Elise Gootherts, Nursing CEU writer

Elise Gootherts started her career as a social worker in 1979. Following her advocacy work at skilled nursing facilities, she earned a BSN from Dominican University in San Rafael, CA. As a nurse, Elise worked in emergency, public health, and surgery. After completing a master's degree in counseling psychology at Meridian University in Petaluma, CA, she worked as a case manager at an acute care hospital, becoming the department director, with oversight of discharge planning and utilization review, and started the hospital's palliative care program. Elise currently works as a hospice nurse case manager and teaches is on the board of a palliative care agency, Madrone Care Network.