Tracy Turner

While at the Tomah VA, I held various nursing positions. I worked the Acute Care Unit, Urgent Care, performed EOC rounds, managed and ran the Covid relief RV and Unit.

While performing in these various roles I interacted with patients, team members, doctors and facility management while achieving the best outcomes for patients and staff.

While working at The Lutheran Home, I held the fulltime position of Wound Care Nurse Manager. I cared for anyone in the facility with a wound, rounded with the wound care MD once weekly, taught nurses and certified nursing assistants correct procedures and instructed during new employee orientation.

While there, I created care plans with staff, NP's and MD's, all the while reporting back to the DON and families.

While working at the VA I worked on the Acute Care Unit. At this particular time, the unit was a busy 15 bed unit that took admissions around the clock. I was a charge nurse on the pm shift. We managed telemetry, codes in the entire hospital, ran sleep studies, administered blood products, and detoxed substance abuse patients.

This was a very busy and challenging time for the unit and the hospital. As a leader, I needed to be ready for anything. I supervised nurses, CNA's, and doctors. I also had to report to families and the house supervisor or NOD.