Ms. Clements oversees nursing operations and strategy for the entire Mercy health system. Over the course of her career, she has served in many healthcare leadership roles, beginning as a floor nurse, becoming a hospital CEO, and today leading a nursing workforce of 15,000 in Mercy hospitals and clinics in five states. Ms. Clements joined Mercy in 2024 as vice president and community CNO at Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City and community CNO at Mercy’s hospitals across Oklahoma. Under her leadership, Mercy has seen a 33% reduction in hospital-acquired pressure injuries during the last fiscal year, with a recent three-month period achieving the lowest score in three years. Mercy has also achieved the top 25th percentile for falls with injury based on the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators benchmarks for falls. In addition, Ms. Clements reduced nursing premium labor by almost 40% year-over-year. As CNO, she oversees nursing for the integrated healthcare system, which includes 32 acute care and 17 specialty hospitals, 21 convenient and 51 urgent care locations, and numerous imaging centers and pharmacies.
