Nursing Home Innovation

Denise Cundy, MS, BSN, RN, NE-BC is the Chief Nursing Executive for  UnityPoint Health – Des Moines. 

Cundy previously served as the Assistant Vice President for Nursing and Care Coordination at UnityPoint Health – Des Moines. She has 22 years of nursing leadership experience, including nursing roles in med/surg, critical care, emergency medicine, dialysis and academia.

Cundy earned a Diploma in Nursing from Sioux Valley Hospital School of Nursing in Sioux Falls, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at Huron University in South Dakota and Master of Science with a focus on nursing education from South Dakota State University.  She is also a Board-Certified Nurse Executive by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and completed the Executive Fellowship in Healthcare Innovation Leadership at Arizona State University and was named a Top 100 Great Iowa Nurse in 2015.