Zelia served as a Advanced Wound and Skin Care Specialist (AWSCS) for Medline Industries, Inc. Zelia was one of the top-ranking AWSCS for Medline, helping to implement training for new sales representatives in the field, and establish Wound and Skin Care Protocols and Guidelines for a variety of hospital systems, long-term acute care facilities (LTAC’s) and nursing homes. In addition, she served nationally and internationally as Medline’s Burn Care Specialist and presented continuing education (CE Courses) on various topics in burn, wound, and skin care. She is board-certified as a Certified Wound Specialist (CWS). She is also a member of Sigma Theta Tau International and a member of the WOCN. As a board-certified ABS (advanced burn specialist), Zelia worked as the ICU Burn Nurse, and then as the charge nurse responsible for the outpatient burn clinic and tank room, at The Alexander Burn Center in Tulsa, OK. from 1996 – 2000. Zelia has presented many seminars and presentations across the United States, conducting on-site in-services and training for clinical staff on all levels, educating OR, ICU, Peds/NICU, Oncology, Cardiac, and Med-surg nurses. She is the author of Sculpting the Heart of a Nurse – A Book to Energize the Novice, Rejuvenate the Exhausted and Challenge the Average. She helped establish The Tulsa Medical Mission Team and the Medical Mission Room that provides burn care in Honduras. During her recent 2012 Annual Medical Mission visit, the team mentored residents and nurses through 15 successful burn surgeries, and built a house for a homeless family.
