Nicole Wynn, DPN, RN-BC, Receives Honor from American Organization for Nursing Leadership
November 22, 2020Categories: Loyola Medicine, Awards & Recognitions
MAYWOOD, IL – Nicole Wynn, DNP, RN-BC, manager of nursing excellence and Magnet program director at Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), has been named to the 2021 American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) Young Professionals Class.
The honor is part of AONL’s Young Professional Voices Program that “recognizes nurse leaders who exhibit significant potential as a health care leader and demonstrate exemplary leadership within their organization, community and the nursing profession.” The 20 members of the 2021 class will be honored during next year’s AONL Annual Conference and are featured in the November/December issue of VOICE magazine.
Wynn also is an assistant professor at the Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, and the director of LUMC’s Nursing Excellence and Magnet Program. Loyola University Medical Center has received three consecutive Magnet® designations (four years each) from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Wynn is also overseeing the new food is medicine program at MacNeal Hospital, part of Loyola Medicine. Wynn and Jennifer Grenier, DNP, associate chief nursing officer at MacNeal Hospital, co-created the Program that targets food waste and food insecurity by donating excess food from hospital cafeterias to local non-profits that feed the hungry. The program, created in 2015, is now available at 25 hospitals throughout the U.S.
Wynn received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a master’s degree in nursing from DePaul University, and a doctorate in nursing practice from Rush University.
“Nicole Wynn exemplifies nursing excellence through her unwavering commitment to patients, colleagues and the communities we serve,” said Tim Carrigan, PhD, RN, chief nursing officer at LUMC. “She is a leader and mentor, and we’re honored to have Nicole on the Loyola University Medical Center team.”
About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
Established in 1961, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital is a 247-licensed-bed community hospital in Melrose Park that includes the Judd A. Weinberg Emergency Department, the Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care, Loyola Cancer Care & Research at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center, acute rehabilitation, a transitional care center, childcare center and fitness center. Founded in 1919, MacNeal Hospital is a 374-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Berwyn with advanced medical, surgical and psychiatric services and a 68-bed behavioral health program.
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About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).