Kathy Cayer
January 2018
Kathy
Cayer
,
RN
Rapid Response Team/Float Pool
Hennepin Healthcare
Minneapolis
,
MN
United States
Kathy is a true patient advocate, making sure patients have the orders they need and are in the right unit to receive the correct level of care.
Kathy Cayer is a registered nurse in the Hennepin County Medical Center inpatient float pool. She has been a nurse at Hennepin for 23 years and is considered by many to be one of our most knowledgeable and experienced professional nurses. She is highly skilled, and practices advanced nursing in the delivery of compassionate care to her patients. Not only is she a role model for our nurses, but she is also a preceptor and is consistently assigned as a Rapid Treatment Team nurse and the shift flying squad. Kathy is a strong patient advocate and is frequently acknowledged by her patients, families, and coworkers for her attention to detail, delivery of excellent care, and commitment to professional nursing practice. Her dedication and commitment to safe and quality patient care is unwavering.
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Kathy has been a Hennepin County Medical Center Float Pool nurse for 23 years, providing patient care in our adult and pediatric medical, surgical, intermediate, and intensive care units. Her astute assessment abilities, extensive nursing knowledge, and advanced nursing skills provide the highest level of nursing care to her patients. She is also well known as the most knowledgeable resource for all our night shift nurses. She can answer just about any question or start any IV that is needed. She is a role model for many of our nurses.
As a preceptor, she teaches our new nurses to excel as new nurses. She openly shares all of her knowledge and skills they need to be successful. She is a great mentor for our new nurses as they learn to care for a medically unstable patient or just a challenging patient assignment. She is a true patient advocate, making sure patients have the orders they need and are in the right unit to receive the correct level of care. She is recognized frequently by her patients and coworkers across our organization as being a leader for excellent patient care.
A coworker recently recognized her: Kathy is always a great help, providing excellent customer service to patients while assisting coworkers- completed wound care, med administration and going the extra mile to get something for a patient.
She is also the nurse who brings all patient care safety issues to the attention of management so they can be addressed and corrected. For example, she works diligently to make sure that each unit has all the supplies and tools they need to be able to provide patient care in a seamless manner. She also serves as a Rapid Response nurse on our Rapid Response Team. So many of the patients she serves never know of the lifesaving care that they received from such a special and highly skilled nurse. Her concern for quality nursing extends from her bedside care to being a member of our unit Excellence Council and our organizational Professional Practice Council. She should be called out and recognized for her constant dedication to safe and quality patient care.
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Kathy has been a Hennepin County Medical Center Float Pool nurse for 23 years, providing patient care in our adult and pediatric medical, surgical, intermediate, and intensive care units. Her astute assessment abilities, extensive nursing knowledge, and advanced nursing skills provide the highest level of nursing care to her patients. She is also well known as the most knowledgeable resource for all our night shift nurses. She can answer just about any question or start any IV that is needed. She is a role model for many of our nurses.
As a preceptor, she teaches our new nurses to excel as new nurses. She openly shares all of her knowledge and skills they need to be successful. She is a great mentor for our new nurses as they learn to care for a medically unstable patient or just a challenging patient assignment. She is a true patient advocate, making sure patients have the orders they need and are in the right unit to receive the correct level of care. She is recognized frequently by her patients and coworkers across our organization as being a leader for excellent patient care.
A coworker recently recognized her: Kathy is always a great help, providing excellent customer service to patients while assisting coworkers- completed wound care, med administration and going the extra mile to get something for a patient.
She is also the nurse who brings all patient care safety issues to the attention of management so they can be addressed and corrected. For example, she works diligently to make sure that each unit has all the supplies and tools they need to be able to provide patient care in a seamless manner. She also serves as a Rapid Response nurse on our Rapid Response Team. So many of the patients she serves never know of the lifesaving care that they received from such a special and highly skilled nurse. Her concern for quality nursing extends from her bedside care to being a member of our unit Excellence Council and our organizational Professional Practice Council. She should be called out and recognized for her constant dedication to safe and quality patient care.