Ms. Blauvelt’s comprehensive approach to safety culture, staff engagement and mentorship has been instrumental to enhancing patient care and strengthening the overall healthcare system. Under her leadership, the hospital achieved a 2024 RN staffing retention rate of 95.5%, as well as above industry average employee engagement scores for the last three years. It also earned Healthgrades’ 2025 “Patient Safety Excellence Award” and a zero rate for catheter-associated urinary tract infections, central line-associated bloodstream infections and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections over the past three years. She is committed to leveraging the hospital’s clinical advancement program, as exemplified by her nurse mentoring, where she helps them identify areas of care that they are passionate about to achieve meaningful improvements. Areas of improvement include elimination of barriers to first case on-time starts, robust patient education programs and best-in-class patient-specific discharge instructions.
