Midwest

Midwest Division

Empowering nurses and fostering participative decision-making to drive excellence.

“Call it what you will, most of us have a passion that fuels our profession. For me, it’s a calling — a calling to serve and to stay. As a leader, the people I care for are you. I am honored to work with all of you. I am inspired by your commitment. I am humbled by your compassion, and I am grateful to be a part of such a highperforming team.”

— Timothy Plante, RN, MSN, MHA, Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer - Midwest Division

Division Locations

Nebraska

CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy, Omaha Lasting Hope Recovery Center, Omaha CHI Health Immanuel, Omaha CHI Health Lakeside, Omaha CHI Health Midlands, Papillion CHI Health St. Elizabeth, Lincoln CHI Health Nebraska Heart, Lincoln CHI Health St. Francis, Grand Island CHI Health Good Samaritan, Kearney CHI Health Richard Young Outpatient Clinic, Kearney Richard Young Behavioral Health, Kearney CHI Health Plainview, Plainview CHI Health Schuyler, Schuyler CHI Health St. Mary’s, Nebraska City

Iowa

CHI Health Mercy Corning, Mercy Corning CHI Health Missouri Valley, Missouri Valley CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, Council Bluffs

North Dakota

CHI St. Alexius Health Williston, Williston CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson, Dickinson CHI St. Alexius Health Garrison Memorial Hospital, Garrison CHI St. Alexius Health Turtle Lake, Turtle Lake CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck Medical Center, Bismarck CHI St. Alexius Health Devils Lake Hospital, Devils Lake CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington, Carrington CHI Mercy Health Valley City, Valley City CHI Lisbon Health, Lisbon CHI Oakes Hospital, Oakes

Minnesota

CHI St. Francis Health, Breckenridge CHI St. Gabriel’s Health, Little Falls CHI St. Joseph’s Health, Park Rapids CHI LakeWood Health, Baudette

Wisconsin

CHI Living Communities

Empowering Nurses, Building Communities

Systemic improvements and bedside staff made the difference in FY2022 with pride, resilience, governance and engagement.

The pandemic has challenged health care workers in an unprecedented manner, not only in our professional lives but our personal lives as well. It has brought about feelings of frustration, doubt and fear. But looking back on 2021, there is also a sense of pride, community and resilience in the Midwest Division.

We’re proud to celebrate our strides in empowering nurses to participate in decisions that affect policies and procedures at the point of care. Nursing shared governance and nurse engagement are strong in our division. Bedside nursing staff have a voice in the way they practice and interact with patients, visitors and staff. Their input is vital to building a positive workplace experience and producing the highest quality of care for our patients. Last year, established councils strengthened, paused councils reformed, and hospitals without councils came together for the first time — all during, arguably, one of the hardest times of our careers.

Selection of eyewear provided to staff during the pandemic, enhancements to the nurse preceptor programs, creation of a Compassion Fatigue Toolkit, and policy updates for floating best practices are a few examples of how the bedside staff made a difference during 2021.

Noteworthy Numbers

28

Division Hospitals

2,600

COVID-19 Vaccine Doses per week in March 2021

72,000

Inpatient Admissions

1.2 M

Outpatient Visits

The Midwest Division provides

2x

the Charity Care provided by other regional health systems.

Right: Staff ready and waiting to check in and vaccinate members of the public in Omaha, Nebraska, during the spring of 2021.

While the pandemic has been the defining health care event in the past three years, there is much more on the horizon for the Midwest Division. We have our eyes on the future. We are excited to continue our integration of the lower and upper Midwest hospitals to take advantage of our strength as a system. This is a great opportunity to build on our success and nursing excellence to better care for the people and communities we serve.

The job is truly never done. We have and will continue to do amazing things. We look forward to the times ahead and building upon our strong foundation for the future. •

Professional Pathways Through the PNAP Program

The Midwest Division kicked off the Professional Nurse Achievement Pathway (PNAP) program. The PNAP was developed by bedside nurses from the Nebraska and Iowa Market Shared Governance team.

“It’s rewarding to be part of an organization that provides a foundation to leverage experts, integrate best practices, and provide quality education for frontline staff.”

— Stephanie Leonard, MSN, RN, Market Director, Clinical Education, Center for Clinical Practice

The PNAP helps nurses develop professionally, grow as bedside leaders, and demonstrate their ability to support key performance areas that advance our organizational goals and the nursing profession. Nurses are encouraged to take initiative for professional growth to enhance quality of care, improve patient outcomes, and promote nursing and patient satisfaction.

Left: Members of the Recruitment, Retention and Recognition Council of Shared Governance who participated in the two-year project that developed the Professional Nurse Achievement Pathway (PNAP) program.