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About Us
History of GNN
In 2001 a group of nursing leaders, in an informal discussion (where the best ideas are born), explored the notion of a nursing enterprise committed to the further development of ideas and innovations that would create a healthy society. The initiating impulse for GNN was to create a place where nurses can come together, outside of association and organizational agendas, and join like-minded colleagues in creating knowledge, tools and resources, where ownership can stay with the creator, while also supporting the public we are privileged to serve.
GNN Today
Today GNN is comprised of a series of Institutes that allow for dialogue, discovery and research that moves the nursing profession forward and furthers the advancement of healthy societies. Simultaneously a business incubator assists enterprising nurses in the development of products and services that emerge from their own creativity, wisdom and life experience. The GNN Foundation both raises funds to support GNN’s mission and offers grants and scholarships globally to further this work.
GNN Values
Global Nursing Network embraces and fosters the following Values which guide our agenda
- An open and neutral learning environment
- Respect for the uniqueness and worth of each individual
- Individualized and context-based learning
- Learner-managed and mentor-guided inquiry
- Co-creation of a learning community
- Ongoing enhancement of professional and compassionate care
GNN Board of Directors
JoEllen Koerner, RN, PHD, FAAN
 JoEllen Koerner is an author, editor, speaker, researcher, educator and nurse executive leader well known for her efforts to foster high standards in nursing. She is the Past President of the American Organization of Nurse Executives and recipient of the Lifetime Distinguished Service Award from the AONE Institute for Patient Care Research & Education. With extensive executive level management/leadership experience in health care administration, education, regulation, & e-commerce, her initial career efforts focused on nursing education and service in corporate health systems. She then worked in virtual education with curriculum modeling & delivery at the intersection of the philosophy and practice of professional nursing. As Founder of Nurse MetriX, Dr. Koerner designed technology applications for web-based predictive nursing analytics.
A graduate of Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, CA, and Wharton Fellow, JoEllen Chaired the RWJ Colleagues in Caring National Advisory Board, served on the PEW Health Professions Board and National Commission on Nursing Service Board. Dr. Koerner has written extensively, including the authoring of two books, Mother, Heal MySelf and Healing Presence: The Essence of Nursing. She served on 6 Editorial Boards as well as being Midwest Editor of Nurseweek Magazine. Her international and voluntary work is focused on workforce development for underrepresented sectors of society.
Charles Inlander
 Charles is the CEO & President of the People's Medical Society. Founded in 1983, it has become the largest consumer health advocacy organization in the country. Mr. Inlander serves on the Institute of Medicine Board and Chairs the J&J Care for the Caregiver Advisory Board. He lecturers at the Yale University School of Medicine and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Civil Justice Foundation and the National League for Health Care. He serves on the editorial board of, and writes a column for, Nursing Economics magazine. He has also been a contributing editor to Medical Self-Care magazine. His articles have appeared in scores of publications, including the New York Times. Mr. Inlander is the co-author a numerous best selling books, including, Your Medical Rights and Medicine on Trial.
Prior to joining the People's Medical Society, Mr. Inlander had established a national reputation as an advocate for the rights of handicapped citizens. By appointment of the United States District Court, he planned, organized and implemented the deinstitutionalization of the District of Columbia's institution for the mentally retarded. He also has served as executive director of the Institute for Research and Development in Retardation and as executive with the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens.
A native of Chicago, Mr. Inlander is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C. He has been interviewed on radio and television programs including "Donahue," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Today," "Good Morning America," "CBS Morning News," "Inside Edition" and most recently "Geraldo!" and NBC News' "A Closer Look."
Kathy Douglas, RN, MHA
 Kathy’s leadership in the combined areas of healthcare and technology spans over 25 years. She has been a founder and on the executive team of multiple start-up companies bringing new and innovative solutions to the healthcare industry. Kathy was part of the team that brought to market the first graphical user interface frontend to the computerized patient record, did extensive work on the design of structured data capture for clinical documentation and was an early advocate for standardized terminology to support clinical research.
Currently Kathy is CNO at Concerro a SAAS internet technology company providing workforce management solutions to healthcare delivery systems. For the last several years she has focused her efforts on addressing the challenges of effective staffing strategies and sustainable solutions for healthcare that drive positive outcomes for patients, the workforce and organizations. Kathy recently led a national initiative to define standards of excellence and an evidence-based approach to staffing. Outside of healthcare she has been CEO of an internet solutions company, a computer education company for children and Partner in a company providing computer education, technology solutions and graphic design. Kathy has sat on the Board of both for profit and not-for-profit organizations.
Kathy has taught ICU Nursing as a volunteer in India. She is the author of two books; a reference of drug calculations for Critical Care / ED nurses and creative computer projects for children, Kathy is also author/co-author of a wide range of published articles in such journals as Nursing Economics, Nurse Leader, The American Journal of Nursing, HR Pulse and is a frequent speaker both nationally and internationally. Kathy is a Registered Nurse, holds a Masters Degree in Health Administration from the University of San Francisco and is a graduate of Stanford Business Schools Executive Program.
