Ms. Nixon oversees all nursing aspects within the University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics, including nursing operations, strategic planning, nursing leadership, project management and financial objectives, in addition to performance metrics related to patient satisfaction, clinical quality and finance. She is dedicated to elevating nursing practice and the nursing profession at the organization and is committed to the team members in the UUH Department of Nursing and the patients served across the health system. Ms. Nixon assumed the role of CNO in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and was instrumental in organizing response efforts across the system. In 2021, she appointed a health taskforce to collectively define the mental, physical, and financial health for nursing team members. The results informed the ongoing system-wide benefit and operational enhancements. Most recently, Ms. Nixon developed and implemented a Nursing Shared Governance program across the system.
