| | Kristi McVey, RN 2 East - Telemetry Saint Joseph Health System - Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky |
Kristi is an outstanding nurse and helps to provide a stable foundation within our nursing unit. Kristi functions as both a clinical manager and focus nurse on 2 East. She has been instrumental in the development of our congestive heart failure teaching program for patients which is still evolving on a weekly basis. She also collaborates with the hospital clinical nurse specialist to expand the teaching format into other units. Her efforts have resulted in more concise and effective teaching for patients which has increased our compliance with the core measures for congestive heart failure patients. She has been an
outstanding resource and educator for staff on 2 East, many of whom have less than one year of nursing experience. Her efforts have also resulted in a dramatic increase in our unit's patient satisfaction scores and promoted a stronger unity among the work force on 2 East. Kristi exhibits a strong sense of dedication to her patients, co-workers, and the hospital and she demonstrates the core values of Saint Joseph Health System in every aspect of her work. I feel we are privileged on 2 East to have her and we are most appreciative of the valuable work she has done and has plans to do.
