Laura J. Mansfield | UM UCH

Laura J. Mansfield, MSN, RN, NEA-BC was named senior vice president and chief nursing officer with University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health (UM UCH).

Mansfield is new to UM UCH. She has more than 30 years of nursing experience and holds two board certifications — Nurse Executive, Advanced (NEA-BC) and Medical-Surgical Nursing (RN-BC) . She came to UM UCH from NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn, New York where she served as the senior director of nursing. In that role, Mansfield directed, planned, developed, coordinated and evaluated in-patient operations, nursing care and treatment of patients in Medicine and Surgical Services.

She also served as director of nursing, cardiology services for Mount Sinai Hospital/Mount Sinai St. Luke’s in New York City; nursing service administrator for Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown, New Jersey; director of nursing for Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx; and director, patient satisfaction, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J.

Mansfield has received several honors including the Transformational Leadership Award from Orange Regional Medical Center, The Nursing Leadership Award from Kean University and Outstanding RN for Critical Care Nursing from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. She was nominated for the Kim Glassman Nursing Leadership Award at NYU Langone Health System and was a top 20 finalist for Hudson Valley Magazine’s Excellence in Nursing Award.

She is pursuing a doctorate of nursing practice at Villanova University. In addition, she holds a Master of Science in Nursing from Kean University; a Master Certificate in Six Sigma – Healthcare from Villanova; and a Bachelor of Science in nursing from The College of New Jersey, School of Nursing.

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