H-914-921-0361 Curriculum Vitae Georgia ersky RN, MBA, hd, CLNC Harrison, New York gjpersky@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/georgiapersky C-914-552-2277 Summary of Qualifications Senior level healthcare executive, certified legal nurse consultant and expert witness with extensive experience in: Nursing and Healthcare Leadership and Education responsibilities for over 25 years with unique understanding of how hospitals function and how staff and patient care processes should work Broad range of adult clinical care experience including surgery, operating room, post anesthesia care and critical care. Risk management-case analysis, report writing and healthcare research analysis with experience in translation of standards of care, care quality and regulatory compliance reports for 35 years in hospitals and surgery centers. Testifying experience as employer with human resource and employee discrimination cases with ability to attest to standards of care in clinical litigation Medical device and product liability experience based on selection and procurement responsibilities with a variety of clinical technology Columbia University trained author, presenter and clinical researcher with access to 3 medical libraries and databases Certifications in Legal Nurse Consulting and Nursing Administration, Advanced rofessional Experience GEORGIA ERSKY CONSULTING, New York, NY Nov-2014- Nurse Consultant and Interim CNO rovide hospital and nursing leadership and support in turnaround or acute regulatory situations. Mentor nursing leadership team, screen and recruit new nursing leaders, recommend strategies and tactics to improve efficiency or effectiveness in nursing and hospital operations; assess perioperative service and improve volume and patient flow; focused support to address regulatory and accreditation issues and
prepare leaders and staff for regulatory visits. Develop nursing and surgical strategic plan for handoff to new leadership team. CREATIVE HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT Minneapolis, MN 2014- Senior Healthcare Consultant rovide leadership and staff development in healthcare organizations that are involved in transformational change. Demonstrate broad clinical and administrative expertise as well as a deep commitment to improving the health care environment. This experience allows them to inspire, direct, and implement care models that help organizations provide safe, compassionate, world-class care for patients and their families. LEGAL NURSE CONSULTANT/EXERT WITNESS NY, NY 2014- rovide consultations as expert witness or consult for attorneys involved in litigation regarding medical malpractice, personal injury product liability and nurse licensing. NEW YORK RESBYTERIAN HOSITAL New York, NY 2005-2014 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Vice-resident Nursing and atient Care Services Directed a $200 million budget with 33 atient Services Units and Care Management, Respiratory Therapy, Social Work and Admitting Departments with 9 direct reports and 2000 patient services FTEs. Reported to the COO. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING New York, NY 2010- Assistant rofessor Clinical Nursing Direct and oversee continuing education and new graduate nursing education and orientation in conjunction with the hospital and School of Nursing MOUNT SINAI HOSITAL OF QUEENS New York, NY 2000-2005 Vice-resident Nursing and atient Care Services Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens is a 235-bed community hospital in New York. This position was responsible for the Department of Nursing including the Operating Room and the Emergency Department. Reported to the COO. Brooklyn Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY 1998-2000 Vice-resident Nursing and atient Care Services Brooklyn Hospital is a 700 bed urban hospital in New York. This position was responsible for the Department of Nursing including the Operating Room and the Emergency Department, as well as, all therapeutic and diagnostic departments in the hospital. Reported to the COO. MEDICAL CENTER AT RINCETON rinceton, NJ 1985-1998 Vice-resident Nursing and atient Care Services (1989-1998)
Medical Center at rinceton is a 450-bed facility. Responsible for leadership of Department of Nursing at the Hospital Unit, Merwick, rinceton House, rinceton Surgical Center, Emergency Services, Cardiopulmonary, Cardiac Rehabilitation with 1000 FTE s and $30 million budget. Reported to the CEO. rior to 1985 Staff and supervisory roles with increasing responsibility in hospitals Education, Credentials and rofessional Affiliations hd, Research, Columbia University, New York, NY 2010 MBA, Management, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ 1986 BSN, Nursing, Hunter College, New York, NY 1983 AAS, Liberal Arts, New York University New York, NY 1977 Certification, Nursing Administration, Advanced 2004, 2009, 2014 Certification, Legal Nurse Consulting 2014 License, RN New York, New Jersey and Connecticut Member, American Nurses Association Member, American Organization of Nurse Executives Honors/Awards Nursing Spectrum Excellence Finalist-Advancing/Leading the rofession, 2011 Organization of Nurse Executives/NJ rofessional Recognition Award, 1997 Governor s Nursing Merit Award Nominee, 