Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital has named Stacy Jemtrud, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, CNL as its chief nursing officer.

Ms. Jemtrud previously served as senior director, magnet and patient care services professional practice, since 2022, where she established a system-wide leadership development program for clinical assistant nurse managers, led the implementation of an advanced digital rounding platform and played a pivotal role in securing Magnet® designation for multiple Orlando Health facilities.

“As chief nursing officer, Stacy will provide leadership for activities, processes and policies that support high-quality patient care for nursing and other clinical teams,” said Brian Wetzel, president of Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital.

Ms. Jemtrud joined Orlando Health in 2000 and has more than 30 years of experience as a registered nurse. She has served in progressive leadership roles, including patient care administrator and nursing operations manager for children’s emergency and trauma at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital and six years in emergency services at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center.

Ms. Jemtrud earned a bachelor’s, master’s and Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Central Florida. She has earned certifications as a Nurse Executive, Advanced (NEA-BC) from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and Executive Nursing Practice (CENP) from the American Organization for Nursing Leadership.

Ms. Jemtrud has published and presented nationally on the topics of neonatal intensive care unit care, emergency nursing and nursing recognition.

She began her new role on July 1.

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Founded more than 100 years ago, the healthcare system is recognized around the world for Central Florida’s only pediatric and adult Level I Trauma program as well as the only state-accredited Level II Adult Trauma Center in Pinellas County. It is the home of one of the nation’s largest neonatal intensive care units, one of the only systems in the southeast to offer open fetal surgery to repair the most severe forms of spina bifida, the site of an Olympic athlete training facility and operator of one of the largest and highest performing clinically integrated networks in the region. Orlando Health has pioneered life-changing medical research and its Graduate Medical Education program hosts more than 350 residents and fellows.

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