Nursing Administration with a focus on Hospice and Home Care leadership. New position will focus on hospital administration, quality driven patient-centered care at a Magnet certified hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Chief Nurse Executive @ Oversee the clinical operations of a 200+bed Magnet hospital with Alegent Creighton Health Mercy Hospital. From January 2012 to Present (3 years 10 months) Executive Director Health Connect @ Contracted with CHI-NE to provide oversight and management consultation to the Home Care, Hospice, Home Infusion, and Private Duty in Lincoln, Grand Island, and Kearney Reorganized all management positions within agency, and in the process of creating efficiencies and standardization of centralized processes Executive Director of Hospice of Southwest Iowa 2007-Jan 2012 Provided leadership in the formation of this new entity that represents a partnership of Mercy Hospital and Pottawattamie Co. Visiting Nurses Association Ongoing strategic direction and oversight of the Hospice operations and the vision of building an 8 bed Hospice House facility in Council Bluffs Division Executive Alegent Health at Home 2006- Current Provide ongoing strategic direction and operational oversight of Alegent Health at Home which includes- Home Health, Hospice, Home Infusion Services, Home Medical Equipment, Nursing Home Network, and the Palliative Care program Exceptional quality outcomes that consistently exceed state and national benchmarks in all service lines, deficiency free state survey in 2010 Gallup employee engagement exceeding the 75 percentile 2 years in a row, staff turnover rate that is below 10% , 40% of clinical employees have obtained certifications Chief Nurse Executive 2002-2006 Provided strategic direction and operational leadership to Alegent Health Home Health services. From January 2011 to January 2012 (1 year 1 month) Division Executive @ Have worked for Alegent Health since moving to Council Bluffs 16 years ago. Have held a variety of positions mainly in the home care and hospice division. Have led the Alegent Health at Home Division for the past 4 years. I also am the Executive Director for Hospice of Southwest Iowa in Council Bluffs. We are currently in the process of a capital campaign to build a inpatient hospice facility in Council Bluffs. From March 1994 to January 2012 (17 years 11 months) Interim Chief Nurse Executive @ From December 2004 to June 2005 (7 months) Operations Director @ instrumental leader in the reorganization of all home care service lines. Director for Home Infusion Pharmacy, Private Duty services, Home Medical Equipment, and Hospice -successfully provided leadership in the consolidation of provider numbers, common platform for documentation, policies and ensured compliance with regulatory bodies. From January 1998 to January 2002 (4 years 1 month) Operations Director @ From January 1994 to January 2002 (8 years 1 month) Private Duty @ management of all Mercy Home Care service lines. This included Intermittent Home Care From January 1995 to January 1998 (3 years 1 month) Administrator @ Directed daily operations of Cancer Center programs, Tumor Registry, Nursing Research, coordinated the Comprehensive Breast Program, conducted primary and secondary education and screening programs for the public. From January 1990 to January 1994 (4 years 1 month) Staff RN/Clinical Educator @ Oncology/Hematology patient care unit- primary case management to complex cancer patients Responsible for all nursing education for the key service areas of Oncology, Neurology, Endocrinology, and Med/Surg patient care units. From January 1984 to January 1990 (6 years 1 month) Staff Nurse @ Worked on a medical intensive care unit From January 1982 to January 1984 (2 years 1 month) Staff RN @ Worked on a Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit From January 1980 to January 1982 (2 years 1 month)

Master in Nursing, Community Health @ Arizona State University From 1990 to 1993 Masters of Science, Community Health Nursing @ Arizona State University From 1989 to 1993 Bachelors of Science, Nursing @ College of St Teresa's From 1976 to 1980 BS, Nursing @ College of St Theresa From 1976 to 1980 Denise McNitt is skilled in: Nursing Administration, Leadership, Healthcare, Healthcare Management, Hospitals, Home Care, Clinical Research, Inpatient, Medical/Surgical, Case Managment, Palliative Care, Oncology, Strategic Planning, Neurology, Program Management, Critical Care, Patient Safety, Nursing, Operations Management, BLS, Public Speaking, Epic Systems, Emergency Room, JCAHO, Leadership Development, Pediatrics, ACLS, Policy, Ambulatory, Nursing Education, Medicine, Ambulatory Care, Software Documentation, Nursing Management, Healthcare Information..., Team Building, NRP, Health Education, Utilization Management, Quality Improvement, Post Anesthesia Care, Acute Care, Physician Relations, Healthcare Consulting, EHR, EMR, Physicians, Informatics, Revenue Cycle, Managed Care