Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale has promoted executive director of nursing Taren Ruggiero, R.N., M.S.N., who began her career at the non-profit hospital 22 years ago, to Chief Nursing Officer.
Ruggiero came to Holy Cross in 1992 as a graduate nurse in the hospital’s intensive rehabilitation unit and later became the unit’s director. She was named executive director of nursing services when the position was first created in 2008.
Ruggiero is a member of the South Florida Organization of Nurse Executives, where she received a leadership award in 2007. She has served as the secretary of the South Florida Organization of Nurse Executives since 2010 and as a board member of the South Florida Nursing Consortium since 2011. She also is involved in numerous Holy Cross Associate drives and collections that benefit the community.