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19 NURSING SPOTLIGHT comfort, hope and healing, and for that I am incredibly grateful. I am honored to serve as your chief nursing officer and proud to be a part of our incredible and resilient team. Alesia Coe, DNP, RN. Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care Services at UChicago Medicine: ank you for the amazing power you bring as nurses — your empathy, technical competency and dedication make a lasting impact on patients, families and communities every day. Phyllis Doulaveris, DNP, RN. Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive for Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.): Kaiser Permanente nurses have been transforming how we care for patients for the past 80 years. Many of our early nurses shine as pioneering examples of our organization's focus on keeping people healthy and preventing illness. ey have made significant contributions to the organization's early development. Our nurses continue to make bold improvements in nursing care to this day. Our legacy lives and thrives in Kaiser Permanente's 76,000-strong nursing workforce. Our achievements and commitment to quality, safety and care experience have nurtured a culture of excellence that paved the way for 12 Magnet designated facilities across our California markets, including one that earned Magnet designation with distinction. Organizations like ours show the world that nurses can be leaders in transforming healthcare. We nurture transformational nurse leaders with vision, influence, clinical knowledge and expertise. We support nurses who seek out innovative, atypical solutions. Most of all, I am proud of the compassionate care that our nurses provide. ey demonstrate care and compassion in word and deed every day. ey ensure that dignity and compassion are afforded to all who need it in their most vulnerable moments. ey show us true humanity and caring. I am grateful for their efforts, care, dedication, commitment and all that they do. Terry McDonnell, DNP, RN. Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive at Duke Health (Durham, N.C.): During National Nurses Week and every week, I am deeply grateful to our nurses at Duke Health for being unwavering stewards of safe, high-quality care. You lead with integrity, skill and a fierce commitment to excellence — building trust with every interaction, advocating for patients and supporting one another. Your dedication is felt not only by those you serve, but by every member of our community who depends on your expertise and presence. You are not only caregivers, you are innovators. Your ideas drive meaningful changes, spark breakthroughs in care delivery and shape the future of healthcare. As we continue to face new challenges and opportunities, it's your creativity, courage and clinical excellence that lead the way. ank you for all that you do. I am incredibly proud to walk this path with you. Candace Mori, PhD, RN. Interim Chief Patient Care and Nursing Officer at MetroHealth (Cleveland): As we celebrate National Nurses Week, I want you to know how much I appreciate each of you — not just for what you do, but for who you are. Every day, you bring your skill, your heart, and your commitment to this team. You are the steady hands in chaos, the calming voices in crisis, and the fierce advocates for every patient who walks through our doors. What makes your power truly special is that it's not about titles or accolades — it's about showing up, standing strong, and leading with purpose. It's about being real, leading with honesty and authenticity, staying relevant to what matters most, and remaining relentless as we push the boundaries and li each other higher every step of the way. You make me proud to be a nurse. You make me proud to be a nurse a MetroHealth. ank you for everything you bring to MetroHealth and to the communities we serve. Let's keep showing the world what the power of nurses really looks like! Sammie Mosier, DHA, BSN. Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive for HCA Healthcare (Nashville, Tenn.): is Nurses Week, we celebrate "e Power of Nurses" to influence positive changes for the practice of nursing, which ultimately improves patient care. At HCA Healthcare, we recognize the important role you as nurses play at the heart of healthcare, advocating for your patients and care teams to drive nursing forward inside our walls and beyond. We work hard to prioritize the "voice of the nurse" at every level of healthcare delivery, as we know how passionate you are about patient care and that you have an invaluable perspective. Our 2025 Nurses Week theme at HCA Healthcare celebrates nurses for consistently "Stepping Forward" every day in the ways you innovate, improve and elevate nursing practice. You show all of us what it means to deliver patient-centered, compassionate care. I see your dedication, desire and drive to make a difference for everyone we serve, and thank you for how you always step forward to meet challenges and inspire all of us to show up for our patients, our communities and each other. Happy Nurses Week! Tiffany Murdock, DNP, RN. Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Ochsner Health (New Orleans): No matter their role, all nurses deliver on a common purpose: taking care of people. We are driven by humanity, kindness and compassion as the foundation of everything we do. is Nurses Week and always, I am so grateful for the more than 10,000 nurses at Ochsner Health who work each day to ensure our patients, families and communities feel support and comfort while in our care. I am in awe of the passion our nurses bring to evolve and grow our profession. It is magical to see the big impacts our nurses are making to drive change, rethink processes, implement best practices and protect our patients. ank you for everything you do and for being the most incredible team of nurses! Amber Price, DNP, RN. Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Sentara Health (Norfolk, Va.): As we celebrate Nurses Week, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge all Sentara Nurses across the enterprise for their exceptional work in our hospitals, "You are not only caregivers, you are innovators. Your ideas drive meaningful changes, spark breakthroughs in care delivery and shape the future of healthcare. As we continue to face new challenges and opportunities, it's your creativity, courage and clinical excellence that lead the way. ank you for all that you do. I am incredibly proud to walk this path with you." — Terry McDonnell