Lindsey Huber, R.N., receives March DAISY Award 

Lindsey Huber, R.N., received the DAISY Award in recognition for her compassionate and caring nursing skills.

Lindsey Huber, R.N., received the DAISY Award in recognition of her compassionate and caring nursing skills as an R.N. on the former East 1, now B Level of the Neuroscience Institute. 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.

Huber was nominated for the DAISY Award by a former patient's husband. In the nomination he wrote, "Sunday, July 29, 2012: This date I was visiting my wife and was extremely worried about how I can manage her care once she is released from her present stay here at Saint Luke's. Lindsey provided lengthy information regarding a rehab arrangement to help with the transition from hospital to home. I had never heard of it and it sounded like a possible blessing for us."

Huber is a Kansas City native, but graduated with her B.S.N. from Saint Louis University in 2009. She has worked on the neuroscience unit at Saint Luke's Hospital since graduation. She is currently pursuing an adult N.P. degree from the University of Kansas. She has two sisters and a brother, who is a Catholic priest in Rome. Huber enjoys the strong shared governance and multidisciplinary collaboration at Saint Luke's.

On March 20, the Nursing Recruitment and Retention Committee and the Neuro B Level staff surprised Huber with this DAISY Award and a breakfast that included Cinnabon® Cinnamon Rolls. She also received the Healer's Touch Sculpture, an award certificate, DAISY pin, and parking spot.

Congratulations to Lindsey Huber, 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.

Cancer & Genetics web conference

The April My Wellness Matters web conference Cancer & Genetics is scheduled for April 17 from noon-12:30 p.m. Tune in to hear from the SLCI genetic counselors about factors that can contribute to a person's lifetime risk for cancer, available genetic tests for hereditary cancer syndromes, and screening options for individuals with a strong family history of cancer. To register, email mywellnessmatters@saint-lukes.org.

Saint Luke's Hospital Research Day

Researchers at Saint Luke's Hospital will share their research with patients, visitors, colleagues, and staff on Research Day. Projects will include:

• House Staff Basic Research
• House Staff Clinical Staff Research
• Allied Health Research
• Nursing Research

A contest for medical residents, fellows, allied health residents, and nurses will run concurrently throughout SLH Research Day. Entries from the research categories listed above will be judged, and monetary prizes will be awarded to first place winners and honorable mention recipients. The winners from each research category will be invited to present their project during a brief at the Board Medical Staff Research Committee on Wednesday, June 5.

Friday, May 3

7:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Old Cafeteria - B Level

Sponsored by the Central Office of Research Administration

National Volunteer Week April 21-27

Show your Appreciation for Saint Luke's Hospital volunteers during National Volunteer Week! This is the perfect opportunity to recognize the volunteers and auxilians who make a difference every day.

Last year, volunteers:

• Had 65,839 patient/visitor contacts at the information desks
• Donated more than 61,000 hours to benefit the hospital and patients at SLH
• Handled over 294,000 items in assembling projects/mailings
• Visited 50,028 patients
• Delivered 1,548 flowers and 1,477 patient ecards

Volunteers are an integral part of our hospital and an invaluable resource. Please notify Kay Weir, director of Volunteer Services, of your plans to recognize volunteers in your area during National Volunteer Week. For suggestions, contact Kay at ext. 22448 or kweir@saint-lukes.org.

Cinco de Cabot

Start May off right at Cinco de Cabot, a benefit party and concert for Cabot Westside Medical and Dental Center. Starting at 6 p.m. on May 3 at KC Live! in the Power and Light District, Latin rock band Aztlan will perform for a pre-party, followed by a benefit concert by Sugar Ray at 8 p.m.

Individual tickets are $50 and include beer garden with complimentary beverages, appetizers, and admission to see both bands.

For details, or to buy your pre-party ticket, visit CabotCares.org.

About Cabot

Cabot Westside Medical and Dental Center strives to create healthier families and a stronger community. The clinic provides a full range of dental and health services to more than 7,900 patients through 23,000 visits each year. Nearly half of these patients are children.

As a not-for-profit health clinic, Cabot treats anyone who comes to the facility, regardless of ability to pay. For those without adequate insurance, services are provided on a sliding fee scale.

Cabot is unique among area community health clinics in that it is one of the few that offers dental care. It is also one of the few-and perhaps the only-with a fully bilingual staff. As such, our Spanish-speaking patients feel at home and can communicate directly and comfortably with their health care providers.

Thank you to CV Lab

CV Quality would like to thank the CV Lab staff for all they do to assist us in collecting data on PCI patients. The CV Lab staff captures every detail of the procedure, and although some of those details have no immediate purpose for the individual patient in the CV Lab, they are used to improve care for all patients who have a PCI. We pull nearly 300 unique pieces of data on each PCI patient utilizing the CV Lab's documentation. The data is used to make changes to practice that impact post-procedure bleeding and complications, mortality, and intervention time.

With the help of the great staff in the CV Lab, CV Quality is able to pull accurate, reliable, and timely data. Thanks so much to the CV Lab for accurately completing the unique documentation that is, in turn, used to better our care.