CHI St. Vincent names chief nursing executive
LITTLE ROCK — CHI St. Vincent has named Nancy Brown as its chief nursing executive and as senior vice president of patient care services for CHI St. Vincent hospitals in Little Rock, Sherwood and Morrilton.
Brown will direct patient care operations for the first hos- pital in Arkansas named as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. As a Magnet hospital, CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock is considered a leading hospital for nursing excellence and patient care.
A native of Pine Bluff, Brown returns to Arkansas from Norman, Okla., where she served as chief nursing officer at Norman Regional Health System.
“Nancy brings quality leadership and experience to our health care ministry, and we are blessed to have her as one of our leaders,” said Chad Aduddell, CEO of CHI St. Vincent in the press release. “She has a track record of great engagement with physicians and nurses working together to improve quality. She is committed to ensuring we always provide excellent and compassionate care.”
While in Oklahoma, Brown provided oversight for quality functions, helping the health care system demonstrate significant improvement in quality, safety and patient experience measures. She was a key leader during the aftermath of a tornado that destroyed a hospital that was part of the Norman Regional Health System.
Before working in Oklahoma, she was vice president of patient care services at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff from 1995-2003 and was chief nursing officer at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith.
“I am proud to serve CHI St. Vincent as an advocate for our nursing staff,” Brown said. “I look forward to leading our dedicated team of highly skilled, quality nurses as they improve the level of care we provide to our patients.”
Brown has degrees from the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She and her husband, David, have two adult children.
CHI St. Vincent, founded in
1888, is the largest integrated and community-based physician organization in Arkansas — a system with over 1 million patient visits per year, serving patients from all 75 counties in Arkansas. CHI St. Vincent Infirmary, an acute-care facility, licensed for
615 beds, is located in Little Rock and is ranked the “best hospital” in Arkansas by U. S. News and World Report and is the first hospital to earn Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs is an acute-care facility licensed for 282 beds. Other CHI St. Vincent hospitals include CHI St. Vincent North, licensed for 69 beds, in Sherwood; CHI St. Vincent Morrilton, a critical access hospital in Morrilton, licensed for 25 beds; and CHI St. Vincent West, an outpatient campus in west Little Rock. The system includes a network of 300 primary care and specialty physicians, a home health agency, a joint venture inpatient rehabilitation facility, and affiliations with more than 1,000 physicians.