A lifelong commitment to healthcare defines Zac. From accompanying his father on hospital rounds as a child to working as an MA and phlebotomist in a clinic as a teenager and working in care homes for the intellectually disabled throughout college, healthcare has always been his passion. That passion led Zac to nursing, where he's dedicated the past 11 years of his career to direct patient care as a bedside nurse in the ICU specialty. After spending the first five years of his nursing career as a staff RN in an ICU in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, Zac transitioned to travel nursing. He has spent the last 6 years as a traveler, working across the US as an ICU nurse, completing nearly 30 assignments in over 20 hospitals. During the pandemic, Zac worked on the frontlines in the most heavily affected areas across the US and began sharing his experiences through writing. A social media post he wrote was published as an op-ed in a nationally syndicated news publication, leading to more opportunities to write and advocate for clinicians. Starting in August 2023, Zac joined Aya Healthcare full-time as Nurse Fellow. In this role, he helps innovate and enhance the clinician experience, creates content and practical resources for clinicians, educates them about the changing healthcare landscape, and helps provide insight to Aya's infrastructure from a clinician's perspective.

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