Chief Nursing Officer
UVA Health
Kathy Baker, PhD, RN, NE-BC, serves as Chief Nursing Officer at UVA Health. Kathy came to UVA from VCU Health, where she had more than two decades in nursing leadership, including most recently as Associate Chief Nurse and Associate Vice President of Nursing. Kathy also serves as adjunct faculty for the VCU School of Nursing’s Master’s program in Nursing Leadership. While at VCU, she oversaw transformational efforts to strengthen the nursing workforce, increase the focus on quality and patient safety and improve overall operational efficiency. At UVA, her priorities include advancing new nursing care models to ensure UVA is making the best use of all team members’ skills and supporting the recruitment, retention and mentorship of outstanding nurses.
Kathy is also a prolific author and a nurse scientist with a research focus in work environments, and patient safety and workplace satisfaction. She currently Chairs the Virginia Nurses Foundation Mental Health Round Table – Access to Care Workgroup, and the Emergency Nurse’s Association National Quality Council – Developing Nurse Sensitive Quality Indicators for Emergency Nurses. She is a Board member of the Virginia Nurses Foundation and is the Virginia Nurses Association Representative to the RWJF Future of Nursing Summit.
Kathy has a PhD in nursing and an MS in nursing administration from VCU.
She also brings extensive leadership in roles in organizations advancing the future of care delivery such as:
o Chair (2021 - current) for the Emergency Nurse’s Association National Quality Council – Developing Nurse Sensitive Quality Indicators for Emergency Nurses
o Board Member (2021 - current) – Virginia Nurses Foundation
o Appointed Member (2022-2023) American Organization of Nurse Leaders Subgroup on Academic Partnerships
o Appointed Member (2023 – present) Virginia Nurses Association Staffing Committee Advisory Team
o Co-Chair (2023 – current) Virginia Hospital and Health Care Association CNO Forum Co-Chair (2012 – 2018) for the Virginia Action Coalition Implementing the Future of Nursing Report recommendations
o Commissioner on Workforce (2012 – 2013) Virginia Nurses Association
o Co-Lead (2012 – 2013) Safe Staffing Advisory Council, Virginia Nurses Association
o Appointed Member (2013– 2015; 2018 - 2020) Emergency Nurses Association National Research Council
o Co-Chair (2015 – 2016) for the American Nurses Association Professional Issues Panel – Examining Barriers to Top of License Practice for Frontline RNs
o Chair (2018 – 2022) current) Virginia Nurses Foundation Mental Health Round Table – Access to Care Workgroup
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Next-Gen Healthcare Delivery: The Pivotal Role of APPs in Future Care Models (81H)
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