Texas Nurses Podcast: October 26, 2023 - Meet the Nurses of Texas Nurses Association

Dr. Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, NEA-BC Related Seminars and Products

Executive Director

Texas Nurses Association

Dr. Serena Bumpus currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Nurses Association where she is responsible for providing oversight of related entities and programs including the Texas Nurses Foundation and the Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses and other programs as identified. She is responsible for executing the ongoing vision for the association as it relates to the changing healthcare landscape and the nursing profession. 

Dr. Bumpus’s nursing career spans over 20 years where she has held various positions from staff nurse to Director of Nursing, all in the acute care hospital setting. Most recently, she was the Senior Regional Director of Clinical Surveillance at Ascension Health. She has demonstrated a strong career trajectory with involvement in leadership, governance, and advancing the nursing profession. She has made significant strides in improving outcomes and advancing nursing practice throughout her career.

Serena received her Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2019 from Texas Tech University health Sciences Center in Lubbock. She is also an active and engaged member of numerous professional nursing organizations.

Dr Laura Marie Kincheloe Ed.D. MSN RN NE-BC, Ed.D., MSN, RN, NE-BC Related Seminars and Products

Director of Nursing Practice

Texas Nurses Association

Experienced educator and nurse leader with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry and in nursing leadership. Skilled in Public Speaking, Collaboration among interdisciplinary teams, and Leading groups. Strong education professional with a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) focused in Nursing Education Administration and Leadership. Committed to excellence in all areas of work through partnership, honesty, transparency, and equality.

Dr. Jamie K Roney, DNP, MSN-Ed., RN, CCRN, NPD-BC Related Seminars and Products

Director of Nursing Professional Development

Texas Nurses Association

Dr. Jamie K. Roney Hernandez served as the Accredited Provider Program Director for continuing education at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Health.edu from 2016 to 2023. She began her journey as a U.S. Army Combat Field Medic in 1987 and served in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1987-2010 where she retired as a Captain in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. She participates on the National Quality Forum’s Patient Safety Committee as a voting member and has served on the Providence Health System’s Institutional Review Board as a scientific member for nine years.

Dr. Roney started her nursing career as a staff nurse in a renal telemetry unit in 1991 at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock, Texas. She worked in cardiac and medical intensive care units from 1992-2000 and the cardiac catheterization lab from 2000-2005 before returning to the cardiac intensive care unit in 2005. She obtained her adult CCRN certification in 1999 and ANCC Nursing Professional Development certification in 2013. She has been clinical educator in an obstetric and cardiac intensive care unit, as well as the cardiac catheterization lab. She served as the Providence St. Joseph Health Texas Regional Sepsis and Research Coordinator from 2009-2022.

She has been recognized by Sepsis Alliance as a “Nurses Know Sepsis”, AACN as a “Circle of Nursing Excellence” award recipient, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center “Excellence in Nursing” award recipient, and as a South Plains College “Distinguished Alumni”. In 2019 she was named one of Texas Nurses Association's “South Plains Great 25 Nurses”. Dr. Roney was nominated as the 2024 American Association of Critical Care Nurses Distinguished Research Lectureship award.

Dr. Roney has presented her work at Sigma Theta Tau International Research Congress in seven countries, is an Institute for Healthcare Improvement Emerging Leader, Virginia Henderson Fellow, and The Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety alumni. Her published work has focused on acute and critical care issues such as failure to rescue, sepsis, burnout, retention, and COVID-19.