Shelly Kinsley – Providing Care During the Night Methodically working during the night, quiet so not to disturb the little ones more than necessary is Shelly Kinsley, a Registered Nurse at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton. On her 25th year of nursing with Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Kinsley has always worked the night shift and has spent most of her nursing career working with children. Kinsley was born and attended school in Spencer, Iowa. After graduating high school, she attended South Dakota State University in Brookings and obtained her nursing degree. When she began looking for a nursing job in 1984, jobs were difficult to find without having previous nursing experience. She headed to Denver, Colorado to gain some experience in neurotrauma, or head and spinal injuries, for about two years before returning to South Dakota. Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Landing in Sioux Falls, she worked in the neonatal, or newborn unit and as a flight nurse, flying with other medical personnel to pick up premature babies all over South Dakota. During this five-year time span, she also met her husband, Jon. After she and Jon married, they moved to Kansas City, where she again found herself in the neonatal unit. Kinsley and her husband settled in Yankton in 1992 and she has been with Avera since then, working a few years in the nursery with most her career spent in the pediatric unit, caring for children ranging from babies to age eighteen. “I like the variety and by this time I had two kids of my own,” she stated, explaining how her job gives her the opportunity to work with a variety of cases and different illnesses. Kinsley has always worked the night shift, her current Knowledge is Prevention Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in the United States for both men and women preventable • treatable • beatable combined. Fortunately, colorectal cancer is both highly preventable and curable when detected in its early stages. Colorectal cancer is few important everyone should know about the second leading Here are atheir own healthfacts thathealth of their loved ones: colorectal cancer for and the cause of cancerrelated deaths in the United Sates. Get screened today. •Screening tests are the most effective way to prevent and detect colorectal cancer •When discovered in its early stages, colorectal cancer is up to 90% curable. •Regular screenings in combination with regular exercise and a low-fat diet that is high in fruits and vegetables can help reduce the risk for colon cancer. •Men and women age 50 or older should be screened regularly. For appointments call 605-668-9670 10vHERVOICEvMARCH/APRIL 2017 Kynan C.Trail, MD, FACS 2525 Fox Run Parkway, Suite 204, Yankton www.yanktonsurgical.com