Kathryn Diehl

Dedicated healthcare professional with extensive experience in post-surgical nursing with a focus on GI and Bariatrics. Skilled in patient management, care coordination, education, and quality improvement.

PCL Chair

• Selected as SAH Lead Patient Care Lead (PCL) in recognition of exceptional clinical judgment, communication, and leadership, serving as a resource and mentor for peers across multiple units.
• Zero Harm: Led implementation of sustainable evidence-based practice changes that contributed to achieving zero hospital acquired infections, advancing the organizations zero-harm initiative.

MBSAQIP Bariatric Quality Collaborative

• Led evidence-based improvement initiatives aligned with MBSAQIP standards to improve bariatric surgical outcomes, patient education, and experience metrics.
• Increased postoperative incentive spirometry compliance to 98%, supporting reduction of respiratory complications.
• Improved HCAHPS discharge information scores from 60.1% to 87.8% top-box through redesigned education workflows.
• Improved medication communication scores from 52% to 68% top-box, exceeding established goals.
• Participated in Bariatric program recertification process on a unit based level in collaboration with surgeons and department lead.
• Attended Annual MBSAQIP conference, National Harbor, MD, June 2025

Nominated for Service Excellence Champion award by a physician for a complex patient interaction in August 2025. Selected at the end of the year as the Nursing Service Excellence Champion of the year for St. Anthony's Hospital.