Connie Zimmerman

As a St. Vincent employee, I worked as an RN at the Community Crisis Center (out patient facility for mental illness/substance use) from September 2012 -January 16.

In this position, I worked part time as a staff nurse (assessing clients for safety and helping with case management for mental illness/addiction resources)and part time as clinical nurse manager maintaining adequate staffing (hiring, evaluations, scheduling), keeping medical policies up to date and supervising daily functions.

Starting January 2016 through Jan 2023, I worked as a staff RN in L&D at St Vincent Healthcare taking care of laboring patients during their labor and delivery; also care of preterm patients.

As Nurse Manager, I supervised 8-10 nurses and staff members which included their counseling training, US training( and keeping skills up to date); staff scheduling, staff and program development, yearly evaluations, staff meetings.

I obtained data and provided reports to the Board quarterly; kept policies up to date and helped with outreach trainings in other clinics in Montana.

I helped train and supervise volunteers.

I also met with clients for options counseling and preformed early prenatal ultrasounds.

Most of these 24 years were spent as a staff nurse in L&D taking care of laboring women; some of these years I functioned also as a charge nurse overseeing the day to day activities.