My name is Laura Westergard. I am a farm wife, mother of two, and grandmother of four. I have been a nurse for 40 years, much of which has been in nursing leadership and management. I have extensive experience in MDS, QA-IC, QAPI, Corporate MDS, and DON mentor, and creating Policies and Procedures. I am wound care certified, and a certified Infection Preventionist. I am a legal nurse consultant, having helped attorneys successfully win long-term care cases for years. For the last several years, I have worked as an independent contractor, specializing as an interim DON and corporate consultant. I contract to go into troubled buildings, help them repair systems and processes, and work with leadership nurses, mentoring, coaching, and training.

It has become my mission and passion to continue this work in a coaching and mentoring capacity. I love teaching others and watching them grow. Their success is my success, and I believe that to see the long-term care industry survive, thrive, and serve our elderly population best, we must provide our nurses with the tools they need to become massively successful leadership nurses. Nursing Leadership Mastery will provide you with the roadmap to success so that you can become an expert director of nursing or management nurse.