill
Morton, BS, Elizabeth
Miquelon, RN, Jill Peltzer,
RN, et al – “Interdisciplinary
Evidence-based Practice Project to Reduce Blood Culture
Contamination”
Kaylee Kincaid, RN, and Nina
Shik, RN – “Isolation Transport
Pilot Study”
Kelly Hewins, RN, and Laura
Lillich, RN – “Tadpoles at
Teaching: A Planned Metamorphosis Growing Educators
from the Bedside”
Akiko Kubo, RN – “Are You
Smarter than 5 CCRN’s? The
Journey to Certification”
Lila Martin, RN – “Providing
Meaningful Quality Data to
Frontline Staff”
Lynn Marzinski, RN – “Use of
the National Comprehensive
Cancer Network’s Distress
Scale: A Pilot Project”
Elizabeth Miquelon, RN –
“Transforming Insecurity into
Excellent Practice Through
Unit-specific Orientation
Sheets for Reassigned Nursing Staff”
Bea Murdock, RN, PhD –
“Rehabilitation Unit Falls
Program”
Robyn Setter, RN, and Karen
Wray, RN – “Helping Graduates Tread Water: Results of
a Three-Year NCLEX Support
Study”
Josiah Chumba, RN, and Jeff
Van Horn, RN – PICC Line
Flush Documentation
Brett Cikanek, RN, and
Dustin Pierce, RN – Intraosseous Access (EX-IO)
Kavita Desai, RN, Munira
Sarfani, RN, and Rebecca
Velasquez, RN – CVCs and
Blood Draws
Carie Hagen, RN, and Stacy
Keller, RN – Improving Report:
Anesthesia to PACU RN
Report
Nikki Moody, RN, and Megan
Riffel, RN – “Do Not Stick”
Pink Armband Awareness
The following are Poster Presentations from the 2009 BSN
Nurse Residency Program,
The University of Kansas
Hospital, The Department of
Nursing, May 28, 2009.
Bethany Aberg, RN,
Mindy Marker, RN, and
Erika Midfelt, RN – Sedation
Vacation
Andie Alexander, RN,
Heather Bryant, RN, and
Meredith Uthoff, RN – Paper
Version of Patient Profile
Sue Barelli, RN, Mariela Lebron, RN, and Shelly TierneyCharpentier, RN – Care of
Perioperative Patients with
MDROs
Emily Barnett, RN, Nicole
Hofmann, RN, and Monica
Pfeiffer, RN – Palliative Care:
The Nurse’s Role Addressing
Patient and Family Needs
Hailey Beebe, RN, Marlon
Brown, RN, and Krystal Morris, RN – Core Checklists: Addition of Organ Donor Criteria
Amanda Bonfield, RN, and
Christa Gonser, RN – Skin
Care in NICU
Amanda Bonfield, RN, and
Christa Gonser, RN, – Skin
Care in NICU
Laiecha Bowles, RN, Alyssa
Cahoj, RN, Allison Megli, RN,
and Kate Scaletty, RN – The
Importance of Neonatal Dosing Sheets in the NICU
Erica Brand, RN, Kailey
Mesler, RN, Sean Smith, RN,
and Alexis Zecy, RN – Profile
Tool
Ashley Cameron, RN,
Lindsay Gutierrez, RN,
Megan Jensen, RN, Kristen
Marshel, RN, and Allison
Waggoner, RN – Improving
Patient Satisfaction for Patients in Semi-Private Rooms
Jamie Cochran, RN,
Jaimie Heldstab, RN,
Elizabeth Erickson, RN, and
Bryn Spellmeier, RN –
Methods to Decrease CVCrelated Infections
Courtney Cruz, RN, Charis
Grosdidier, RN, Christina
Mayer, RN, and Troy Sides,
RN – Implementing an Electrolyte Replacement Protocol in
the Cardiac ICU
Megan Daulton, RN, Maegan
Kinklear, RN, and Leaanne
Swigart, RN – Telepacks:
How Clean is “Clean”?
