Department of Nursing Leadership Team
Chief Nursing Officer
Kristi Melton, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Kaci Chacon, BSN, RN
Patient Care Services
Dalana Bernt, BSN, RN
Associate Director of Pulmonary Clinics
Certified Nursing Professionals
National Jewish Health is proud of our Certified Nursing Professionals. Here are some of our nurses and their credentials in specialty areas:
- Lorna Andrews, RN, BSN, CMSRN
- Mary Elyse Bowman RN, BSN, OCN
- Shelley English, RN, OCN
- Kristen Espinoza RN, PCCN
- Jennifer Faber-Gerling, RN, MS, ACNS-BC, ANP-BC
- Deborah Fending, RN, BSN, AE-C
- Lauren Grimes RN, OCN
- Jesse Gross, RN, BSN, OCN
- Dthia Kalkwarf, RN, MSN, AGNP-BC, CDCES, BC-ADM
- Bronwyn Long, RN, DNP, MBA, ACNS-BC, AOCNS, ACHPN
- Ann Mullen RN, CNS, CDES
- Karyn Newlon, RN, CMSRN
- Kathleen Ruffert RN, OCN
- Candace Schreuder RN, OCN
- Amy Ward RN, OCN
- Seth Zunker RN, CAPA