‘Welcome’
to Our New
Associate Chief
Nursing Officer
In June 2019, Martha Grubaugh, PhD, RN, NE-BC, accepted
the position of Associate Chief Nursing Officer and Vice
President of Critical Care Services for the Anschutz Medical
Campus. Martha joined Children's Colorado in October
2018 in a temporary director role supporting the Division
of Patient Care Services focusing on staffing, schedule and
capacity planning projects, as well as several initiatives
related to the 2018 Neonate Strategic plan. In January
2019, she took on additional duties as the interim director
of Patient Care Services for Maternal Fetal Care, NICU,
Lactation, and the PICU. During this time Martha formed
collaborative relationships with many team members and
made significant contributions to all the areas that she
was supporting.
MARTHA GRUBAUGH,
PHD, RN, NE-BC
Associate Chief Nursing Officer and
Vice President of Critical Care
She has over 10 years of pediatric nursing experience
including emergency, pediatric and neonatal critical care
services in Michigan, Florida and Louisiana and 12 years of
leadership experience ranging from clinical manager roles
to vice president positions. Martha recently completed
a PhD in Nursing at the University of Colorado Anschutz
Medical Campus and her dissertation work is focused on
the Nurse Manager Practice Environments. She also serves
as a board member with the Colorado March of Dimes and
Newborn Hope, and is an active member of AONE, CONL,
ANA and the Nursing Honor Society, Sigma Theta Tau.
Pat Givens
Accepts
‘Chief Nurse
Executive’
Position
In May 2019, Pat Givens, DHA, EdM,
RN, NEA-BC, accepted the position
of Chief Nurse Executive for the
Children’s Colorado System of Care.
In this role, Pat continues to serve as
the Senior Vice President for Patient
Care Services and act as the senior
nurse executive responsible for all
aspects of nursing practice across
the organization. She also partners
with the geographic and functional
leadership across southern Colorado
and the Denver metro area to ensure
continuity of care, consistency of
nursing practice and professionalism,
and to advocate for the practice
of nursing both within Children’s
Colorado and across the industry.
2019 Nursing Year in Review