Dr. Amy McCarthy, DNP, RNC-MNN, NE-BC
Director of Nursing, Women's, Infants & Oncology
Texas Health Resources
Amy K. McCarthy, DNP, RNC-MNN, NE-BC, currently serves as the Director of Nursing for Women, Infants, and Oncology at Texas Health Hurst-Euless-Bedford. An alumna of The George Washington University, she earned her DNP with a focus on Executive Leadership. McCarthy is a champion of transformational and heart-led leadership, aiming to foster innovative and health-centered environments for nurses. Her decade-long experience involves collaborating with state and national leaders in nursing, improve outcomes for the public and employees she serves at the bedside and in leadership.
Presently, McCarthy is the President-Elect of the Texas Nurses Association and the Past-President of The Dallas Fort Worth Great 100 Nurses. She has notably served as a Director-at-Large on the American Nurses Association Board of Directors, addressing crucial issues like safe staffing, workplace violence, and racial equality in nursing. Her involvement with the National League of Nursing includes contributing to the advisory board of the Accelerating to Practice program, focusing on new graduate integration into the workforce.
McCarthy’s roles extend to the Nurses on Boards Coalition, where she was a Texas Action Coalition representative and Co-chair of the Communications Work Group, overseeing coalition marketing and communication strategies. As the Secretary of the Texas Nurses Association from 2019 to 2021, she was instrumental in integrating younger voices into the organization, fostering ties with the Texas Nursing Students Association, and launching a podcast that highlights nursing innovation and mental health. McCarthy’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Southern Methodist University, and both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Nursing Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington. She holds professional certifications in Executive Nursing and Maternal-Newborn Nursing.