Children's Mercy Kansas City

Join us for our 46th Annual School Health Conference on August 1st and 2nd! We encourage school nurses and health professionals to attend day one and all school staff to join us for day two – a half-day focused on mental and behavioral health. Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gsnF-fqt

School’s out and summer is in! ☀️ All summer, FREE lunches are available to all kids ages 1 to 18 at Children’s Mercy’s Adele Hall campus in Kansas City, Mo. Lunches will be served in our KC Cafe and are available Monday through Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on a first come, first served basis. This summer’s Kids Eat Free program will run through August 9. Join us for lunch this summer! 🥪🥗🍓🍪 https://cmkc.link/458OnwO

Help us celebrate our July #EmployeeOfTheMonth, Lynette Lartey, MPH, MCHES®! 🎉 Lynette is a Research Associate on our Health Services and Outcomes Research team. Research Associate Dr. Janet Nalubega Ross nominated Lynette, praising her support of team members, organizational skills, embodying Children’s Mercy values and her incredible kindness. Health Services and Outcomes Research Division Manager Beth also added, “If you meet Lynette, you walk away feeling valued.” 💙 We are so grateful to know her! Thank you for all you do, Lynette! 👏

New episodes of Pediatrics in Practice are now available for CME credit! Experts discuss topics like confidentiality, congenital hypothyroidism, AFRID and anorectal malformation. Learn more and listen at cmkc.link/cmepodcast, or wherever you listen to podcasts. 🎧

Self-reported physician burnout saw an increase from 38% to 63% from 2020 to 2021. In our recent episode of Transformational Pediatrics, Stephanie Burrus DO, FAAP discusses provider burnout, prioritizing your wellbeing and how Children's Mercy is addressing this. Listen below, or wherever you listen to podcasts. https://lnkd.in/eVsJKrJW

We are so thankful for Community National Bank & Trust and their dedication to kids in our region. Thanks to all their community branches and foundation, this gift is directly impacting patients and families throughout Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

Our Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Stephanie Meyer has been with Children’s Mercy since her nursing school days. 26 years later, she has been part of all 5 Magnet designations and is now leading the effort to be one of the first pediatric hospitals to achieve a 6th. 🏆 “We started the Magnet journey because we were already doing all the things that are part of the Magnet designation,” Stephanie recalled. “Magnet designations build on what our founders, the Berry sisters, started and demonstrate how we continue to pioneer into the future and be the leader in children’s health care.” Listen in as Stephanie talks with Senior Director of Nursing Excellence and the Magnet Program, Paula Blizzard.

We appreciate care assistants like Katy who go above and beyond to help their patients and families find moments of joy during long hospital stays. About 8 years ago, Katy started “Katy’s Kustards,” customized ice cream sundaes for patients who had completed their bone marrow transplants. Now, thanks to word of mouth and donated supplies, she and her friend and coworker Erin are scooping up treats for anyone on the unit who could use a bright spot in their day. Thank you, Katy, for helping families have a better day, one scoop at a time! 🌟🍨

At Children's Mercy Kansas City, our Level IV NICU helps the most complex newborns develop into healthy kids. Kaydee, an energetic, horse-riding 10-year-old, started her journey as a premature newborn, weighing only 1 pound and 6 ounces. Baby Kaydee faced significant challenges, including severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and was transferred to our Level IV NICU at 4 months old. There, our NICU’s Chronic Lung Disease team, and Dr. Winston Manimtim, Director of the Infant Tracheostomy and Home Ventilator Program, provided the comprehensive care Kaydee needed to grow up strong. "Our practice has been to slowly transition to the home ventilator and let our patients guide us during the transition process," says Dr. Manimtim. This patient-centered approach, combined with multidisciplinary care and family support, helps even the most fragile infants overcome incredible odds. Today, Kaydee is breathing on her own and thriving on her family's ranch — a testament to the power of advanced neonatal care and the resilience of our youngest patients. Learn more about our Level IV NICU and how we're advancing neonatal care: https://cmkc.link/4f2MWVx #LevelIVNICU #NeonatalCare #ChronicLungDisease

It’s an honor to be one of the 10 children’s hospital hub sites for the Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN), a program federally funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSAgov), HHS. As part of this, we recently hosted a team of government officials and pediatric preparedness experts from across the country. Here, they got to see firsthand how our team members prepare for the future and ensure all children will receive equitable access to healthcare during disasters, pandemics and emergencies. Thank you to PPN, HRSA, and Altarum for the time spent with us. We hope your look into some of the collaboration, education and preparation was inspiring!