Frances Rogers Seidl

is honored with a Brick from Floyd Seidl, Jim & Shelley Irons, JB & Joe McNerney

Frances Rogers Seidl is a registered nurse in private practice as a consultant and educator with specialties in gerontology, project planning, and case management. She received her diploma in Nursing from Mercy School of Nursing, Ft. Scott, Kansas. She received her B.A. in Behavioral Science from Kansas Newman College and her Masters degree in Nursing from Wichita State University.

Highlights of her nursing career include developing a 26 bed distinct skilled unit at Wesley Medical Center where she then became Director. She designed an elder assessment program for physicians to utilize in office practices. She served as a consultant for both the Kansas and Missouri Hospital Associations on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Swing-Bed Project and she served again as a consultant for the Dayton, Ohio Hospital Association project on hospital-based skilled care. She has established nursing education programs in both a hospital-based diploma program (HCA Wesley) and in a college degree program (Kansas Newman). Early in her career, she held many nursing positions in large urban hospitals as well as small rural hospitals. Frances was the Director of Nurses in a 100-bed skilled facility and also was a nurse in a private physician’s office.

Frances maintains membership in a multitude of professional organizations. Currently, she is the state president of the Kansas Healthcare Education Council and the Director of Nursing Education for Great Plains Health Alliance. She is the committee chair for Research and Awards for Sigma Theta Tau (Nursing Honor Society) and a board member of the Health Concepts Foundation. Frances also serves as an advisory board member and adjunct faculty member of Butler County Community College in the division of Allied Health and Nursing continuing education. She also finds time to volunteer as the curriculum director in the St. Francis Parish Nurse Ministry.

Francis is a published author, having written articles on the swing-bed program, nutrition and the care of elders. She was the contributing author to an AHA book, A Swing-Bed Planning Guide for Rural Hospitals and the editor of a book published by Mosby entitled Geriatric Nursing Care Plans. She has other publications in the works.

Aside from a long and illustrious career in health care that continues to flourish today, Frances’ life centers around her family. She has been married to Floyd Seidl for 12 years and her family consists of her eight children and their families plus Floyd’s two children and their families. Frances and Floyd together have 22 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren, ranging in age from 25 years to 2 years. They lovingly find time for all. She has a son in California, a son and daughter in Kansas City, a son in Emporia, and three sons and a daughter in Wichita. She is a wonderful friend to Floyd’s children, a son in South Africa and a daughter in Wichita. Her husband wishes to honor her calling in life, the genuine care of others, apparent both in the workplace and at home, with the installation of her name in the Plaza of the Heroines at Wichita State University.