Steven M. Whitney, RN, MSN, CCRN, has been named Nurse Manager of the Shock/Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care units at MCGHealth Medical Center .

Since joining MCGHealth in 2005, Whitney has held progressively responsible positions and most recently was a Clinical Nurse Educator in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Prior to that, Whitney served as a clinical nursing instructor at Georgia Southern University and MCG School of Nursing. He also held numerous nursing positions at East Georgia Regional Medical Center , South Fulton Medical Center, Grady Memorial Hospital, St. Joseph ‘s Hospital and Egleston Children’s Hospital.

Whitney earned a B.S. degree in Nursing at Georgia State University in Atlanta, and a master’s degree in Nursing from Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville.

He is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) and the CSRA AACN chapter, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society. Whitney was recognized by Sigma Theta Tau for excellence in mentoring in 2008 and was named a CSRA Nursing Showcase Reflection of Nursing Spirit Award Winner in 2009.

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