Julie Zulkosky
Papillion,NE
Summary
Committed professional well-versed in collecting and analyzing data to incorporate holistic, scientific, and evidence – based medicine, to assist those who suffer from mental illness live a productive and functional life.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Independent Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Verve Collaborative Health LLC
01.2021 - Current
- Evaluate, diagnose, assess, and manage medications for psychiatric patients
- Provide education of mental illness and treatment plan options
- Monitor patient progress and adjust treatment plans
- Coordinate care and provide additional resources
Team Lead
CHI Creighton Bergan University Medical Center
01.2006 - 01.2021
- Implement plans of care that promote care for individual/family/population
- Establish therapeutic relationships through integration of clinical experience and interdisciplinary expertise
- Evaluates outcomes of interdisciplinary plans of care
- Assimilates current nursing literature to incorporate into policy and procedures
- Assist implementation of teaching plans for staff
- Advocates for individuals/families about consumer rights and responsibilities
- Facilitates policy dissemination
- Collaborates with formulation, implementation, and evaluation of system and unit goals
- Participate in hospital committee(s) and unit project work
- Collaborate with other leaders, participated in planning, and over saw unit transition from one facility to another
Staff Nurse
CHI Creighton Bergan University Medical Center
- Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to promote and restore health
- Integrate therapeutic standards and evidence-based practice to assure outcomes that are in line with system goals and regulatory standards
- Implement physician orders, administer medications, perform treatments, create and execute plans of care and education
- Advocate for patients and their support system
- Participate in unit and system committees
Clinical Nurse Leader
CHI Creighton Bergan University Medical Center
- Managed outcomes and readmissions of congestive heart failure patients by providing education, follow up phone calls, and participation in a committee that included social workers and home health care agencies
- Collected and analyzed data for identified key problems on a progressive care unit and implemented interventions to improve outcomes
Clinical Instructor
Creighton University
01.2019 - 05.2019
- Oversaw nursing students in their psychiatric clinical rotation
Education
Doctorate of Nursing - Psychiatric Mental Health
Creighton University – School of Nursing
Omaha, Nebraska08.2020
Master of Nursing - Clinical Nurse Leader
Creighton University – School of Nursing
Omaha, Nebraska05.2013
Bachelor of Nursing -
Creighton University – School of Nursing
Omaha, Nebraska12.2005
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of Phoenix
Tukwila, Washington04.2001
Skills
- Compassionate care
- Clinical assessment
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Evidence-based practice
- Clinical decision making
- Patient health education
- Psychoeducation delivery
- Psychiatric medication
- Active listening
- Clear patient communication
- Patient counseling
Professionalorganizations
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 01/01/19 to Present
- Neuroscience Education Institute, 01/01/24 to Present
Certification
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) - American Nurses Credentialing Center.
- APNA Certificate Program: Understanding the Brain-Behavior Connection
- Gender Affirming Care
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Independent Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Verve Collaborative Health LLC
01.2021 - Current
Clinical Instructor
Creighton University
01.2019 - 05.2019
Team Lead
CHI Creighton Bergan University Medical Center
01.2006 - 01.2021
Master of Nursing - Clinical Nurse Leader
Creighton University – School of Nursing
Bachelor of Nursing -
Creighton University – School of Nursing
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of Phoenix
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) - American Nurses Credentialing Center.
- APNA Certificate Program: Understanding the Brain-Behavior Connection
- Gender Affirming Care
Doctorate of Nursing - Psychiatric Mental Health
Creighton University – School of Nursing
Staff Nurse
CHI Creighton Bergan University Medical Center
Clinical Nurse Leader
CHI Creighton Bergan University Medical Center
Quote
There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins
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