Cheryl McInerney

Cheryl McInerney, MSN, RN has spent her 34-year career in nursing working to improve the health of individuals, families, and communities, including vulnerable and underrepresented populations, in a variety of settings. The last 13 years have been in nursing education as a professor and administrator in nursing education programs serving non-traditional students. Dean McInerney considers it a privilege to help prepare the next generation of nurses for practice. She describes her practice as “outcomes focused using data and best practice evidence to guide decision making”.

Dean McInerney has presented at several academic conferences and poster exhibits including at the National Conference of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) and The Silverman Symposium of the Silverman Institute for Health Quality and Improvement at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She has been the recipient of the Massachusetts Nursing Association’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice and the Faculty of the Year Award from Bay State College.

A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Dean McInerney relocated to the sunny skies of Arizona to take the role of Dean of Nursing at Phoenix. She has five adult children and six grandchildren. Her eldest son is a psychiatric nurse practitioner, and her youngest daughter is a registered nurse working in pediatrics.

Education: Master’s of Science Degree in Nursing from Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts | Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts | Associate Degree in Nursing from Bunker Hill Community College