Deborah Zastocki, RN, DNP
UMDNJ-School of Nursing '08
Deborah Zastocki, president and CEO of Chilton Memorial Hospital, was named one of New Jersey’s 2010 Best 50 Women in Business by NJBIZ. An administrator, nurse, teacher, and author, she has been commended for transforming the hospital's financial performance in her first year as CEO and implementing organizational strategies that dramatically impacted employee satisfaction.
She began her nursing career in 1974. Zastocki was a member of UMDNJ-School of Nursing’s first Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduating class in 2008 and received the doctoral student Excellence Award for Outstanding Academic Performance.
She came to Chilton as vice-president of patient care services in 1990 and became the hospital's CEO and Chief Nurse Executive in 2000.
In 2002, she was elected president of the Association of Health Care Executives of New Jersey (AHENJ). With the organization's backing, she worked closely with graduate schools to provide education, networking and mentoring opportunities to new and prospective health care leaders. In 2005, she was presented with the AHENJ Annual Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her significant contribution to, and impact on, healthcare in New Jersey and the field of healthcare in general.In addition to her duties as Chilton’s President and CEO, Zastocki has served on the boards of numerous community and professional organizations, including the New Jersey Hospital Association Policy Development Committee and the American College of Healthcare Executives Programs, Products & Services Committee; taught a graduate course at William Paterson University on leadership styles, conflict management, team building, and ethical and legal issues; and contributed to nursing textbooks and co-authored Home Care: A Technical Manual for the Professional Nurse and Home Care: Patient and Family Instructions. An advocate for women, she speaks with and mentors women in the community on career development, professional growth and work-life balance.
She came to Chilton as vice-president of patient care services in 1990 and became the hospital's CEO and Chief Nurse Executive in 2000.
In 2002, she was elected president of the Association of Health Care Executives of New Jersey (AHENJ). With the organization's backing, she worked closely with graduate schools to provide education, networking and mentoring opportunities to new and prospective health care leaders. In 2005, she was presented with the AHENJ Annual Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her significant contribution to, and impact on, healthcare in New Jersey and the field of healthcare in general.In addition to her duties as Chilton’s President and CEO, Zastocki has served on the boards of numerous community and professional organizations, including the New Jersey Hospital Association Policy Development Committee and the American College of Healthcare Executives Programs, Products & Services Committee; taught a graduate course at William Paterson University on leadership styles, conflict management, team building, and ethical and legal issues; and contributed to nursing textbooks and co-authored Home Care: A Technical Manual for the Professional Nurse and Home Care: Patient and Family Instructions. An advocate for women, she speaks with and mentors women in the community on career development, professional growth and work-life balance.
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Nursing is becoming more and more technical and requires more sophisticated understanding of disease processes, treatments, and pharmacology. Nurses also want to be treated as professionals rather than semi-skilled workers. To these ends, the current trend favors four year degrees rather than the shorter programs. Many nurses opt to get a two year degree either at a diploma school or community college, then return to complete a BSN while they gain work experience. Some hospitals pay BSN graduates slightly more (mostly as an incentive to obtain a BSN), but the job assignments are identical.
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