Blake Medical Center in Bradenton, Fla., has selected Kim Hatchel, DNP, to serve as chief nursing officer.
Four points:
1. Dr. Hatchel most recently served as market chief nursing executive and senior vice president for Lexington, Ky.-based CHI St. Joseph Health.
2. She was previously CNO at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center and Sunrise Children's Hospital in Las Vegas and CNO at Medical City McKinney (Texas).
3. In 2017, the March of Dimes organization in Las Vegas recognized Dr. Hatchel with the Nurse Administrator of the Year award.
4. She earned her doctorate in nursing practice from Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University.