Sesame provides healing

It’s no secret dogs are great companions. They are willing playmates and fierce protectors. Day after day, they happily greet us with warmth and acceptance. Sometimes their presence alone is enough to bring life to an otherwise lonely home.

They’ve wholeheartedly earned the nickname “man’s best friend,” but it doesn’t stop there. Some dogs, like Sesame, possess the power to heal.

Nurses use various factors to select jobs

Some nurses might choose the summer as a time to launch the next phase of their careers.

Industry growth and a shortage of nurses keeps health care and related industries recruiting. Nurses who do not want to work for their current employers want to make informed decisions about potential career changes.

Nurse goes bald for bifida

Overland Park Regional Medical Center nurse Michelle Shaffer, RN, CCRN, struts her buzz cut with style.

Shaffer recently went “Bald for Bifida” to raise money for the Spina Bifida Association.

St. Luke’s nurses showcase research

Health care providers often change lives one patient at time, but Marion “Buzz” Reno, BS, RN, discovered a way to broaden his impact on patients.

Reno participates in research at St. Luke’s Hospital on the Plaza.

Kansas City hospice applauds volunteers at event

Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care applauded volunteers during the organization’s annual event May 18.

Five honorees received special recognition for their leadership and philanthropy.

UMKC grad students create 'Snap Bandage' dispenser

As part of a team of seven University of Missouri-Kansas City graduate students, Jennifer Rice spent a lot of late nights helping launch a business venture called “Snap Bandage.” Their patented product is a high-volume strip bandage dispenser that they hope to offer in hospitals and physicians’ offices.

“The goal is to minimize labor and cost attributed to opening bandages and also to maintain or increase sterility of bandages,” Rice said.