Carol Mention
Carol has been a Critical Care Nurse for 25 years. She graduated with BSN from Clemson University, MSN from Grand Canyon University, and DNP from University of Texas, Arlington for DNP.
Carol works at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She is currently the Executive Director for Critical Care Services. Previously she was the Associate Director of a 62 bed Stepdown Surgical Transplant Unit for almost 7 years. Carol first started as a new graduate nurse at Greenville Memorial Hospital in South Carolina. She then went into Travel Nursing for 6 years throughout the United States (California, Texas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Maryland). She stopped traveling in 2008 and went full time at Cedars. She worked in the Surgical Neurotrauma ICU as a bedside nurse. She was promoted to CNIV on the Neuro ICU. In 2013, started as Administrator on duty for 3 years.
Carol is currently a member of Multiple Nursing Organizations: Council of Black Nurses, American Nursing Association, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, American College of Healthcare Executives, and Association of California Nurse Leaders. She was one of the 2018 AONL Nurse Manager Fellows. She was nominated for Nursing Excellence and Transformational Leader Awards. She received the Daisy Award in 2012 and the Daisy Award Leader in 2021. She recently received the Humanitarian Award for ACNL February 2022. Also, she was selected for the AONL Executive Fellowship 2025.
Carol is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority for 26 years. She also pledged Chi Eta Phi, Nursing Sorority. She enjoys mentoring staff and assist with their journey in healthcare. Her passion is focusing on the multiple health disparities in the underserved communities and thinking of ways to reach our black and brown communities to work on diabetes, heart disease and mental health. So much work to be done but it can be done together.
Carol enjoys traveling, attending music festivals, cooking new recipes, and trying new restaurants. She enjoys going back home to South Carolina to spend quality time with her family. She describes her parents as her “two heartbeats” who are 83yo and 85yo.
