Tere Herzog, R.N., receives DAISY Award for January

 

Tere Herzog, R.N., received the DAISY Award in recognition for her compassionate and caring nursing skills as an R.N. in the Cardiac ICU.

 

Tere Herzog, R.N. III, received the DAISY Award in recognition for her compassionate and caring nursing skills as an R.N. in the Cardiac ICU. The DAISY Award was established by the DAISY Foundation in memory of J. Patrick Barnes who died at age 33 of ITP, an auto-immune disease.

 

Herzog was nominated for the DAISY Award by a former patient's daughter. Her nomination states, "Tere was the nurse in ICU most of the time my father was at Saint Luke's. Tere not only took extraordinary care of my father but she also took care of my mother. She always made sure my mother and I understood what the doctors were saying and what steps they were taking to try to help him. Tere also went out of her way to make sure we had everything we needed and anticipated items needed before we even asked. She was not the nurse in my father's room the day he passed away but someone must have told her because after he passed, Tere showed up in his room and comforted my mother. In the two weeks that we were there, you could tell Tere really cares about her job and the families she comes to know. We also found out that Tere sent her family on vacation without her so she could stay at work caring for my family. Everyone at Saint Luke's was very kind and caring to us. It was truly a different experience than I have encountered at other hospitals. I lost my father but I know everyone there did everything they could for him and I am thankful for that."

 

Herzog was educated at Southwest Baptist University in Bolliver, Mo., and graduated in 2004. She initially worked at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She moved to Kansas City in 2010 where she started as a night shift nurse in the CICU.

 

On Jan. 14, the Nursing Recruitment and Retention Committee and the CICU staff surprised Herzog with this DAISY Award and a breakfast that included Cinnabon® Cinnamon Rolls. She also received the Healer's Touch sculpture, award certificate, DAISY pin, and a parking spot.

 

Congratulations to Herzog, who like so many Saint Luke's Hospital nurses, deserves a big thank you for her extraordinary and compassionate nursing care.

 

Do you know a nurse deserving of a DAISY Award? Send an email to daisyaward@saint-lukes.org or pick up a nomination form located in most SLH waiting rooms.

Cardio Wellness Center Open House

 

Join us for our open house celebration, enjoy some heart healthy snacks, and learn about how our cardio wellness services may help be your key to optimal health and longevity. Our expanded space allows for additional services such as a whole-body fat scanner with advanced visceral fat assessment capabilities and nutrition counseling and classes.

 

Charles & Barbara Duboc Cardio Health & Wellness Center

Thursday, Feb. 28

2 - 6 p.m.

 

The new center is located in Saint Luke's Hospital's Medical Plaza Building III, Suite 2400.

 

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Look Good, Feel Better workshop

 

Women currently undergoing cancer treatment are invited to attend the next Look Good, Feel Better class, a free two-hour workshop that teaches simple beauty techniques for skin and nail care, makeup application, and coping with hair loss. You will receive a complimentary bag of makeup to use in the session and at home.

 

Saint Luke's Hospital

Muriel I. Kauffman Women's Heart Center Conference Room

Thursday, March 7

1 - 3 p.m.

 

Call Vickie at 816-932-2124 to sign up.

 

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Heart healthy valentine

 

Delight your valentine with dark chocolate - a truly heartfelt treat! Dark chocolate contains antioxidant compounds called polyphenols. Polyphenols may help promote heart health in a variety of ways:

 

• Decreases inflammation
• Increases "good" cholesterol
• Protects against artery damage

 

Select a dark chocolate bar with a cocoa content of 70 percent or greater. This means the chocolate bar contains 70 percent (or more) cocoa bean components and 30 percent (or less) of other ingredients (mostly sugar or butter). The higher the percentage of cocoa, the less sweet the taste, but the more heart-healthy the benefits!

 

Dark chocolate is a preferred way to indulge your valentine, provided it is a part of his or her discretionary calories!

 

Saint Luke's Muriel I. Kauffman Women's Heart Center

 

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MAHI to co-host research summit

 

On Feb. 21, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute will co-host the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's CTO Summit by transmitting live cases and presentations from our interventional lab to the conference location in New York City. Summit attendees will include cardiologists and industry representatives interested in learning more about how to treat patients with coronary chronic total occlusions. In addition to our own interventional cardiology leaders we will also have guest operators including Tony DeMartini, M.D., from Prairie Heart in Springfield, Ill., and Osama Katoh, M.D., from Japan. Participation in this unique conference illustrates our continued leadership in education and research for advancing cardiovascular care.

 

For additional information about our unique approach to treating chronic total occlusions, click here to read a recent article from Star Magazine.

 

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Nancy Long elected to transplant professional organization board

   

Nancy Long, R.N., B.A., C.C.T.C., has been elected president of the Board of Governors of the American Board of Transplant Certification (ABTC). Her three-year term began in January 2013. Long is the director, cardiovascular operating room/transplant administrator at Saint Luke's Hospital.

 

Founded in 1988, the ABTC is an independent, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to award voluntary, non-governmental certification credentials to qualified transplant professionals who have successfully passed the certification examination representing a standard of competence. Certifications include clinical transplant coordinators, procurement coordinators, clinical transplant nurses, and preservationists.

 

Long has served on ABTC's board for several years in various leadership roles. She joined Saint Luke's Hospital in 1976 and worked as an operating room nurse and heart transplant coordinator prior to her current role.

 

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Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties announce new board members

 

The Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS) recently announced the new board members for its specialty councils. Mark Woods, Pharm.D., FASHP, BCPS, from Saint Luke's Hospital, was appointed to the Oncology Council. Specialty council members recommend to BPS standards and other requirements for certification/recertification in each specialty, develop and administer board examinations, evaluate the qualifications of individual pharmacists, and submit names to BPS of those pharmacists recommended for certification/recertification in their specialty. Each council is composed of nine members, six of whom hold certification in the specialty and three board-certified pharmacists at large. Woods was reappointed to the Oncology Council for a second term as an at large member.

 

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