Vicki George is noted for her specialization in helping organizations achieve Magnet® status, shared governance models, peer review, strategic planning, clinical leadership, innovation, and complex systems. She is a researcher, writer, and speaker and has published two books on peer review, a shared governance toolkit and numerous peer-reviewed journal articles on nursing.
Vicki has been a Chief Nurse Executive for more than 23 years and is a nationally and internationally known consultant with extensive experience in creating professional practice environments. She has a proven track record in managing wide-scale change through a robust change model and team approach.
George was CNO at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, an academic medical center located in Lebanon, New Hampshire and lead them through Magnet® re-designation. As the SVP/CNO for Catholic Health Initiatives, a 68-facility health system based in Denver Colorado, she developed their first system-wide Shared Governance Structure. While the Regional VP/CNE for Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Dr. George led the first hospital system to Magnet® designation in 2001 and the first five Magnet hospitals in Wisconsin.
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