McCartney recently attended the AWHONN National Leadership Conference in Washington, DC where she met representatives from across the country. She has been an active member of the organization for more than two years.
AWHONN's mission is to improve and promote the health of women and newborns and to strengthen the nursing profession through the delivery of superior advocacy, research, education and other professional and clinical resources to nurses and other health care professionals.
McCartney earned her master's from the UAB School of Nursing in 2007.