Newswise — The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) will give the Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award for a Distinguished Career to Donna L. Bertram, RN, MBA, NEA-BC, FAAN. She will receive this Visionary Leadership Award for contributions to AACN’s mission and vision at the 2011 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Chicago, April 30-May 5.
Bertram — former vice president and chief nursing officer at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital — recently retired after a 46-year nursing career that spans patient care, leadership, operations, research and education. She joined the hospital’s administrative team in 2005 after serving 13 years as chief operating officer/chief nursing officer of Penrose St. Francis Health Services in Colorado Springs, Colo., where she was vice president of nursing.
A past AACN president, Bertram began her career at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth in 1972, where she served as director of medical-surgical nursing, director of the cardiovascular lab and in-service educator for critical care before her promotion to vice president of nursing in 1984.
A native of Wisconsin and graduate of Milwaukee County School of Nursing, she earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1980, and a master’s in business education from the University of Dallas in 1986.
An adjunct faculty member of the University of Texas at Arlington’s School of Nursing, she belongs to the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. Career accomplishments include the highest recognition given by the American Organization of Nurse Executives, the Organizational Innovation Award for Nurse Executives, in 2009.
About the Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award: Established in 1997 and named for a past AACN president, the Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award for a Distinguished Career recognizes extraordinary and distinguished professional contributions that further AACN’s mission and vision of a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and families where acute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution. Recipients of this Visionary Leadership Award receive a $1,000 gift to the charity of their choice, lifetime membership in AACN and a crystal replica of the presidential “Vision” icon. Other Visionary Leadership Awards, AACN’s highest honor, include Lifetime Member Award, Honorary Member Award and the GE Healthcare-AACN Pioneering Spirit Award.
About the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition: Established in 1974, AACN’s National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI) represents the world’s largest educational conference and trade show for nurses who care for acutely and critically ill patients and their families. Bedside nurses, nurse educators, nurse managers, clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners attend NTI.
About the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: Founded in 1969 and based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is the largest specialty nursing organization in the world. AACN joins together the interests of more than 500,000 acute and critical care nurses and claims more than 235 chapters worldwide. The organization’s vision is to create a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and their families in which acute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution. To learn more about AACN, visit www.aacn.org, connect with the organization on Facebook at www.facebook.com/aacnface or follow AACN on Twitter at www.twitter.com/aacnme, #NTI2011.
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