Baptist Health named April Bennett, MSN, CHFP, RN, as the brand new president of Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway. The announcement was made Thursday (Nov. 17).

Serving because the hospital’s chief nursing officer since 2020, Bennett has supported the opening and enlargement of a number of specialties together with the hospital’s inpatient rehabilitation unit, intermediate care unit and medical/surgical unit in addition to the opening of a brand new intensive care unit and medical/surgical unit.

Her successes additionally embrace reducing bedside RN turnover, recruiting and changing RN vacationers with full-time employees and rising the inpatient census by 20%, in line with a hospital press launch.

Bennett additionally leads the medical/surgical nursing consortium for all 11 of Baptist Health’s hospitals.

Earlier this month, the American College of Healthcare Executives Regent’s Awards acknowledged Bennett for her exemplary management as an Early Career Healthcare Executive throughout the Arkansas Hospital Association’s Annual Meeting.

In 2020, Bennett joined Baptist Health after working for Freeman Health System in Joplin, Missouri, the place she served because the vp of nursing providers for seven years.

Bennett acquired her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Missouri Southern University and Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.