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YEAR IN REVIEW 2021Intentionally blankA message from our leaders 2<br /> Fourth Consecutive Magnet® Designation 4<br /> Service 8<br /> Quality 14<br /> People 20<br /> Strategic growth 26<br /> Sustainability 32<br /> Achievements 38<br /> By the numbers 49<br /> Kansas City Division performance 51<br /> In memoriam 52Gail Schuetz, MSN, APRN, assistant chief nursing officer, Inpatient – Kansas City Division; <br /> Kim Dixon, MSN, RN, assistant chief nursing officer, Ambulatory – Kansas City Division; <br /> Tammy Peterman, MS, RN, FAAN, president,<a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=1">YEAR IN REVIEW 2021</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=2">Intentionally blank</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=3">A message from our leaders </a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=4">Gail Schuetz, MSN, APRN, assistant chief nursing o</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=5">Reflecting on 2021 fills me with gratitude and admir</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=6">Intentionally blank</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=7"> FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MAGNET® DESIGNATION 2006, 2011</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=8">Staff gathered on the Main Campus in Kansas City –</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=9">MAGNET4-EVER PROUD! The University of Kansas Heal</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=10">Intentionally blank 8</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=11">We will establish and maintain The University of K</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=12">Martin Vaca receives a vaccination from Anita Oxle</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=13">While COVID-19 cases surged in our community, new </a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=14">Nurses on our Main Campus in Kansas City made hist</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=15">Care, compassion and community Our case manager</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=16">Intentionally blank 14</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=17"> We will establish and maintain The University of </a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=18">(Photo) Mindy Stites, APRN, clinical nurse spec</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=19">As a Magnet®-designated organization, our nurses a</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=20">Several months ago, Christina Hammack, RN, who pro</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=21">Reducing HAPIs: A successful intervention for spin</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=22">Intentionally blank 20</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=23">We will establish and maintain The University of K</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=24">Spider-Man is known for several qualities, includi</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=25">(Photo) Casey Pickering, RN, BH65 nurse manager, </a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=26">For patients facing cancer, it’s important to have</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=27">Nurses in Neuroscience and the ENT ICU acted swift</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=28"> 26</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=29">We will expand and sustain nationally recognized c</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=30">(Photo) Madi Cole, RN, unit coordinator, CA 10</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=31">It was an exciting and hopeful time as Cambridge T</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=32">Nurses on Labor and Delivery (BH 54) experienced r</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=33">DART targets patients who have difficult airways </a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=34"> 32</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=35">We will generate the resources (human, financial, t</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/b44bf42a?page=36">(Photo) Amygayle Schorgl, RN, is among our fron</a> <a title="Nursing Annual Report 2021 (22731)_spreads page 37" 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