Deborah Jean Polacek

Background

Polacek, Deborah Jean was born on November 18, 1955 in New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Richard and Jean (Balderson) Polacek.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, Seton Hall University. Postgraduate, Montclair State College.

Career

Staff nurse pediatric critical care Children's Hospital New Jersey, Newark, 1977-1979, 80-84. Staff nurse pediatrics North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1980. Case manager Essex County Special Child Health Services, Belleville, New Jersey, 1984-1985.

Independent nursing consultant, since 1985. Program director Prevent Blindness New Jersey, since 1999. Life care planning consultant.

Member coordinator New Jersey Special Olympics. Consultant Answer Care, 1989. Director of Nursing, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Resource Foundation Children, Essex Valley Visiting Nurse Association, 1997-1998.

Pediatrics clinical manager Essex Valley Visiting Nurse Association, 1998-1999.

Achievements

• Deborah Jean Polacek has been listed as a noteworthy nursing consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer United Cerebral Palsy North Jersey, Earth Watch, 1990. President, founder Center for Family Rights, since 1997. Member American Nurses Association, New Jersey State Nurses Association (Search for Excellence award 1993), American Association Nurse Life Care Planners, Society Pediatrics Nurses.

Connections

Father:

Richard Polacek

Mother:

Jean (Balderson) Polacek