Katelyn Dunleavy, RN,
Melissa Higgins, RN, Lisa
Jewell, RN, and Katie
Roberson, RN – Effect of Post
Discharge Telephone Calls on
Patient Satisfaction and Readmission Rates
Sam Evans, RN, Alyson
Frink, RN, and Lisa Huynh,
RN – Unit 66 Intake and Output Renovation
Katie Gerant, RN, Amanda
Ryan, RN, Jessica
Schroeder, RN, and Meghan
Sullivan, RN – NPO Status of
Patients
Andrea Glatz, RN, Casey
Pickering, RN, and Lisa
Richards, RN – Flolan Competencies: A Checklist for the
Three Levels
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Presentations
Frontline Leadership Academy projects
Mitch Gotschall, RN,
Brooke McIntosh, RN, and
Kate Newman, RN – Blood
Transfusions on CTS patients:
Helping or Hurting Them?
Summer Bryant, RN – Coach
Anny Anderson, RN – Nurse Picture Project: Improving Patient
Identification of Primary RN
Morgan Cook, RN – Improving Compliance with Central Line
Dressing Change Compliance
Lauren Imel, RN – Implementation of an HCA Team Leader
Breah Gould, RN, Kara
Purdum, RN, and Lauren
Madrigal, RN – Chart Audit
Sheets
Tiffany Halverson, RN,
Debbie Shinkle, RN, and
Jay Spiegal, RN – Decreasing
Falls in Neuroscience Patients
Shauna Hillman, RN, and
Jenna Turnbaugh, RN – White
Boards and Communication
with Patients
Bri Hotchkiss, RN, Gi
Manaying, RN, Kristen
Phillips, RN, and Teresa Self,
RN – Transitioning the Patient
from SICU to Unit 51
Erika Humbarger, RN,
Jennifer McNeil, RN, and
Hannah Petrak, RN – Blood
Cultures from Central Lines
Cara Knipp, RN, and Alison
Lindsay, RN – The Buddy
System: A Quality Improvement Project Regarding
Nursing Staff Satisfaction
Jaclyn Loftus, RN, Nikki
O’Hare, RN, and Stephanie
Oxandale, RN – The Heart
Hugger Sternal Support
Harness as a Treatment and
Prevention of Sternotomy Pain
Jill Mease, RN, Nickie
Pullen, RN, and Caitlin
Schulte, RN – Rectal
Temperatures for Infants
Barno Mirsagatova, RN,
Anthony Mwangi, RN,
and Alina Vaysfligel, RN –
Orienting Patients with an
Informational Handout
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Group project: Anny Anderson, RN, Morgan Cook, RN, and
Lauren Imel, RN – Improving O2 Order Entry
Carol Cleek, RN, and Liz Carlton, RN – Coaches
Lynn Marzinski, RN – Patient Education Documentation
Elizabeth Miquelon, RN – From Your RN Newsletter
Mike Hastings, RN – Medication Reconciliation
Group Projects: Mike Hastings, RN, Elizabeth Miquelon, RN, and
Jennifer Thibault, RN – From Your RN Newsletter
Janet Forge, RN, and Lynn Marzinski, RN – Patient Education Task
Force: Process for Identifying Educational Materials for Cancer
Patients
Danel Cupps, RN – Coach
Tara Bradford, RN – Patient Education for Transfer from SICU to
Unit 51
Marcia Jacobson, RN – Cancer Center Patient Education Booklet
Victoria Rudolph, RN – Cancer Center VRE Surveillance
Trynn Walden, RN – Education Room Clean-up
Group Projects: Marcia Jacobson, RN, and Victoria Rudolph, RN –
Cancer Center Attendance Policy
Tara Bradford, RN, and Trynn Walden, RN – Acute Care HCA
Leadership Training
Patrick Duncan, RN – Coach
Group Projects: Heather DaSilva, RN, Bridgette Marzluf, RN, and
SuAnn Murry, RN – Process Improvement to the 24-Hour Chart
Check Process with Associated Education
Karla Oberle, RN, Kayla Northrop, RN, and Ashley Taubert-Dupey,
RN – Improvements to Discharge Education for Burn Patients
and Family
Becky Gearhart, RN – Coach
