CONWAY - Angie E. Longing of Conway, BSN, MHSM, RN, NE-BC, has been named Chief Nursing Officer at Conway Regional Health System.
As chief nursing officer, Longing will oversee the patient care provided by more than 600 licensed and unlicensed nursing staff. More than 400 of those employees are registered nurses.
Longing formerly served as the Market Director of Hospital Based Physician Practices for CHI St. Vincent Medical Group and Market Director of Nursing for CHI St. Vincent North, and as Executive Director of Nursing at CHI St. Vincent Infirmary and CHI St. Vincent North. During her career at CHI St. Vincent, Longing also served as Chief Nursing Officer, Administrative House Supervisor and Recruiter at CHI St. Vincent Morrilton where she began her career as a Labor and Delivery staff nurse.
Longing has a Master of Arts degree in Health Services Management from Webster University as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from UCA.
She is a trained GE Change Agent and achieved her Nurse Executive Board Certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. In 2013, Longing was the recipient of the Sister Margaret Vincent Blandford Award for Leadership Excellence. Longing has achieved proven success during her career in such strategic areas as inpatient satisfaction, planning, coordination and direction of patient care services, and relationship building with physicians and the community.