Nancy Zaner is a Regional Vice President, Clinic Operations for Take Care Health Systems. She started with the Take Care Health System organization in 2005. In this current role, she supervises clinic operations for several metropolitan areas in the southwest region of the United States, including markets in Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, Nevada and Arizona.

Nancy has a Master’s degree in Nursing, is certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, and is in her final semester for completion of her Master’s in Business Administration. During her 16 years of experience in nursing she has worked several years in key management positions. Primary responsibilities in her nurse practitioner roles have included a special interest in chronic disease management. Administrative functions in previous roles included program development and implementation, fiscal and evaluation oversight including quality assurance, staff supervision, and project management.

Additional areas of interest for Nancy include time she spent as a HRSA scholar serving in an indigent care clinic and her professional memberships in the AANP, MONA/ANA, and the Maternal Child Health Coalition. She has a special interest in legislative efforts supporting the role of the nurse practitioner in the delivery of patient care. She has worked in conjunction with nurse practitioners across the state of Missouri that worked to form an NP legislative interest group and works closely to support state level efforts with MONA to promote interests of advanced practice nurses. Nancy has also supported the AANP and its role for advanced practice and has served two terms as the Missouri AANP state representative.

Nancy resides in Kansas City, Missouri and enjoys being active with her community and church. She is passionate about the value of volunteerism and the opportunity to give back to the community. She maintains a voluntary membership in the Friends of Lakeside Nature Center (FOLNC) and volunteers regular hours in the wildlife rehabilitation center providing care to injured wildlife and working directly to support the efforts of this organization.