Training Healthcare Professionals for the Future

Mission

The mission of the Allied Health Department is to provide quality educational programs and to enhance the educational and employment opportunities of our students in the allied health professions. The Allied Health programs and services are student centered and are focused upon maximizing access to and success in the student’s educational and career goals.

Vision

Develop tomorrow’s leaders in the Allied Health Profession.

Goals

1. Prepare students with the current knowledge and skills necessary for employment utilizing practitioner faculty, experiential curricula, and state-of-the-art facilities.

2. Respond to the changing needs of the health care community by providing continuing education for persons whose skills need upgrading, knowledge base broadened or who seek career advancement.

3. Prepare students through a prescribed course of study to transfer to 4-year institutions or to advance training.

Programs

The Allied Health Department strives to meet the increasing need for skilled professionals in the dynamic healthcare environment. These programs prepare students to become productive and contributing members of the healthcare team. The Department includes

Associate Degree Nursing
Health Care Training
Health Coding Specialist
Health Information Technology
Licensed Practical Nursing
Professional Medical Transcription
Radiologic Technology
Sports Medicine
Surgical Technology

All programs include both classroom instruction and profession practice experience in the community.

Locations

Associate Degree Nursing - Davis Hall 815 North Walnut, Hutchinson
Health Care Training - Davis Hall 815 North Walnut, Hutchinson
Health Information Technology (includes Health Coding Specialist, Medical Transcription) - Davis Hall 815 North Walnut, Hutchinson
Licensed Practical Nursing - McPherson PN Center - 925 North Walnut Memorial Annex
Radiologic Technology - Davis Hall 815 North Walnut, Hutchinson
Sports Medicine - Sports Arena - 11th and Sesher
Surgical Technology - Davis Hall 815 North Walnut, Hutchinson

Technical Standards

There are certain personal qualifications all health care workers should possess, including good health, emotional stability, and an ability and desire to work with and help the sick and injured. Health care personnel must also be accurate, thorough, responsible, empathetic, versatile, and possess a willingness to keep abreast of new medical procedures and technical equipment. They must have an interest and aptitude for biological and physical sciences.

Regardless of the study you are undertaking you will be challenged academically. The challenges you face as a student will prepare you for practice in a variety of settings in a field where there is a high demand for your services.

For more information about the specific technical standards in any of the allied health areas, click on the links above.

Job Opportunities

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than eight million people work in health related occupations in the United States, and projected employment in this industry is expected to reach over eleven million by 2005. The majority of health care workers are employed in hospitals while the remainder are employed in clinics, laboratories, nursing homes, research institutes, public health services, mental health facilities, private medical practices, and pharmaceutical companies. Health related personnel are also employed by industry to administer basic health care and emergency first aid to workers, to inspect equipment and assure that safety measures are followed and to act as technical advisors and representatives in the manufacturing and marketing of medical equipment and supplies.

Faculty

The Faculty of the Allied Health Department has a strong commitment to students and make every effort to advise, teach, and help students in the classroom setting.

Debra Hackler, MSN, RN, Co-Chair
Loretta A. Horton, M.Ed., RHIA, Co-Chair

Associate Degree Nursing
    Debra Hackler, MSN, RN, Director
    Aimee Ogg, RN, BSN
    Nancy Ciskey, ARNP, MSN
    Deonne Johnson, MSN, RN
    Denette Lamb, RN, BSN
    Carol List, RN, BSN (Lab Coordinator)
    Linessa Rexford, MAN, RN Clinical Coordinator, On-line Bridge program
    Vickey Sams, RN, BSN
    Gay Stach, MSN, RN
    Diana Holt, RN, BSN

Health Care Training
    Jeanne Miles, RN, Coordinator
    Andrea Clark, RN

Health Information Technology, Health Coding Specialist Certificate, Professional Medical Transcription
    Loretta A. Horton, M.Ed., RHIA, Coordinator
    Becky Hageman, RHIA, CCS
    Cathy Diggs, RHIT, CCS-P

Licensed Practical Nursing
    Sandy Pangburn, MSN, RN
    JoAnn Howell, MSN, RN
    Glenda Parsons, RN
    Sherrie Hoyt
    Karin Allen RN BSN, Clinical Coordinator, Prt-time Program

Radiology
    Renee Kautzer, MS, RT(R), Coordinator
    Rebecca Griggs, BS, RT(R)(M)
    Todd Sazama, BS, RT(R)

Sports Medicine
    Terry Winkle

Surgical Technology
    Katherine Gill, BSN, RN, CNOR, Coordinator
    Deborah Ash, CST

Accreditation Information

The Associate Degree Nursing Program is approved by the Kansas State Board of Nursing and accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commision.

The Emergency Medical Services - Paramedic Program is approved by the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services

The Health Information Technology Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education

The Practical Nursing Program is approved by the Kansas State Board of Nursing and accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commision.

The Radiology Program is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)

The Surgical Technology Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).

Criminal background checks

Applicants who have been convicted of felony and/or serious misdemeanor crime(s) may find difficulty being placed into externship settings. Without placement into an externship setting, the student will not complete the clinical aspect of the educational process and will not graduate from an Allied Health program, and most likely will not be able to find employment in the healthcare field.

Students who have been convicted of felony crime(s) may not be eligible to take the national examination to become registered or certified healthcare professionals.

Professional Links

www.ahima.org - The American Health Information Management Association

www.khima.com - The Kansas Health Information Management Association

www.ast.org - Association of Surgical Technologists

www.asrt.org - American Society of Radiologic Technologists

www.ksbn.org - Kansas State Board of Nursing

www.discovernursing.com - Discover Nursing

www.nlnac.org - National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission

www.ncsbn.org - National Council of State Boards of Nursing

nursingworld.org - American Nurses Association

www.nursingworld.org/snas/ks/jones.htm - Kansas State Nurses Association

Check out the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics 2000-01 Edition, Occupational Outlook Handbook
for more information about specific professions.