Fuchs Discusses Leading During COVID-19

Mary Ann Fuchs, DNP, RN, discusses her leadership actions during the pandemic in the December issue of Nurse Leader. She describes how she helmed AONL as its president, served on an American Hospital Association pandemic task force and provided leadership to the Duke University Health System in Durham, N.C. as its chief nurse executive. She encourages leaders to take advantage of opportunities during times of uncertainty, find ways to use others’ talents to help them grow and recharge through self-care. This interview was adapted from the AONL 2022 annual conference, where former AONL board member David Marshall, DNP, RN, senior vice president and chief nursing executive at Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, interviewed Fuchs.