AONL Nurse Executive Fellowship Prepares Nurse Executives

The Associate Chief Nursing Officer of Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Donald A. Hislop leverages more than two decades of experience in the medical field to assist with all aspects of nursing, patient care, and quality. Active in the professional community, Donald A. Hislop belongs to the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL), in which he recently was awarded entrance into the Nurse Executive Fellowship.

Dedicated to shaping health care through expert nursing leadership, AONL provides nurses with professional development and other education opportunities, such as the Nurse Executive Fellowship. A nine-month program, the fellowship is designed for nurses who are new at working as C-suite employees.

Nurses accepted into the AONL Nurse Executive Fellowship are taught a variety of skills, including strategic thinking, C-suite communication, and board relations. This information helps nursing professionals develop the executive competencies they need to inspire nursing workforces and lead complex health systems.

The AONL Nurse Executive Fellowship is a highly interactive program that teaches these skills through a mix of dialogue with peers and lectures from expert faculty members. Participants also engage in situational analyses and simulations. These practices give them hands-on experience in managing some of the common challenges that face nurse executives.

Memorial Medical Center Becomes Milk Bank Donation Center

A healthcare administrator with more than three decades of experience, Donald A. Hislop has served as Associate Chief Nursing Officer at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico since 2019. In addition to assisting with recruitment, Donald A. Hislop supports the Memorial Medical Center in all aspects of patient care.

Through a new partnership with the Human Milk Repository of New Mexico (HMRNM), Memorial Medical Center recently became the first Milk Bank Donation Station in the state. While breast milk is the optimal food for newborns, not all mothers can produce their own. The HMRNM is currently working to set up milk donation centers throughout the state to help keep milk donation local. Through the partnership, HMRNM provided Memorial with a freezer, thermometers, lock, and other materials necessary for the storage of donated breast milk.

The program is another commitment of Memorial to maintaining its status as a Baby-Friendly Hospital. A designation created by the \World Health Organization and UNICEF, Baby-Friendly Hospitals provide high levels of support for newborns and breastfeeding mothers.