Natalie Nicholson is Denver Health’s Chief Nursing Officer. Nicholson holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Master of Business Administration (MBA), and multiple nursing leadership certifications including Nurse Executive Advanced Board Certified (NEA-BC). She has been honored with the Denver Regional Luminary Award and is actively involved in professional nursing organizations, along with local boards (Colorado Organization of Nurse Leaders and Denver Regional Nurses Association) shaping the future of nursing leadership.
Nursing directors are seasoned in their specialties and promote work-life balance among teams. Our administrative clinical coordinators provide 24/7 support to the Denver Health system and are experienced in managing very complex patient care needs and workforce challenges.
Nurse managers are experts in overseeing their work areas, promoting the use of Lean Systems thinking and Shared Governance principles to include their teams in problem solving at the local level, and they are experts in financial performance.
Nurse educators support the clinical operations through their expertise in orientation of new staff and supporting the professional practice of all nursing staff.
The largest body of leaders includes 150 charge nurse leaders who are trained in key processes to effectively manage shift needs throughout the system.
Our nurses span these departments:
- Public Health
- Ambulatory Care Services
- Specialty Clinics
- Family Health Centers
- School-based Clinics
- NurseLine
- Denver Health Medical Plan
- Managed Care
- Revenue Cycle
- Clinical Documentation Improvement
- Women’s Mobile Clinic
- Emergency Department (Adult and Pediatric)
- Perioperative
- Inpatient Units
- Critical Care and Progressive Care
- Medical and Surgical Units
- ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders
- Orthopedics
- Women and Children’s
- OASIS unit
- Rehabilitation
- Short Stay
- Float Pool
- Care Management
- Education & Research
- Patient Safety & Quality
- Advance Practice Nurses
- Information Technology
- Correctional Care
- Behavioral Health (Includes Adult, Adolescent and Psych ED)
