Dr. Veltre provides executive leadership for nursing professional practice, education, research and clinical services during a major, multi-phase hospital transformation. Since joining in 2024, she advanced nurse-driven protocols, launched a two-year transition-to-practice roadmap, and led mobility and behavioral health crisis unit redesigns to improve safety for patients and staff. She developed and executed a recruitment and retention strategy that reduced vacancies and agency utilization, while guiding the organization to Magnet with Distinction recognition in 2025, marking its first at this level. Dr. Veltre also strengthened shared governance and systemwide nursing alignment. She was appointed the system CNO representative for the nursing quality improvement council and patient fall council. Under her leadership, the medical center’s emergency services earned the Emergency Nurses Association “Lantern Award” and sustained excellence across emergency, maternity, neurological and medical-surgical services.
