Crystal Caruthers, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, has been named Holy Cross Health’s Leader of the Quarter for Q3 2025. She began her career at Holy Cross Health in 2008 as a member of the inaugural class of the Vizient/American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Nurse Residency Program at Holy Cross Health, the first nurse residency program in Broward County. Today, she is the Nurse Resident Development Manager and mentors graduate nurses.
In describing Caruthers, her team finds her to be an effective leader due to her superior communication skills, ability to keep them informed and the consistency of her actions. She also makes herself accessible to answer questions, to listen to her teammates and to bounce around ideas.
Caruthers has also spent more than a decade working at the bedside in the critical care setting, case management, care transitions and outpatient surgery. She has worked on initiatives focused on nurse retention and a healthy work environment and has served on numerous quality councils.
Caruthers earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Barry University in Miami and her Master of Science in Nursing with a focus on nursing leadership and management from Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, UT.
