Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital has named Stacy Jemtrud, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, CNL as its chief nursing officer. She began in that role Monday.
“As chief nursing officer, Stacy will provide leadership for activities, processes and policies that support high-quality patient care for nursing and other clinical teams,” said Brian Wetzel, president of Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital.
Jemtrud joined Orlando Health in 2000 and has more than 30 years of experience as a registered nurse. She served as patient care administrator and nursing operations manager for children’s emergency and trauma at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital and six years in emergency services at Orlando Regional Medical Center. She has published and presented nationally on the topics of neonatal intensive care unit care, emergency nursing and nursing recognition.
Jemtrud previously served as senior director, magnet and patient care services professional practice, since 2022, where she established a systemwide leadership development program for clinical assistant nurse managers, led the implementation of an advanced digital rounding platform and helped in securing Magnet designation for multiple Orlando Health facilities, the hospital network reported.
State Attorney creates Career Criminal Unit for felony case screening
The Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday it has established a Career Criminal Unit to ensure all incoming felony cases are screened for sentencing enhancements.
The enhancements provide a tool to aggressively sentence repeat offenders, using laws on the books that increase the sentence of a crime based on how often certain crimes were committed and who committed them. Examples of criminal sentencing enhancements include habitual felony offenders, habitual violent felony offenders, violent career criminals and prison release reoffenders.
A team of three designated assistant state attorneys will review all felony files to make sure sentencing enhancements are applied in provable cases where the facts and the defendant’s criminal history indicate the need for such measures.
“By systematically reviewing felony cases for sentencing enhancements we can provide a stronger, more consistent response to repeat offenders and show the community we are taking every legal action possible to keep repeat offenders away from our communities,” Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Andrew Bain said. “It also allows us to be more transparent and provide important statistics on how we handle repeat offenders.”