GNN Council
Rhonda Anderson, MS, FAAN, FCHE
 Rhonda is Pediatric Administrator at Banner Children’s Hospital at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona and a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Grand Canyon University, College of Nursing. She has extensive and progressive experience in staff nursing, education, hospital and healthcare organization management roles, financial management, performance measurement and patient safety. She is certified as a Nursing Administrator Advanced, a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Rhonda has written, published, and lectured on professional nursing practice models, financial management, clinical ladders, patient classification systems, managed care structure and philosophy, patient centered care models, health care reform, quality management, patient safety, community health initiatives, and value based purchasing. She serves on 5 editorial boards of nursing. She is a JC Commissioner (7 years) and on the JCAHO Board, Data Use Oversight Committee, Nursing Advisory Council, chair of the Ernest A. Codman Awards Evaluation Committee, and chair of the Performance Measurement Committee (7 years). She has served as a member of the American Hospital Association Quality Task Force and their Patient Safety Quality Awards Committee. She is Chair of Joint Commission International Accreditation Committee and on the JCR Board and Global Tourism Committee.
Carol Ann Cavouras, RN, MS, CNAA
 Carol Ann Cavouras, RN, MSN, is a National and International expert on workforce development, workload assessment and measurement, plus effective staffing and scheduling in the healthcare field. Skilled in implantation of sustainable, cost effective strategies that enhance a healthy work environment which produces positive outcomes, She is a sought after speaker, educator and consultant. She has a distinguished career of over forty-five years in leadership positions in a variety of settings from large academic medical centers to small community organizations.
Her background and expertise includes visionary planning, implementing new, successful programs and services, transitioning organizations through structural redesign. She is committed to creating environments of empowerment, and developing innovative, practical, sustainable, strategies that balance the workforce and workplace.
In the last ten years she has provided workforce consultation in over 80 teaching, community, and rural hospitals. Carol Ann received her Masters of Science Degree from the University of Minnesota. She was selected as one of the first J&J Wharton Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania
Karlene Kerfoot
Dr. Karlene Kerfoot has held a variety of positions in nursing and patient care administration, clinical practice, academic positions in nursing and MHA and MBA programs and healthcare consulting. Since September 24, 2007, she serves in the position of Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer for the Aurora Health Care System in Wisconsin. In this position, Dr. Kerfoot has responsibility for clinical areas and quality programs throughout the 14 hospital system. She has served as the Chief Nursing and Patient Care officer in two other systems; Clarian Health Partners in Indianapolis, IN and the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston, TX. Previous to these positions, she served as the Executive Vice President, CNO Chief Quality Officer for St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston, and as the Senior Associate Director of Nursing at the University of Iowa. She is widely acknowledged for her innovative work implementing the American Association of Critical Care Synergy model in practice, developing the “Safe Passage” model for patient safety, creating healing environments and healing sanctuaries for staff, strategic planning, Shared Governance, achieving excellence in quality outcomes and achieving Magnet designation as a system. She has been active with numerous civic organizations such as those who work in areas of homeless and domestic abuse. Professionally she has served in many capacities with professional organizations. She most recently served with the Academy on the Board of Directors and worked with Joanne Disch to co-chair the 2006 program and to co-found the “Raise the Voice” campaign and the Edge Runner recognition program.
Dr. Kerfoot has earned a doctorate in nursing from the University of Illinois, Chicago and Masters and BSN from the University of Iowa in Iowa City and completed many advanced educational programs such as the Johnson and Johnson Wharton program for Nurse Executives at the University of Pennsylvania. She has published over 300 articles in the areas of leadership, patient safety, and work force issues, writes a popular column for Nursing Economics and speaks nationally and internationally. Among her many honors is induction into the Academy of Nursing, the Mary Tolle Wright Award for Excellence in Leadership from the Sigma Theta Tau International and the Pioneering Spirit Award from the American Association of Critical Care Nursing. Her passion is to improve the care of patients by improving the quality of work life for clinicians on the front line, and her mission has been to develop and implement programs that will accomplish that. She has therefore worked extensively in the area of retention, Magnet Recognition and staff and leader development to create innovations that will enable the people in the front line positions to become the clinicians they always wanted to be.
Linda Thompson Adams, DrPH, RN, FAAN
 Linda Thompson Adams, DrPH, RN, FAAN is Dean and Professor of the School of Nursing at Oakland University. She earned her BSN and MSN degree at Wayne State University (MI), and masters and doctoral degrees in public health from The Johns Hopkins University (MD). As dean, she has lead the way in creating innovative programs to address the nursing shortage, such as the Accelerated Second Degree program, by forming collaborative partnerships with health care organizations. She has established the first Doctor of Nursing Practice program in the State of Michigan which is a blend of online and face-to-face interaction. She has been successful in securing over $20 million in funding to support these initiatives. She serves on the Board of Trustees and Worklife Quality Committee for St. John Health System. Prior experiences include policy research and higher education.
Ann Van Slyke
A nationally recognized nurse leader and entrepreneur who over 25 years ago, after achieving the CNO level in the hospital setting, ventured to start her own successful company providing tools and technology to address the need of measuring and communicating patient acuity / classification. Ann was the first nurse in Arizona to receive the Arizona Hospital Association Salsbury award for Outstanding Contributions to Healthcare in 1985 and was the founding board member of the Healthcare Coalition, Arizonans to Protect Qualtiy Health Services. She was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Arizona State University College of Nursing Alumni and Arizona the Arizona State University Distinguished Achievement award. She has served on the Board of Directors of the tertiary teaching healthcare system in Phoenix.
Ann was recognized for her significant contributions to the science and practice of nursing when she was elected to fellowship in the Academy of Nursing. In 1996 she was appointed to the American College of Healthcare Executives and in 1997 to ACHEs Regent’s Advisory Council in Arizona. Ann is a member of AONE, ANA, STTI and holds an Advanced ANA Certification in Nursing Administration. She had published extensively in hospital and nursing journals on Patient Acuity/Classification, Staffing, Productivity, Costing and Pricing for Nursing Services.
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