Marian K. Shaughnessy, DNP, RN

Abstract

Marian K. Shaughnessy was a nationally known nurse leader and philanthropist. She was the founder of the Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University where she served as an adjunct professor. Dr. Shaughnessy held leadership board positions in a wide number of Cleveland non-profits and was a member of the board of University Hospitals Medical Center of Cleveland and served as vice-chair of the Quality and Professional Committee and a member of the Clinical Council, University Hospital Medical Group. She also served on the Advisory Committee for Notre Dame School of Nursing in South Euclid, OH. She helped launch the national Nurses on Boards Coalition for the American Nurses Foundation in order to present a nursing perspective to America's boardrooms. Her nursing career included leadership positions and consulting in perioperative care delivery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Lakewood Hospital, and Critical Care at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital. She was a member of the American Nurses Association, Association of Operating Room Nurses, Association of Nurse Executives and Sigma Theta Tau. This interview was conducted in September, 2019. She will be missed.