Submitted by Thelma R. Serry, BSN, RN, NE-BC

Chanté Logan, MSN, RN

Chanté Logan, MSN, RN is currently serving as the Operating Room Acting Nurse Manager at the Central Virginia VA Health Care System (CVHCS). She manages 47 registered nurses and 5 scrub technicians. The OR team collaborates with ancillary services, including Environmental Management Services, Engineering, Anesthesia, Biomedical, IT, and the Surgical Team.

Chanté is a proud Air Force Veteran who is, “grateful to serve those with whom I share a bond."

“I like to describe myself as a wife (Tim Logan), mother of two daughters (Julia and Carmen), daughter, sister, and friend to those I come into contact with,” says Chanté. “I want to reach my fullest potential academically and personally. Pursuing higher education was my goal when I enlisted in the United States Air Force in July 1991. I served honorably for twelve years and then left service to pursue my nursing dream.”

She is a lifelong learner who is currently pursuing a DNP at Old Dominion University and completed an Associate Degree in Nursing at Weber State University in 2006. She moved with her active-duty Air Force spouse to San Antonio, Texas where she completed a BSN at the University of the Incarnate Word. After her spouse retired, the family moved to Richmond, Virginia where Chanté completed the MSN Leadership and Administration program at Walden University. While completing the Old Dominion DNP program, she mentioned that she wonders\ed what her next academic pursuit would be.

Chanté has identified many goals for herself. She published an article in the 2022 issue of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN),  “Developing a charge nurse shadowing program to spark the interest of future leaders”. The charge nurse shadowing program was envisioned by Chanté and she brought it to fruition with the help of the OR charge nurses and the full support of the OR nurse manager. She has also presented posters at the AORN Global Surgical Conference three times, winning a process improvement award in 2017! She has also been a presenter for the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Perioperative Nursing conference in 2021 entitled “Total Body Makeover”. Along with colleagues, she highlighted ways nurses can nurture r themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chanté is an accomplished VA nurse and aspires to be a Fulbright Scholar in the future.   If anyone can achieve their goals, Chanté can and will. All the best, Chanté!