Simoneaux Joins North Oaks as Vice President of Patient 服务

吉娜米. Simoneaux, MSN, RN, has joined North Oaks Health System’s leadership team as Vice President of Patient 服务.

A veteran nursing leader with more than 20 years of experience, Simoneaux will oversee the areas of: cardiology services; cardiopulmonary rehabilitation; centralized cardiac monitoring; 临终关怀; 田园 和 呼吸道护理; women 和 children’s services; 和 the medicine, telemetry, intermediate care 和 medical intensive care units.

“Gina’s passion for exceptional patient care 和 improving lives is matched by her knack for leveraging nursing best practices, dedication to the nursing profession 和 aptitude for building strong working relationships with others,” asserts Kirsten Riney, chief nursing officer for North Oaks Health System.

She comes to North Oaks from Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, where she served as director of nursing development 和 ancillary departments for the past five years. In the previous three years, she was the nurse manager for post-surgical trauma 和 bariatrics at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge.

Simoneaux’s prior experience also includes seventeen years with Lafayette General Medical Center, where she progressed from staff registered nurse to nurse manager to director of the orthopedics, 神经学, 心血管, telemetry 和 medical-surgical units. 在她任职期间, she also was recognized as an Acadiana Top 25 Nurse in 2011, the hospital’s Heart of Gold Award recipient in 2008 和 Heart of Nursing Award recipient in 2006.

Simoneaux earned a master’s degree in Leadership 和 Management from Walden University headquartered in Minneapolis, 明尼苏达州. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the University of Texas at Arlington 和 an associate degree in Nursing from Louisiana State University—Eunice. 除了, she is certified as a neurofeedback practitioner through the EEG Institute based in Los Angeles.

专业, Simoneaux belongs to the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, American Nurses Association, Association of Nursing Professional Development, Louisiana State Nurses Association, Louisiana Organization for Nursing Leadership 和 Southeast Louisiana Staff Development Organization.