… her masters in 2005 and doctorate in 2013 have been substantial. Today, she is the Chief Nurse Executive and Senior Vice President for Patient Care Services for … Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital , and the Watts College of Nursing . McDonnell is responsible for more than 10,000 of its registered nurses, advanced practice … practitioner in the ICU and part of the training was to work in the acute care setting at MGH. One of her first clinicals was with Connie Dahlin , a palliative care …