Nursing association leaders anticipate 2010 opportunities

Nursing leaders predict 2010 will provide new opportunities for nurses in Kansas and Missouri.

“We just look forward to seeing what the new year brings,” said Missouri Nurses Association Executive Director Jill Kliethermes, APRN, FNP-BC.

Overland Park Regional Nurse wins HCA award

Estelle Schmidt, RN, BSN, said she planned to become an emergency department nurse, but Schmidt found her niche in intensive care.

Schmidt works in the intensive care unit for the HCA Midwest hospital Overland Park Regional Medical Center. HCA Midwest recently named Schmidt as the organization’s nurse of the year.

RV traveler demonstrates NxStage home dialysis

Harvey Wells said he looked forward to life without dialysis after he received a kidney transplant.

But in 2006, eight years after Wells’ transplant, the Texas resident had to go back on dialysis.

Scanner helps fight osteoporosis, measures body fat

Mike Catausan, MD, family practice physician, rang in the New Year with a new piece of technology that will enhance his wellness services for patients.

“We’re excited about it,” he said. “It offers many new tools, new ways of measuring these objective parameters.

Hospital monitors meds, improves patients' safety

Warrensburg – Hospital leaders expect the new bedside medication verification system to provide Western Missouri Medical Center patients extra protection against errors.

The system uses bar code scanning and a computer program to match patients and medications.

RNs create cookbook

When Anita Robinson, OBT, found out she had breast cancer in 2008, her co-workers rallied around her, and today they are still by her side.

Robinson works as an OB technician in Overland Park Regional Medical Center’s labor and delivery unit.