Mary Campbell Bliss, RN, MS, CNS
Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist; Sutter Sacramento--Sierra Region
Mary Campbell Bliss RN, MS, CNS, has been a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento since 1991. She has 29 years of perinatal nursing experience in both clinical and leadership positions. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and her Master of Science in Maternal-Child Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Throughout her career, Ms. Bliss has focused on quality improvement, standards of nursing care, education and program planning/development. While she has worked on many initiatives, her most constant efforts as a healthcare advocate have been in the areas of domestic violence and breastfeeding. Ms. Bliss serves on many committees including the Sacramento County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, Sacramento County Domestic Violence Death Review Team, and Maternal Quality Improvement Panel (MQIP). She created and co-chairs the Sutter Health Sacramento-Sierra regional WING (Woman’s and Infant’s Nursing Group) and the CNS/Nurse Director Committees. Ms. Bliss was the clinical lead of the RPPC Region 2 (NCPOP) Breastfeeding Resource Binder and the CPQCC Perinatal HIV Toolkit, as well as the clinical coordinator of the California March of Dimes Preterm Labor Assessment Toolkit. These efforts resulted in consensus based documents to standardize and improve care of women and infants. In 2006, Ms. Bliss received the Nursing Spectrum Excellence in Nursing-Community Service Award.
The establishment and measurement of quality benchmarks in maternal care should lead to the improvement of both infant and maternal health outcomes. Women and children in California deserve no less than our best efforts state-wide in reaching these quality care goals.
CMQCC Committee Memberships
- Maternal Quality Improvement Panel (MQIP)
- Hemorrhage Task Force
- Less Than 39 Week Toolkit Development Task Force
Profile in Improvement
Learn how Mary Campbell Bliss improved the preterm labor assessment process at Sutter Medical Center Sacramento by utilizing Rapid fetal fibronectin (R-fFN).
