Delicia Mason is the Epitome of Passion as a Lifelong Nurse at Children’s of Alabama

By Nicole S. Daniel | The Birmingham Times (This profile appeared originally in the Nov. 2, 2022 edition of the Birmingham Times and has been updated) While attending Auburn University in Montgomery (AUM), Delicia Mason did her clinicals at Children’s of Alabama and knew that the facility was the only place she wanted to work. “I didn’t want to be at any hospital other than Children’s. That’s just where my passion is—with pediatrics,” she said. Not only did she get a chance to work at the hospital but is now vice president of nursing operations at Children’s of Alabama. As VP of nursing operations, Mason is responsible for the oversight of daily inpatient nursing operations inclusive of critical care, acute care, emergency, and dialysis departments. She previously served as Chief Nursing Officer. Being CNO “pulled in all responsibility for nurses at Children’s of Alabama,” she said. “We’re rebuilding our employee pool, our nursing pool, and even outside of nursing as an organization. … [We’re] in this period of intentional focus on staff, not just with self-care for our leaders but what do we do as an organization to really support them.” Her career at Children’s for the past 26 years...