EASTON, Md. (January 25, 2024) – Mary Alice Vanhoy, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, NRP, FAEN, Nurse Manager, University of Maryland Shore Emergency Center (UM SEC) at Queenstown, has been elected to the board of directors of the Academy of Emergency Nursing (AEN) for a two-year term. UM SEC at Queenstown is part of the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH), which is a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System.
The mission of the AEN is to recognize and promote significant sustained excellence in emergency nursing in collaboration with the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). The AEN was established to honor emergency nurses who make enduring, substantial contributions to emergency nursing; advance the profession of emergency nursing and provide visionary leadership.
A fellow of the AEN since 2014, Vanhoy was the first member from Maryland. During her tenure, she has focused on mentorship in the areas of leadership and educator growth. As a board member, Vanhoy will continue to advance the mission and vision of the organization while mentoring the next generation of emergency nurses.
“It is an honor to represent the 200 emergency nurses of the AEN internationally who are recognized as leaders in emergency nursing care,” said Vanhoy.
“Mary Alice’s leadership and expertise in emergency nursing has been an asset to Shore Regional Health for over 30 years. We are proud to have her as a member of our leadership team, said Jenny Bowie, Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services, and Chief Nursing Officer.
About University of Maryland Shore Regional Health
A member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) is the principal provider of comprehensive health care services for more than 170,000 residents of five counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore: Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot. UM SRH consists of approximately 2,000 team members, including more than 400 health care providers on the Medical Staff, who work with community partners to advance the values that are foundational to our mission: Compassion, Discovery, Excellence, Diversity and Integrity. For more information, visit https://www.umms.org/shore.
About the University of Maryland Medical System
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.
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