Stephanie Clements Named to Becker’s List of Top Nursing Leaders

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Stephanie Clements Named to Becker’s List of Top Nursing Leaders

ST. LOUIS – Mercy nurses know Stephanie Clements has their back, and so does Becker’s. The health care publication named her among the most influential nursing leaders in the country on its 2025 list of Hospital and Health System Chief Nursing Officers to Know.

Stephanie Clements - Senior Vice President, Chief Nurse Executive

This list recognizes outstanding CNOs who are shaping the future of patient care by leading nursing strategy; taking on critical challenges such as staffing shortages and nursing budgets; creating meaningful professional development pathways for the next generation of nurses; and leading innovative initiatives that elevate care quality and strengthen clinical excellence across their organizations.

Clements stepped into her role as Mercy’s top nurse last year, bringing decades of experience in health systems across Texas, Colorado and Oklahoma. Before becoming chief nurse executive, she served as vice president at Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City and as community chief nursing officer, where she oversaw more than 2,400 nurses across Oklahoma. Today, she leads more than 15,000 nurses across Mercy hospitals and clinics in five states.

Click here to read the full list.

Mercy, one of the 15 largest U.S. health systems and named the top large system in the U.S. for excellent patient experience by NRC Health, serves millions annually with nationally recognized care and one of the nation’s largest and highest performing Accountable Care Organizations in quality and cost. Mercy is a highly integrated, multi-state health care system including 55 acute care and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has over 1,000 physician practice locations and outpatient facilities, more than 5,000 physicians and advanced practitioners and more than 50,000 caregivers serving patients and families across Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In fiscal year 2025 alone, Mercy provided more than half a billion dollars of free care and other community benefits, including traditional charity care and unreimbursed Medicaid.