Grad focuses on success

Christina Fancher, RN, BSN, Overland Park, recently finished her orientation week at Menorah Medical Center but has already received recognition for her ideas about quality improvement.

Fancher started as a nurse intern in 2008. This spring she received an HCA Innovators award for a proposal she wrote about the COAT Method.

Fancher, who graduated from Research College of Nursing in May, created the COAT Method to improve quality on the telemetry unit where she works at Menorah.

Fancher’s COAT Method stands for Communication, Organization, Accountability and Teamwork.

Fancher said those four areas can improve the quality of any nursing unit. In her COAT Method proposal, she outlined ways units can improve in those areas.

"It just kind of fell into place," she said.

As a nurse intern, Fancher said she always felt free to voice her ideas.

"They don’t put you down. They are really open to any ideas or improvements," Fancher said.

On July 12, Fancher started her orientation to become a nurse on the same unit in which she served as a nurse intern.

She will serve with a preceptor for eight to 12 weeks. She said she is excited about her new role as a registered nurse.

"I look forward to the growth and being able to make a positive impact on people’s lives," Fancher said. "My passion is for taking care of people."

Holly Kaiser, RN, a nurse who works in Fancher’s unit, said she looks forward to working with Fancher as a full-time nurse.

"I’m so exited to have Christina as a new nurse on our floor," Kaiser said. "I remember thinking that she’s going to be such an asset for the floor. ... She thinks outside the box."

Fancher graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School in 2005. She went to Kansas State University with plans to become an architect, but her plans changed during her first semester at K-State.

Fancher said she enjoyed her science classes and has a natural inclination toward caring for people so she decided to pursue nursing.

She fulfilled her prerequisites at Johnson County Community College and then received a bachelor of science in nursing through Rockhurst University and Research College of Nursing.

"I couldn’t have fell into a more perfect profession as far as I’m concerned," Fancher said.

Fancher will work nights. She said she looks forward to starting her nursing career on Menorah’s telemetry unit.

"I like so many nurses on my unit," Fancher said. "They are all so intelligent."

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