Linda Burnes Bolton

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Linda Burnes Bolton is an American nurse and healthcare administrator. She is the vice president and chief nursing officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and has served as president of the American Academy of Nursing, the American Organization of Nurse Executives and the National Black Nurses Association. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Biography

Burnes Bolton grew up in Tucson and became interested in nursing at the age of seven, having suffered from severe asthma and requiring frequent hospitalizations. [1] She earned an undergraduate nursing degree from Arizona State University. She completed three graduate degrees at UCLA - master's degrees in nursing and public health and a doctorate in public health. She is the Vice President for Nursing, Chief Nursing Officer, and Director of Nursing Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. [2]

Burnes Bolton is a past president of the American Academy of Nursing, the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) and the National Black Nurses Association. [3] She served as vice-chair of the Institute of Medicine Committee on the Future of Nursing. [4] She was named to the Board of Trustees at Case Western Reserve University in 2007. [5] In 2012, she was elected a trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. [6] Burnes Bolton is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Nursing . [7]

Before she was elected president of the AONE, the organization presented her with its Lifetime Achievement Award. [8] In 2011, Modern Healthcare named her to its Top 25 Women in Healthcare. [9] She received an honorary doctorate from the SUNY Upstate Medical University in 2015. [10] That year, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. [11] She won the 2016 Professional Achievement Award from the UCLA Alumni Association [12] and was the 2016 recipient of the TRUST Award from the American Hospital Association. [13]

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  2. ↑ "Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN". Cedars-Sinai Medical Center . Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Linda Burnes Bolton". American Organization of Nurse Executives. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ "My leadership journey". Campaign for Action. January 3, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ "New member added to Case Western Reserve University's Board of Trustees". Case Western Reserve University. March 6, 2007.
  6. ↑ "Linda Burnes Bolton". Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Editorial Board Profiles". American Journal of Nursing . Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  8. ↑ "AONE announces 2014 president-elect". American Organization of Nurse Executives. October 4, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Insights Video: Linda Burnes Bolton, 2011 Top 25 Women in Healthcare honoree". Modern Healthcare . Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Linda Burnes Bolton to receive honorary degree at Upstate Medical University Commencement". www.upstate.edu. SUNY Upstate Medical University . Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  11. ↑ "IOM Member- Dr. Linda Burnes Bolton Dr.P.H., R.N., FAAN". National Academy of Medicine. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  12. ↑ "UCLA Awards". University of California, Los Angeles . Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Linda Burnes Bolton selected to receive 2016 TRUST Award from HRET". California Hospital Association. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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