Jason Moburg, North Kansas City Hospital

•Title: Manager, intensive care unit.

•Organization: North Kansas City Hospital, a 451-bed regional hospital at Interstate 35 and Missouri 210 in North Kansas City; 816-691-2000; www.nkch.org.

•Details: Moburg manages the daily activities of 65 critical care nurses serving the hospital’s trauma and neurological intensive care unit.

•Priorities: Families of patients play an important role in Moburg’s priorities. He plans to be completely accessible to families of patients on the unit, as well as the staff.

•Thoughts: “Families need just as much attention during a stressful situation, like a loved one’s illness.”

•Education: Moburg holds a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Graceland University and an associate degree from Kansas City Kansas Community College.

He is certified in advanced cardiac life support and basic life support, and he completed a trauma nursing course through the Emergency Nurses Association.

•Background: Before being promoted, Moburg was a critical care nurse on the cardiac intensive care unit and a clinical nurse manager at North Kansas City Hospital. Before that, he worked as a certified nursing assistant and a critical care nurse at Independence Regional Health Center. He is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.