Tracy Zahler
Plymouth,MN
Summary
To obtain a nursing position that utilizes my 15+ year’s nursing experience along with my excellent organizational ability to assist in quality healthcare and service excellence.
15 Years as Registered Nurse experience, 5 Years nursing aide experience. 13 Years of nursing leadership/administration. Extensive teaching/mentoring experience and excellent communication skills Challenge seeking – enjoy creating, implementing, and growing new systems. Proven leader – nominated for MN Director of Nursing of year. Dedicated to promoting quality patient care and satisfaction and offering experience in nursing and healthcare administration. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Nursing Administrator
North Memorial Hospital
10.2021 - Current
- Oversee staffing, bed board, patient placement, charge nurses, patient flow, fly team, float team placement, infection control, supplies and equipment, all after hours codes, drills, rapids, kitchen needs, and escalation of events to higher level directors as need.
Regional Support Nurse
Benedictine Health Services
08.2019 - 10.2021
- Placement into buildings within the organization which either lack systems or overall leadership; put systems in place
- Sit as interim director as needed
- Survey prep and resurvey corrections
- Infection Preventionist
- Train, mentor, and orientate staff
- Onboard with EMAR and quality assurance policy and procedures
- Assessments, update service plans, work in conjunction with leadership to improve overall retention of staff within clinical areas.
Regional Director of Clinical
Superior Healthcare Management
03.2018 - 08.2019
- Clinical oversight of 7 LTC facilities throughout the state
- Entered some challenged buildings and cleared 5 IJ tags
- Developed policies, procedures, and systems for buildings that were lacking systems and trained new management in building a process for admitting, monitoring, and discharging residents
- Have assisted in creating multiple assessments and helped redesign our PCC system
- Have developed multiple plans of corrections and assisted administrators in emergency preparedness, onboarding and understanding clinical roles within each building
- Created and implemented companywide quality assurance/performance improvement process
- Infection Preventionist
Hospital Nursing Supervisor
Children’s Hospital
08.2015 - 03.2018
- Oversight of clinical operations after hours and weekends
- Bed placement, case management, was lead on all codes/emergencies
- Managed family complaints and staff issues.
Director of Nursing
St. Olaf Communities
08.2013 - 08.2015
- 80 bed SNF and 42 bed AL
- Corrected 37 tag a IJ survey
- Created and initiated new systems
- Primary daily focus to maintain all aspects of the state and federal regulations.
Corporate/Mobile Director of Nursing and Clinical Informatics Director
Fundamental LTC
03.2009 - 12.2013
- Regulatory compliance throughout the United States
- Sat in as interim director of nursing, assisted MDS team and regional consultants in increasing RUG rates and trained/ mentored new directors in the company
- Identified staff development and training needs and ensures that training is obtained
- Helped launch new electronic documentation system and trained staff in importance of documentation, MDS, and RUG rate changes with 3.0
- Quality assurance reviews
- Audit systems and quality assurance
- Survey Readiness
- Develop and implement infection control practices for individual sites and monitor employee health records
- Also worked with multiple hospice companies to develop IDT process, case management, survey readiness and documentations systems.
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Pathway Health Services
09.2006 - 02.2009
- Provided consultation and guidance to Skilled Nursing Facilities, on call for resident or staff incidents, change in condition or discharges
- Provided training and mentoring to nursing staff in multiple facilities
- Consulted with facility management on organization development, team building, staff morale building and workplace communication
- Policy and procedure development and implementation
- Developed case mix meetings with therapy to ensure correct monitoring of minutes, valid diagnoses, and goal development
- Quality assurance reviews
- Audit systems and QSR (QA)
- Survey Readiness
- Develop and implement infection control practices for individual sites and monitor employee health records.
Education
Leadership Academy -
Notre Dame University
01.2008
Certification in Geriatrics -
North Hennepin Continuing Education
01.2006
post-Bac degree in Nursing -
University of Minnesota Graduate program
01.2004
BS in Biology and Psychology -
St. Cloud State University
01.1998
Skills
- Organizational Skills
- Training and Development
- Public Speaking
- Strategic Planning
- Clinical Knowledge
- Critical Thinking
- Decision Making
- Time Management
- Policy Development
- Effective Communication
- Staff Supervision
- Infection Control
Timeline
Nursing Administrator
North Memorial Hospital
10.2021 - Current
Regional Support Nurse
Benedictine Health Services
08.2019 - 10.2021
Regional Director of Clinical
Superior Healthcare Management
03.2018 - 08.2019
Hospital Nursing Supervisor
Children’s Hospital
08.2015 - 03.2018
Director of Nursing
St. Olaf Communities
08.2013 - 08.2015
Corporate/Mobile Director of Nursing and Clinical Informatics Director
Fundamental LTC
03.2009 - 12.2013
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Pathway Health Services
09.2006 - 02.2009
Leadership Academy -
Notre Dame University
Certification in Geriatrics -
North Hennepin Continuing Education
post-Bac degree in Nursing -
University of Minnesota Graduate program
BS in Biology and Psychology -
St. Cloud State University
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