Pat Burton, manager of nursing and patient care at St. Luke’s Eagle, will retire July 1 after 32 years of leading at St. Luke’s.
Pat led the Boise Emergency Department for her first 16 years at St. Luke’s. This included redesigning the workflows and staffing processes, as well as implementing the ED’s first electronic medical record in 2001, one of the biggest challenges in her career. She served on the Emergency Medical Services board and help initiate the EMS breakfast held during EMS week each year.
In 2008, she was ready to take on a new challenge and helped open Eagle Medical Plaza. She’s seen it grow from 20 patients a day in Urgent Care to more than 80, while the Medical Imaging Department has grown to more than 100 exams a day and expanded CT and MRI hours to evenings and weekends.
“Eagle has been amazing, a great team, we have risen to many challenges,” Pat said. “Our clinics at Eagle continue to see more patients as we meet the challenges of our growing community. All the above, without a physical expansion.”
Pat worked with American Red Cross blood drives at Eagle and on many of our United Way Workplace campaigns, organizing some successful auctions. She serves on the Meridian Medical Arts Charter High School Advisory Board.
Pat said she appreciates the way teammates cared for her and her family in times of need as well.
“I have felt incredibly supported as I lost my husband to cancer almost five years ago,” she said. “Due to the generosity of a co-worker, my youngest daughter received a kidney transplant almost three years ago after developing a rare autoimmune disease.”
Though she will miss St. Luke’s team members, she hopes they’ll remember how much she cared about them.
“I truly believe if we choose great staff and care for them, they will deliver outstanding care to our patients and each other.”
A retirement celebration was held last week. Thank you, Pat!
Yay! So fun 😀