Brad Barber, RN – PACU Informational Packet for New Residents
Leanne Doerner, RN – Improving Patient Throughput Specific to
SDS and PACU
Brenda Harrington, RN – Robotic Procedure Setup Education
Steve Kellar, RN – Documentation Education in the Main OR
Tim Kistner, RN – Mayfield Headrest Instructions
Macalei Vesper, RN – Process for Timely PTO Sign-off for Main
OR Staff
Howard Willyard, RN – Report Process Development for PACU to
SDS
Group Project: Brad Barber, RN, Leanne Doerner, RN, Brenda
Harrington, RN, Steve Kellar, RN, Tim Kistner, RN, Macalei Vesper,
RN, and Howard Willyard, RN – Safe Patient Handoffs: Handoff
Communication Between Patient Care Team Members
Thu Janes, RN, and Stacy Smith, RN – Coaches
Jason Gray, RN – Stroke Team Education Implementation in ACLS
Courses to Improve Awareness
Karen Lawrence, RN – Continuing Education Class Development:
Cerebral Vascular Anatomy, Physiology & Disease Process
Jennifer Moran, RN – Educational Nursing Rounds in Neuro ICU
Thuy Tran, RN – Staff Satisfaction on Profile Completion Process
Based on Patient Admission Time
Matt Wedel, RN – Explore Patient Assignment Process to Address:
Patient Needs, Floor Layout and Nursing Competency
Group Project: Jason Gray, RN, Karen Lawrence, RN, Jennifer Moran, RN, Thuy Tran, RN, and Matt Wedel, RN – Understanding the
Supply Liaison Workflow: Neuroscience Med-Surg Supply Project
Amanda Meats, RN – Coach
April Davis, RN – Smoking Cessation and Referral Rates
Heather O’Conner, RN – Standardizing Process to Assure Type and
Screen Drawn Every 72 Hours
Michelle Schulz, RN – Increasing Nurse Satisfaction by Focusing on
Improvement of Thirty-Minute Uninterrupted Lunch Breaks
Janet Wisner, RN – Temperature Importance in the Neonatal Period
Group Project: April Davis, RN, Heather O’Conner, RN, Michelle
Schulz, RN, and Janet Wisner, RN – Throughput for Mother/Baby
Unit
Bea Murdock, RN, PhD – Coach
Callie Ballenger, RN – Call Light Response Times
Heidi Boehm, RN – Tool Development: Assignment Making
Shirley Curtis-Kline, RN – Safety: Tranfers
Jamie Klamm, RN – Bedside Safety Checks
Group Project: Callie Ballenger, RN, Heidi Boehm, RN, Shirley
Curtis-Kline, RN, and Jamie Klamm, RN – Mock Falls
Adam Olberding, RN – Coach
Kristy Blomquist, RN – Unit Recognition
Kristen Duckworth, RN – Supplies and Cost
Lori Hollingshead, RN – Multidisciplinary Rounding
Jennifer Vehige, RN – Increasing Unit Attendance
Dee Waldrup, RN – Mach Codes
Group Projects: Kristy Blomquist, RN, Lori Hollingshead, RN, and
Dee Waldrup, RN – The Sepsis Team
Kristen Duckworth, RN, and Jenn Vehige, RN – Spontaneous
Breathing Trials
Brian Selig, RN – Coach
Rick Blevins, RN – Supply Cost Education in the ED
John Hennrich, RN – Improving the Efficiency of Scheduling Add-on
Procedures in the GI Lab
Frontline Leadership Academy projects
Jennifer Hertig, RN – Orientation Checklist Development for Supply Techs in the CVOR
Denise Loftiss, RN – Education and Orientation Plan for Rotating Residents in the Inpatient Dialysis Unit
Kate McElderry, RN – Development of a Journal for CTSICU Patients to Help Them Remember Their Visits and Improve Patient
Satisfaction
Group Project: Rick Blevins, RN, John Hennrich, RN, Jennifer Hertig, RN, Denise Loftiss, RN, and Kate McElderry, RN – Dress
Code Policy Compliance: Expectation or Enforcement by Exception?
