Volume 2, Issue 11 – May 24, 2013 - CoxHealth

P A G E 7Leadership updateEffective June 1, 2013, LynneYaggy will assume the role ofvice president/chief nursingofficer at Cox Medical CenterBranson. Lynne will report toWilliam Mahoney, president ofCox Medical Center Branson.Two of our key strategic prioritiesare standardization andintegration. To position ourselvesin a structure to promotethese priorities, Lynne will alsoreport to Karen Kramer, Cox-Health VP, chief nursing officer,for areas of nursing practice.Lynne will continue to serve asthe system nursing leader forclinical information systems.Lynne is a Burge School of Nursinggraduate and has a BSNfrom the University of Missouriand her Master of Science inNursing Administration. Lynnehas more than 30 years of experienceat CoxHealth, beginningin the Emergency Departmentand in Public Relations. She hasworked in Nursing Administrationsince 2002. Lynne's personalstrengths include large projectexecution, program planning andnursing advocacy. These qualitiesand her variety of leadershipexperiences and successes haveprepared her well for this newrole.Beth Rutherford will assume therole of administrative director ofNursing on June 1. Beth’s responsibilitieswill include leading anddeveloping our Women's and Children'sservice lines and oversightfor the clinical nursing departmentsof NICU, L&D, Peri ICU,Post-partum & Newborn Nurs,Pediatrics and PICU. In addition,she will be responsible for ourCase Management services anddivision of nursing budgets.Beth has more than 18 years ofnursing experience and has beenwith CoxHealth since 2004. Sherecently completed her master'sdegree in Organizational Leadershipfrom Evangel Univ. Since 2010,Beth has served in the leadershiprole of nursing project coordinator.Her responsibilities include coordinatingall aspects of the ANCCMagnet application and designationprocess. She has been instrumentalin the development and implementationof multiple nursing and organizationalinitiatives, includingNDNQI database management,Lean, Housewide Partnership Counciland Nursing strategic planning.Effective this week, we will beginto actively recruit internally for areplacement for the nursing projectcoordinator position.Stuff the bus is back!We are excited to once again beinvolved in a Springfield communityproject to provide schoolchildren with new backpacks andschool supplies to get them readyfor a great start to the newschool year.This year’s Stuff the Bus event atCoxHealth will be held Thursday,July 25. The school bus will bestopped at Cox South from 11a.m. – 1 p.m., and at Cox Northfrom 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.More details to come includingthe list of school supplies neededto stuff the backpacks.Thank you in advance for yourparticipation. Last year, Cox-Health provided more backpacksthan any other participant!Make it your best year Tip #21T A K E N O T EDon’t forget your wholegrains. Try a new one today.Whole grains aremore nutritious than refinedgrains. They containvitamins, fiber and healthyfats, while refined grainsquickly turn to sugar inyour body and can lead tochronic disease. Avoidgrains that have long listsof ingredients, and particularlywatch out for“enriched” ingredients.Instead, try 100 percentwhole wheat breads andpastas, brown rice, steelcut oats, quinoa and barley.