Meet Dr. Dustin Bass

Leadership rooted in power, purpose, and people.

Dr. Dustin M. Bass, DNP, MHA, RN, CEN, NEA-BC, founded PPP Advisory to help healthcare organizations, leaders, attorneys, and conference planners navigate moments that demand both executive judgment and human understanding.

Doctor of Nursing Practice in Leadership, Systems, and Health Policy — Yale University

Master of Healthcare Administration — Ohio University

Registered Nurse, Certified Emergency Nurse, and Nurse Executive Advanced Board Certified

Leadership journey

A career shaped by emergency care, executive responsibility, and the discipline to lead under pressure.

Dr. Bass’s leadership story began where healthcare is often at its most immediate and human: emergency nursing. Over more than 15 years of progressive leadership experience, he has worked across emergency nursing, healthcare operations, and executive leadership, building a perspective shaped by urgency, accountability, and the lives behind every decision.

That experience has included service as Vice President of System Emergency Services for a large integrated health system, Interim Chief Nursing Officer, Assistant Vice President, and Director of Emergency Services. Each role required more than operational competence. It required the ability to listen carefully, act decisively, and align teams around the work that matters most.

His academic foundation reflects that same commitment to systems-level leadership. He earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice in Leadership, Systems, and Health Policy from Yale University, a Master of Healthcare Administration from Ohio University, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from UNC Charlotte, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Mountain State University.

45,000+

Emergency nurses represented worldwide through 2026 ENA presidential service.

National influence and service

A national voice for emergency nursing and healthcare leadership.

In 2026, Dr. Bass serves as President of the Emergency Nurses Association, representing more than 45,000 emergency nurses worldwide. That national platform reflects both his credibility and his commitment to advancing the profession at a time when emergency care, workforce sustainability, and healthcare leadership demand thoughtful advocacy.

He is also a national speaker, author, educator, consultant, healthcare thought leader, legal nurse consultant, and adjunct faculty member teaching healthcare ethics and leadership. Across those roles, his work centers on helping people make better decisions in systems that are often complex, pressured, and deeply personal.

Speaking, consulting, and advisory work

A founder’s page, not a résumé.

PPP Advisory is an extension of Dr. Bass’s leadership philosophy. It was created for organizations and individuals who need more than a consultant with a checklist. They need a trusted advisor who understands healthcare operations, nursing leadership, executive accountability, and the human realities that shape every outcome.

His work spans healthcare consulting, executive advisory, keynote speaking, leadership development, expert witness services, and legal nurse consulting. In each setting, the objective is the same: help leaders and teams clarify what is true, decide what matters, and move with purpose.

Advisory focus

Healthcare operations and executive decision-making

Emergency nursing leadership and system-level care delivery

Expert witness, legal nurse consulting, and standards-of-care perspective

Leadership development, ethics, education, and keynote speaking

The Power, Purpose, People philosophy

Organizations succeed when leadership becomes both courageous and deeply human.

Dr. Bass believes transformation begins when organizations harness the power to lead, the purpose to serve, and the people who make progress possible. Power is not about authority for its own sake; it is the courage to name reality and make responsible decisions. Purpose keeps that power anchored to service. People turn both into sustained change.

Power

The power to lead with clarity when decisions are complex and consequences are real.

Purpose

The purpose to serve patients, teams, communities, and the mission behind the work.

People

The people who make transformation possible: clinicians, leaders, patients, families, and partners.

Connect with PPP Advisory

Bring an experienced healthcare leadership voice to the conversation.

Healthcare organizations, leaders, attorneys, and conference planners are invited to connect with Dr. Bass and PPP Advisory for consulting, advisory work, expert witness support, legal nurse consulting, leadership development, and speaking engagements.

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