Kimberly D. Hunter
Chief Nurse Executive @University of Iowa Health Care
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Nurse Executive @University of Iowa Health Care
Iowa City, IA, US
Key strategic member of UI Health Care\'s executive leadership team, responsible for leading a world-class nursing environment through an innovative and results-oriented approach. Leads over nursing staff including 2,800 RNs, plus 250 Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Services staff. Champions initiatives to advance care and quality outcomes across the system, and ensures environment committed to team-based interdisciplinary collaborations that enhance the patient and family experience throughout the continuum of care.• Lead Nursing through Better Teamwork, Better Care initiative to improve utilization of nursing resources, decrease reliance on agency nursing staff, reduce nursing premium spend, and develop nurse leaders in productivity management.• Achieved 5th ANCC Magnet designation, July 2023, the first among the Big10 conference academic medical centers.• Restructured Nursing Organization to better position for system growth, including ACNO and director level positions. • Elevated nurse leadership contributions as a prominent and integral component of the institution’s patient-centric operations.• Earned 10-year reaccreditation from Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) for the employee-based entry-to-practice nurse residency program, 2023.• Member of University of Iowa Nursing Collaboratory – partnership between UIHC Department of Nursing Services and Patient Care and the UI College of Nursing.• Leverage faculty and administrative relationships with UI’s top 10 ranked Nursing School to help recruit and develop talented nurse leaders.
EDUCATION
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Master of Science - MS, Nursing
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing
Chamberlain University
Doctor of Nursing Practice, Health Systems Leadership
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelor of Science - BS, Nursing
ABOUT KIMBERLY D. HUNTER
Kimberly D. Hunter is Chief Nurse Executive of the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (UIHC) which is recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States. It includes UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital, a new hospital under construction in North Liberty, and over 99 outpatient clinics. UIHC generates over $2.5B in annual revenues and is staffed by about 12,100 employees (including 1100 physicians and 2800 RNs) who maintain 860 beds, admit patients, and accommodate over 1 million outpatient visits yearly. Forbes Magazine named UIHC as the No. 7 Best Employers and in the top 25 for Best Employers for Women in the healthcare industry (2018). UIHC employees work collaboratively with the University of Iowa\'s top-ranked medical and nursing schools.LEADERSHIP Dr. Hunter serves as the Chief Nurse Executive (CNE) with over 36 years of post-graduate (MSN) healthcare management experience centered on continuous improvement, leadership development, and systems thinking. Hunter has over 24 years at Director-level or above, including over 18 years in academic medicine at two of the top ranked hospitals in the US (Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic). As CNE, she leads a world-class nursing environment through an innovative and results-oriented approach. Leads over nursing staff including 2800 RNs. Previously, Hunter held ACNO leadership responsibilities for over 8 years at the Cleveland Clinic\'s (CC) Main Campus for all nursing-supported specialties ranging from pediatrics to cardiology to orthopedics. Also served as Director of Nursing Operations at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and as Operations Administrator at Mayo Clinic Scottsdale.POST-MBA HEALTHCARE CONSULTING AND PHYSICIAN PRACTICE MANAGEMENTSix years of post-MBA experience advancing the business of healthcare in external consulting and physician practice management roles. As Senior Management Consultant provided consulting and practice management services to physician practices as well as a major academic medical center (UNC Health Care in Chapel Hill). CLINICAL PRACTICE & NURSE DEVELOPMENTSix years of university-level nurse education experience as Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Taught clinical pediatrics to over 250 aspiring BSN/RN candidates.PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONSPublished author on topics from pain in toddlers to sickle cell anemia and a versatile presenter with numerous presentations to diverse executive and academic audiences.
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