Rosemary Luquire, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N, C.N.A.A.
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Baylor Health Care System

Rosemary Luquire, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N., C.N.A.A., joined Baylor Health Care System as chief nursing officer (CNO) on Jan. 1, 2007. She is responsible for directing and facilitating Baylor's standards of nursing practices, policies and procedures.

Dr. Luquire came to Baylor from St. Luke's Episcopal Health System in Houston where she most recently served as CNO, senior vice president and chief quality officer. She was responsible for overseeing the health care system's professional nursing practice and the quality improvement program.

A graduate of Emory University, Dr. Luquire earned her Ph.D. from Texas Woman's University (TWU) and her master's degree in nursing from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT). Dr. Luquire holds joint faculty appointments at both TWU and UT, and has been named as an outstanding alumna by both schools. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, a commissioner for the Magnet Commission in Washington, D.C., and is a member of the American Nurses Association, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses and the national and local chapters of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

In 2006, Dr. Luquire was the David J. Fine Distinguished Lecturer at the University of Southern Mississippi. Active in her professional community, she currently serves on the Chief Nursing Officers Council, University Health System Consortium, the board of directors of Houston Hospice and Palliative Care System, and on the McDonald Fund Grants Committee. Additionally, she has applied evidence-based practices that are recognized as best practices by JCAHO and collaborated with local community organizations to increase enrollment within Texas nursing schools.

In 1991, Dr. Luquire spearheaded the development of outcomes management-which focused on measurement with an emphasis to improve patient and institutional outcomes-the precursor to the current phase of evidence-based practice. It was through this program and other initiatives under Dr. Luquire that St. Luke's became the first nursing Magnet-designated hospital in Texas and in the southwestern United States.