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Nicole Moore-Deal
Nicole Moore-Deal A RISING NURSING STARNicole
As Atrium Health experiences continued growth throughout our region, it is critical that we also grow the future nursing leaders who will provide our patients with unparalleled care. Atrium Health Foundation has taken on the charge to support our nurses through the Atrium Health Nursing Fund. Gifts to the fund help to advance the nursing profession at Atrium Health by providing enhanced medical technology, educational resources, and opportunities for professional development that will grow our nursing leadership, now and in the future.
Nursing leaders like Nicole Moore-Deal, a rising star at Atrium Health, provide the leadership and expertise behind the patient experience. Nicole currently holds the role of assistant vice president of Patient Care Services and the Clinical Resource Staffing Office, through which she provides direction in achieving outcomes consistent with Atrium Health’s mission to improve health, elevate hope, and advance healing –for all.
When Nicole began her nursing career in 2004 as a student at the Cabarrus College of Health Sciences, little did she know the crucial role she would have in transforming nursing operations across Atrium Health in the years that followed. After graduating, Nicole began her career with a coveted position as a labor and delivery nurse, the first of many professional opportunities given to the rising nursing leader at Atrium Health.
In her years with Atrium Health, Nicole has cross-trained in numerous subspecialties including telenursing, a role that gave her the flexibility to grow her family. Eventually Nicole – a working mom of three – was recruited by managed services provider Dawson Healthcare to become a project leader for a contract with Atrium Health, through which Nicole helped to establish Atrium Health’s Resource Team. Atrium Health leaders took notice; as the contract period ended, Patricia Mook, vice president of Nursing Operations, recruited Nicole for a newly created leadership role within Corporate Operations.
FULFILLING A GREAT NEED AND SERVING A GREATER PURPOSE One of the greatest challenges facing Atrium Health and hospitals across the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been periods of critical staffing shortages. In her current role with Atrium Health, Nicole has proved she is well-prepared to face this challenge head-on. Working with Nursing
Pictured: Nicole Moore-Deal, assistant vice president – Patient Care Services, Clinical Resource Staffing Office.
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Nicole also serves on the COVID-19 Vaccination Oversight Committee, helping to lead mass vaccination events facilitated by Atrium Health nurses and developing tactics to support nurses through team building. When not participating directly in COVID-19 relief efforts, Nicole represents Atrium Health nurses on the Health Literacy Task Force and leads planning committees for the Year of the Nurse and Healthcare Provider Week recognition programs.
These contributions alone demonstrate Nicole's talent for leadership, but what really makes this rising star stand out as a gifted clinician is her commitment to improving health – for all.
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, WHEN TENSIONS WERE HIGH AND THE WORK CHALLENGING, NICOLE LED A CRITICAL FUNCTION AND GUIDED OTHERS THROUGH THOSE UNCERTAIN TIMES WITH CLARITY AND COMPASSION. SHE NOT ONLY FOUND A WAY TO ALWAYS BE PRESENT WHERE NEEDED BUT ALSO INSTILLED A CALMING SENSE OF ‘WE CAN DO THIS’ WHEN
OTHERS FELT OVERWHELMED WITH THE DEMANDS OF STAFFING A LARGE HEALTH SYSTEM. ”
– MAUREEN SWICK, ATRIUM HEALTH ENTERPRISE SVP OF NURSING AND PHARMACY
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1. and 3. Nicole continues to play a critical leadership role in Atrium Health's COVID-19 mass vaccination campaigns.
2. Pictured above with Eugene A. Woods, president and chief executive officer of Atrium Health, Nicole is proud to be a rising star within Atrium Health Nursing leadership.
