Abrazo Health, the second largest health care delivery system in Arizona, has announced the appointment of Tiffiny Strever as Trauma Program Manager for West Valley Hospital.

As Trauma Program Manager, Strever will be responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining a quality, cost-effective system of care for trauma patients and their families. She will manage trauma performance improvement processes, community outreach programs and provide leadership to the trauma care program.

Strever is an accomplished healthcare leader with 25 years of nursing experience in emergency and critical care. Concurrently with her duties at West Valley Hospital, she will continue to serve as Lieutenant Colonel in the Arizona Air National Guard, where she oversees sustainment training for its medics. Strever is a published author with writings in the Journal of Emergency Nursing and has also authored chapters in the Emergency Nurses Pediatric Course 4th Ed. and Trauma Nursing Core Course 7th Ed. She is an active member of the Emergency Nurses Association, having served at the local, state and national levels in various capacities.

Strever holds a certification in emergency nursing and will be inducted as a Fellow into the Academy of Emergency Nursing in the fall of 2014. She earned her BSN in 2004 from Graceland University and her ASN in 1985 from North Iowa Area Community College.