The corporate Nursing Executive Council (NEC) serves as the governing council for the chief nursing officers (CNOs) and provides a forum for CNOs to discuss and share professional nursing issues and topics relevant to current trends in the nursing profession and in healthcare. The NEC serves as a voice for nursing and guides nursing practice and strategies for Tenet hospitals. The NEC provides input necessary to identify, analyze, recommend, monitor and implement system-wide quality improvement and cost-reduction initiatives related to best-practice models, service delivery, patient satisfaction, and nursing education standardization and utilization. The NEC brings nursing-specific content expertise to the decision-making process within the Tenet infrastructure. The NEC consists of CNOs representing each region with support from corporate nursing who represent patient care services issues, concerns and best practices. In addition to the corporate patient care leadership, the 2010 Corporate Nurse Executive Council consists of the following chief nursing officer members:
Jackie Martinek
Chief Nursing Officer
Brookwood Medical Center,
Birmingham, AL
Debbie Moeller
Chief Nursing Officer
Lake Pointe Medical Center,
Rowlett, TX
Pam Pshea
Chief Nursing Officer
San Ramon Regional Medical Center,
San Ramon, CA
Ruth Schwarzkopf
Chief Nursing Officer
West Boca Medical Center,
Boca Raton, FL
Joey Bulfin
Chief Nursing Officer
St. Mary’s Medical Center,
West Palm Beach, FL
Sandy Hooper
Chief Nursing Officer
Desert Regional Medical Center,
Palm Springs, CA
Elaine Hastings
Chief Nursing Officer
Hilton Head Medical Center,
Hilton Head, SC
Terry Kirk
Chief Nursing Officer
Houston Northwest Medical Center,
Houston, TX
