Hello! My name is Christan Butler; I live in Salina, Kansas. I am a married mother of two, a 6 year old daughter and a 3 year old son.
Most of my career has been spent in critical care, ED and ICU. For the last 4 years, I worked in leading my hospital to re-verification from the American College of Surgeons for a Level 3 Trauma Center, built and managed a Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) Primary Stroke Center and for the last year worked to become an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI from the American College of Cardiology. My current job requires me to do a fair amount of community and nursing education, process improvement, facility EMS liaison for the CAD population, co-chair committees specific to the program, as well as considerable data analysis and trending. I have defiantly worn many hats the last 4 years and stayed very busy!
I use research on a daily basis in my current nursing practice. My current Bible is the AHA/ACC guidelines for Chest Pain Accreditation when reviewing the care of the chest pain patient. I also find myself researching articles on effective community health education to include financial incentives for smoking cessation or the latest passion is CVD prevention in special populations, more specifically, women. I spend hours doing real time and retrospective reviews of care, assess quality and compare them to the current PI plan and apply the evidence based practice though education or if needed, the risk management process.
I hope to learn more about all of you and good luck!
Hi, Christan! Welcome to the course. Don’t forget to update your profile with a picture and your “real” name when you get a chance. I look forward to working with you this summer!
Pleasure to meet you, Christan. You have your hands full with keeping up with all the accreditations. That is great! I love working with the community too. It makes a difference when community is educated about their health needs and options.
Yes, I am always busy! I agree about community education, as a person who believes in the power of data, I can see how first hand how community education makes a difference. For example, one thing that I trend is the percentage of ACS patients that arrive to the ED via EMS, obviously, this is reflective of people being educated on the importance of calling 911 among other things, I can always tell when we have done a major education event in the community because those numbers spike!
Hello Christian,
Your last four years have been very busy. Your current position has given you a wealth of experience. You have your “Bible” Chest Pain Accreditation guidelines. Utilizing proven successful practices for best patient care and outcomes is the key to consistent, reproducible, specific positive patient results. Congratulation on your accomplishments!
Thank you Catherine! It was a lot of hard work but its worth it to see the difference it makes in patient outcomes! You are right, the key is to be consistent, in fact I recently added a quote to my email signature by Jim Watkins that says, “A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of it’s persistence.”
Oh the hats! I love my rack of many hats. I am constantly working in many different areas of my job and am seem to always be in the next focus group, committee, or project team. You are having an impact and affecting change. Keep up the good work. Nice to meet you!