Kathleen Seerup, BSN, MSHA, RN, NE-BC has been named Le Bonheur Children's vice president and chief nursing officer. Seerup comes from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and brings 31 years of nursing experience.
At Lurie, Kathleen served as senior director of critical care services since 2012, and before that was director of the pediatric intensive care unit. She has been a bedside nurse and has held numerous progressive nurse leadership positions throughout her career.
Seerup played a critical role in Lurie Hospital becoming the first freestanding children's hospital in the country to gain Magnet Status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the only children's hospital to earn the designation four times.
"Kathie has dedicated her life to caring for families," said Meri Armour, MSN, MBA, president and CEO of Le Bonheur. "She is dedicated to continuing the great work we have already accomplished of fully understanding families' needs and providing the highest level of patient care."