Mary Stahl, RN, MSN, ACNS-BC, CCNS-CMC, CCRN, is currently serving a one-year term as President of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) board of directors from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. Mary has held director positions on the AACN board from FY2007 to FY2009 and on the AACN Certification Corporation board in FY2009, the year she served as AACN board liaison for the "CNS Scope and Standards" revision. Between FY2004 and FY2006, Mary served on the exam development committee for the CCNS specialty certification and as an item writer for the first PCCN exam.
Mary values nursing education! She graduated from Saint Luke's Hospital School of Nursing in 1980 with a diploma in nursing, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Webster College, St. Louis, in 1982. She also attained a Master of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, in 1984.
Mary has been a critical care nurse for over 30 years. Since 1995, she's been a clinical nurse specialist, medical cardiology, at Mid America Heart Institute, Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, where she oversees heart failure management, cardiac transplantation and ventricular assist device nursing care. Mary is an active member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and belongs to the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Mary has also received national recognition for her nursing achievements, such as when she was ranked on the 1993-1994 list of "Who's Who in American Nursing." Mary has been described as a "prolific educator and lecturer" (AACN website, 2011). She has given more than 100 presentations on professional topics, including healthy work environments, nurse retention, and evidence-based practice. Mary has also presented numerous clinical topics related to ventricular assist devices and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
-Kay Luft
Mary values nursing education! She graduated from Saint Luke's Hospital School of Nursing in 1980 with a diploma in nursing, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Webster College, St. Louis, in 1982. She also attained a Master of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, in 1984.
Mary has been a critical care nurse for over 30 years. Since 1995, she's been a clinical nurse specialist, medical cardiology, at Mid America Heart Institute, Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, where she oversees heart failure management, cardiac transplantation and ventricular assist device nursing care. Mary is an active member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and belongs to the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Mary has also received national recognition for her nursing achievements, such as when she was ranked on the 1993-1994 list of "Who's Who in American Nursing." Mary has been described as a "prolific educator and lecturer" (AACN website, 2011). She has given more than 100 presentations on professional topics, including healthy work environments, nurse retention, and evidence-based practice. Mary has also presented numerous clinical topics related to ventricular assist devices and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
-Kay Luft
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