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AMSN President-Elect Accepts New Position as Strategic Advisor to the Chief Nursing Executive at Michigan Medicine

PITMAN, NEW JERSEY - Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) President-Elect Marisa Streelman, DNP, RN, CMSRN, NE-BC, has accepted the position of Strategic Advisor to the Chief Nursing Executive at the University of Michigan-Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, MI.

Dr. Streelman, who began her new post July 11, previously served as a staff specialist with the organization’s nursing leadership team, with concentration in surgical services subsegment in the Adult Hospitals. Previous projects of Dr. Streelman’s include implementing an electronic SBAR for internal transfers and a separate SBAR for external transfers, fall prevention, reduction for length of stay, and safety assistant guidelines. Most recently she completed her Doctorate in Nursing Practice in Transformational Leadership: Systems from Rush University.

Dr. Streelman’s nursing career began in Chicago where she was a clinical nurse on an oncology unit, followed by several leadership roles at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She then worked as a nurse manager at the University of Colorado Hospital on an intermediate care unit, and Rush University Medical Center, on a general medicine unit. She earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Eastern Michigan University, her master’s degree in nursing administration from the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC), and her Doctor of Nursing Practice in Transformational Leadership Systems from Rush University, Chicago, IL.

Dr. Streelman, a resident of Chelsea, MI, will assume the AMSN President role in January 2023. She has been a dedicated and respected leader for AMSN since 2008. Serving as AMSN President for the position’s two-year term, Dr. Streelman will work with the AMSN Board of Directors (BOD) in fulfilling the strategic plan, vision, and goals of the 11,000-member nursing association.

“Marisa is a highly effective strategic thinker and decision maker. Her new professional role at Michigan Medicine will allow her to influence patient care by advising executive leaders of best practices, change management strategies, and ensuring key performance indicators are monitored to measure improvement.,” reports Dr. Summer Bryant, DNP, RN, CENP, CMSRN, President, AMSN Board of Directors. “During her AMSN service, Marisa has been a great advocate for medical-surgical nurses, and I know she will continue that advocacy in her new role.”

Michigan Medicine is home to one of the largest health care complexes in Michigan. It has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the Medical School first opened in 1850. Today, Michigan Medicine continues to deliver the Michigan Difference through cutting-edge research and premier patient care. According to U.S. News and World Report, Michigan Medicine is among the best in the nation in a broad range of adult and pediatric specialties.


ABOUT THE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSES (AMSN)

The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) is the only specialty nursing organization dedicated to the practice of medical-surgical nursing. A dynamic community of more than 10,000 medical-surgical nurses, and more than 40,000 Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board (MSNCB) certificants, AMSN ranges from nurses who work in a hospital’s med-surg unit, to those in leadership roles working to impact patient safety and quality of care delivery.

AMSN is committed to quality patient care through professional development, certification, scholarship, and advocacy. Medical-surgical nursing is the single largest nursing specialty in the United States and beyond, practiced in several settings across the health care industry, including hospitals, outpatient settings, in homes, via telemedicine and other non-traditional settings. For more information, visit www.amsn.org and on Twitter @MedSurgNurses.

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