With 26 years of diverse nursing experience, Dr. Dent has successfully led strategic initiatives that have significantly improved patient care, reduced nurse turnover from over 17% in 2022 to less than 13% in 2024, and decreased contract staff costs by $67 million. Under her leadership, Inova Fairfax Hospital exceeded national benchmarks for nursing-sensitive indicators and patient experience metrics in 2023 and graduated over 900 new nurse residents, achieving a 70% conversion rate of nurse externs. She is involved in the Johnson & Johnson nurse innovation fellowship program and enhances workplace culture by participating in podcasts with the Healthy Workforce Institute.
