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AACN Excellence in Leadership.


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Kenneth J. Rempher, PhD, RN, MBA MBA
abbr.
Master of Business Administration

Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business
Master in Business, Master in Business Administration
, CCRN CCRN Critical Care Registered Nurse
CCRN Certification In Critical Care Nursing
, APRN APRN Advanced Practice Registered Nurse , BC

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md.

Dr. Rempher is a dedicated, visionary and inspirational leader who has transformed nursing practice within our critical care arena and throughout our organization.

One of Dr. Rempher's greatest strengths is his skill in leading and managing change. He has collaborated with and led peers and senior nursing leadership in an endeavor to update and integrate models for both patient care delivery and evidence-informed practice. Additionally, Dr. Rempher is a champion for nursing certification. His encouragement, mentoring and coaching have resulted in increased numbers of nurses with CCRN and PCCN PCCN Progressive Care Certified Nurse (AACN Certification Corporation)
PCCN Provisioning Contract Control Number
PCCN Partido Camino Cristiano Nicaraguense (Spanish: Nicaraguan Party of the Christian Path) 
 certification. Dr. Rempher is an open, honest and effective communicator who demonstrates congruence con·gru·ence  
n.
1.
a. Agreement, harmony, conformity, or correspondence.

b. An instance of this: "What an extraordinary congruence of genius and era" 
 in words and actions. He leads by example and consistently "walks the walk."

Dr. Rempher is passionate about elevating the level of nursing practice in the organization. This is evident in his work to create a culture that embraces nursing as true "knowledge work." Efforts were undertaken to ensure that this evolution of nursing practice includes creating research classes for nurses, development of an intranet Web site to advance professional practice and development of journal clubs.

Dr. Rempher empowers nurses to grow professionally and engage in calculated risk taking.

A gifted teacher and mentor, Dr. Rempher models the importance of lifelong learning. He has obtained numerous degrees and is certified as a CCRN and an ACNP ACNP American College of Nurse Practitioners
ACNP American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
ACNP Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
ACNP American College of Nuclear Physicians
ACNP Archivio Collettivo Nazionale delle Pubblicazioni Periodiche
. He serves as a lecturer at several universities and schools of nursing and precepts graduate and doctoral students. He has published extensively and lectures nationally on a wealth of topics. He participates as a member of AACN AACN American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology
AACN American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
AACN American Association of Colleges of Nursing
AACN Advanced Automatic Crash Notification (General Motors) 
 and occupies leadership positions in other critical care and nursing specialty organizations.
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Title Annotation:American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Publication:AACN News
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 1, 2007
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