Barbara Buturusis, RN, MSN
Administrative Director Neurosciences and Oncology
I don’t think I have. Everything I do is directly related to what happens at the patient bedside. While I am not the hands-on caregiver, I have not left bedside caring. I became interested in working in leadership while a clinical nurse specialist. I was working with a phenomenal nurse executive, and her ability to affect patient care and nursing development redirected my career to care-giving that had broader impact.
What do you like most about your job?
I love working on behalf of patients to influence operational priorities, and I am fortunate to work with a wonderfully talented group of managers and staff in doing this work. When we can make care better, solve a problem for a specific patient or population of patients, that is a good day.
How many years have you been working at LUHS?
Since 1989 (except for 2.5 years)
Where did you attend nursing school?
AD -- Nursing at Morton Community College 1971
BSN -- Lewis University 1981
MSN -- Loyola University 1984
What is your work experience?
- Practice nursing -- Staff Nurse and Assistant Nurse Manager in Medical Surgical Care
- Staff Nurse in Ambulatory Care
- Staff Nurse and Nurse Manager in Critical Care
- Nursing Staff Educator for Critical Care and Acting Assistant Director for Education
- Director of High Tech Home Care
- Clinical Nurse Specialist for Critical Care
- Manager then Director of Home Care & Hospice
- Senior Assistant Director for Home Care and Hospice
- Center for Preventive and Rehabilitation Services
- General Internal Medicine and Medicine Subspecialty Clinics
- Manager in Health Care Consulting for Ernst and Young
- Service Line Administrator for Business Planning and Development for Cancer and Neurosciences at Children’s Memorial Hospital
- Administrative Director of the Cancer and Neuroscience Service Lines
How do your nursing skills help in your administrative role?
I believe these skills provide a keen understanding of the clinical implications of decision making. It is a unique combination of clinical and management expertise. In many ways, being a clinician of any type makes an administrator more versatile.
Did you receive any additional training or mentoring to help you succeed as an administrator?
I had additional formal training with a consulting firm and obtained a national view of health care. I am currently in the Professional Development Harvard Certificate Program at Loyola.
In addition, I have had professional training in:
- Facilitated Session Leader Training
- Accelerated Solutions: Rapid Design/Express
- Business Change Implementation
- Systems Thinking
- Tools & Methods of Statistical Process Control
- Personal Mastery
- Self-Directed Work Teams