Renee Walters, RN – Coach
Fran Blackledge, RN – Specimen Labeling Compliance
Melinda Loy, RN – Bedside Safety Compliance
Stacia Peters, RN – HCT/RN Communication
Mark Reichuber, RN – Reprocessing Supplies
Melanie Renteria, RN – Teamwork Through Tech-to-Tech-to-Nurse Communication
Zann Roach, RN – Vancomycin Administration Compliance
Group Project: Fran Blackledge, RN, Melinda Loy, RN, Stacia Peters, RN, Mark Reichuber, RN, Zann Roach, RN, and
Melanie Rose, RN – CV Lab & CVP Communications
Brigid Weyhofen, RN – Coach
Denise Bollier, RN – Creating Doctor Specific Areas within the Cancer Center Treatment Area: Patient Placement Plan and
Identifying RN Staffing Needs Based on Patient Acuity in the Outpatient Cancer Center
Victoria Butler, RN – Audit Tool for Compliance of the Bedside Safety Check for Unit 41/42
Janet Forge, RN – Patient Education Manual for Cancer Center
Kim Owens, RN – Audit Tool for Pain Reassessment for Unit 41/42
Group Project: Victoria Butler, RN, and Kim Owen, RN – Communication Tree for Units 41/42
2009 Nursing awards
Excellence in Cardiovascular
and Cardiothoracic Surgical
Nursing
Gracielle Alba, RN
Anna Werner, RN
Excellence in Hematology/
Oncology Nursing
Kerry Campbell, RN
Kim Clark, RN
Jodie C. Hatzenbihler Clinical
Excellence Education Award
Jasmine Balino, RN
Riss Family Award for
Excellence in Neuroscience
Nursing
Mary Ann Kavalir, RN,
ARNP
Kelly Swayden, RN
Sutherland Family Nursing
Award for Excellence in the
Surgical ICU
Susan Cahill, RN
Elizabeth Wisdom Award for
Excellence in Medical ICU
Betsy Wagner, RN
2009 Nursing support staff excellence awards
Outstanding Health Care
Assistant
Adekanmi Ilori
Unit 43
Outstanding Health Care
Technician
Hoang Le
PACU
Outstanding Unit Secretary
Lisa Skwarlo
ED
Lauren Imel, RN, and 54
other nurses participated
in the Frontline Leadership
Academy last year.
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2009
Excellence in Nursing awards
Patient / Family Educator
Nurse Mentor
Suzanne Bentley, RN
Leah Dickter, RN
Nursing Clinical Excellence
Unit 66
Expert Clinical Nurse,
Nontraditional
Expert Nurse Leader
Gina Harrell, RN
Unit 65
Akiko Kubo, RN
Float Pool
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Patient / Family Advocate
Expert Clinical Nurse
Outstanding New Graduate Nurse
Nurse Preceptor
Mona Moran, RN
Susan O’Neil, RN
Megan Riffel, RN
Bridget Van-Gotten, RN
Organ Transplant
Unit 64
Unit 51
CICU
In memoriam
During the past year, The University of Kansas Hospital lost three members of its nursing family.
They are greatly missed by their co-workers and friends at the hospital.
Geraldine Enneking, RN, Float Pool, died Aug. 31, 2008
Tasha Bradford, HCA, Float Pool, died Dec. 21, 2008
David Woods, Office Supervisor – Nursing Central, died March 6, 2009

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