1996 YWCA Tribute to Women and Industry Achievement Award, 1996 Journal of Nursing Administration Recognition Award, 1993 New Jersey State Department of Health Nursing Grant ($1,000,000), 1990 Technical Skills roficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, oweroint, Kronos, Teletracking, Lawson, Eclypsis, eoplesoft, Go To Meeting ublications and resentations ublications *Last name changed from Nadler to ersky in 1998 Valentino, L., ersky, G. (2012) Relationship-Based Care: Exemplar Applications in ractice. In M. Glembocki & J. Fitzpatrick. (Eds.) rofessional ractice Evaluation and ANA Standards. (Chapter 14). Minneapolis, MN: Creative Healthcare Management ublishing. ersky, G., Romana, M., Felgen, J., Nelson J. (2011). rimary Nursing, a Strategy to Enhance Caring and ersky, G., Felgen, J., Nelson J. Sherman- Justice, D., Rye, J., Espinoza, M., Olshansky, E. (2011). Measuring Caring in a Relationship Based Care Model in Measuring Caring: A Computation of
International Research on Caritas as a Healing Intervention, ed. Jean Watson and John Nelson. Springer ublishing: New York. ersky, G., Nelson J. Watson, J., Bent, K. (2011). rofile of a Nurse Effective in Caring in Measuring Caring: A Computation of International Research on Caritas as a Healing Intervention, ed. Jean Watson and John Nelson. Springer ublishing: New York. Valentino, L., ersky, G. (2011) rofessional ractice Evaluation and RBC in Relationship-Based Care: Exemplar Applications in ractice ed. Margaret Glembocki and Joyce Fitzpatrick. Creative Healthcare Management: MN. ersky, G., The Relationship of Environmental Turbulence to atient Satisfaction in Acute Care Units Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Nursing, Columbia University. roquest Dissertations and Theses 2010. ersky, G. rofile of a Caring Nurse Nursing Administration Quarterly January 2008. Nadler, G., The Biggest Risk, JONA - Nursing Administration Recognition rogram (3rd lace Award) April 1993. Nadler, G., Nursing Informatics: An International Overview for Nursing in a Technological Era Elsevier, 1994. Conference resentations *Last name changed from Nadler to ersky in 1998 ersky, G. HIA-Use, Misuse and Compliance in Healthcare New York Law Journal Summit, New York, New York. October 2015. ersky, G. Relationship Based Care and Caritas. Caring International Research Collaborative STTI International Research Congress Cancun, Mexico July 9, 2011. ersky, G: Caring Factor Study NY/Methodist Research Symposium October 2011. ersky, G: The Relationship of Environmental Turbulence and atient Satisfaction. NY/Methodist Research Symposium New York Academy of Medicine October 2011. ersky G: Leading in an Academic Medical Center. Wound and Vascular Symposium March 2011. New York, NY. ersky, G. Complexity Science: Understanding the Transformation of Organizational Culture. AONE Annual Meeting San Antonio Texas July 2009.
ersky, G. Relationship Based Care Model. Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital May 13 2008. ersky, G. VHA Broadcast Return to Care Series "Relationship Based Care" Dallas TX. September 24, 2008. ersky, G. Transforming Care at the Bedside: Relationship Based Care. NYONE Annual Meeting Tarrytown, New York October 20, 2008. ersky, Georgia Relationship Based Care: Impact on Safety, Quality and Satisfaction. Sigma Theta Tau-Alpha Zeta Chapter Keynote May 2007. ersky, Georgia Relationship Based Care Summit of the Sages University of Minneapolis, Minnesota October 2007. ersky, Georgia Inspiring Effective Collaboration: The Key to Effective atient Centered Care. GNYONE. March 2006. Nadler, Georgia It s Never Too Soon To repare JCAHO Accreditation ONE/NJ Somerset Hilton, June 1995 and 1998. Nadler, Georgia, Charting the Course: A Uniform atient Record. ONE/NJ, rinceton, NJ, November 1996 and November 1997. Nadler, Georgia, Managed Care: Outcomes and Automation. Nursing Computers Applications Network, Eastern Chapter of the Ontario Nursing Informatics Group, May, 1995. Nadler, Georgia, "Clinical Automation: The athway to Outcomes Measurement." Inside Healthcare Computing, June 25-28, 1995, Washington, DC. Nadler, Georgia, Outcomes Management made Smarter not Harder. Annual Meeting American Organization of Nurse Executives, April 8, 1995. Nadler, Georgia, Thirteenth Annual National Nursing Computer Conference, Rutgers State University, April 19-22, 1995. Nadler, Georgia, Nursing informatics 1994 Managed Care: Outcomes and Automation. San Antonio, TX, June, 1994. Nadler, Georgia The Challenge of a atient Outcomes Evaluation System Fairleigh Dickinson University School of ublic Administration. MA Nursing Management Symposium, April 1993. Nadler, Georgia, Nursing informatics - New England Healthcare Assembly, Current and Emerging Applications. Los Angeles, CA, January, 1992, Atlanta, GA, May, 1992.
Nadler, Georgia, Case Management. New England Healthcare Assembly; Boston, MA, March, 1992. Nadler, Georgia, Summer Institute Nursing and Healthcare, University of Maryland, July, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996. Nadler, Georgia, Current Trends and Future Directions Computerization of Managed Care. Ernst & Young and New England Healthcare Assembly, March, 1992. Nadler, Georgia, Computers and Managed Care. Case Western Reserve School of Nursing; 1991.