Nicholas Chmielewski is an associate director in BRG’s Healthcare Performance Improvement practice, and the host and producer of the BRG Nurse Executive Podcast series. He is a results-driven leader with expertise within and outside the emergency department (ED).
His experience in opening a startup hospital, combined with his project management experience with an informatics overhaul, enables him to bring a unique skill for performance improvement consulting engagements. He excels in data analysis, collaborating with informatics professionals and hardwiring processes that provide real-time objective feedback to staff regarding their performance. Separately, he also has managed clinical integration projects following an organization’s acquisition.
Before joining BRG, Dr. Chmielewski was a consulting manager with an international consulting company. One engagement included the implementation and refinement of an ED vertical care process in an 80,000-visit ED. The team reduced the left without being seen rate to 1.1 percent; improved door-to-provider and overall discharge ED length of stay by 49 and 124 minutes, respectively; and improved the sepsis three- and six-hour compliance rate to 88 percent.
Dr. Chmielewski has director-level and associate chief nursing officer service-line experience, including interim assignments that involved responsibility over multiple departments and/or sites. A former client summed up an engagement as, “One of the best decisions I made to refocus our emergency services on a better trajectory.”
Dr. Chmielewski has served on state and national committees with the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and committees and task forces with the American Organization for Nursing Leadership. His national ENA leadership positions include serving as the 2014 Resolutions Committee chairperson and the 2019 Advocacy Advisory Council chairperson.
Dr. Chmielewski has published material in the Journal of Emergency Nursing, Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, ENA Connection, Becker’s Hospital Review, VOICE of Nursing Leadership, Nurse Leader, and BRG Review. He is a Certified Emergency Nurse, a Certified Nurse Manager and Leader, and Certified in Executive Nursing Practice; holds a Nurse Executive Advanced Board Certification; and is a lifetime fellow in the Academy of Emergency Nursing (AEN). He has served on the AEN Board of Directors since January 2018 and is the 2022 AEN Board chairperson.
Selected Publications
- Chmielewski, N.A., Faulkner, L. D., & Drone, M. (2019, April). Using floor champions to improve sepsis quality outcomes in community hospitals. Nurse Leader, 17(2), 151-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2018.08.005
- Chmielewski, N.A. (2013). Leadership attributes in a changing health care delivery system. VOICE of Nursing Leadership. 11(2):7.
- Chmielewski, N.A., & Abbey, D. (2012). Unannounced mock drills for violent situations. Nurse Leader. 10(1):46-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2011.07.001
- Chmielewski, N.A., & Gregg, M.A. (2008). Case Review: A 25-year-old Woman with a Headache, 4 Days Postpartum. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 34(1): 41-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2007.04.021
- Chmielewski, N.A. (2007). Case Review: Management of Deep Vein Thrombosis with Concurrent ITP. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. 29(4): 370-375. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.TME.0000300119.62937.32
Employment History
Berkeley Research Group
Senior managing consultant
2018–2022
Philips Healthcare
d/b/a Philips Blue Jay Consulting (formerly Blue Jay Consulting, LLC)
Consulting manager
2018
Senior consultant
2016–2018
Consultant
2014–2016
Independent Legal Nurse Consultant
2011–2014
Mount Carmel West Hospital
Clinical manager, Emergency Department
2012–2014
Clinical Information Systems Coordinator
2010–2012
Dublin Methodist Hospital
Nurse administrator
2007–2010
Mount Carmel West Hospital
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
2004–2007
Education
Creighton University
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), 2020
Capital University
MSN, Nursing Administration Concentrate, 2007
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
BSN, 2004
AONL Nurse Manager Fellowship Program
2009
Credentials
Registered Nurse (RN)
- Ohio, 2004–present
- Washington (state), 2014–present
- California, 2016–present
- Massachusetts, 2018–present
Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN)
2010–present
Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML)
2013–present
Certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP)
2019–present
Nurse Executive, Advanced Board Certification (NEA-BC)
2019–present
Nurse Executive Board Certification (NE-BC)
2011–present
American Heart Association Courses with Provider Status
- Basic Life Support (BLS), 2000–present
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), 2004–present
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), 2007–present
Professional Affiliations
Academy of Emergency Nursing (AEN)
Board of Directors, 2018–2023
AEN Board Chairperson, 2022
Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal
Reviewer, 2021–present
Emergency Nurses Association
Advocacy Advisory Council (AAC), Member, 2018–2020
AAC Chairperson, 2019
Resolutions Committee Chairperson, 2014
Governance Assessment Task Force, Member, 2014
Informatics Work Team, Member, 2013
Resolutions Committee, Member, 2010–2012
Ohio ENA State Council
General Assembly Delegate, 2007–2015, 2017, 2019–2024
Government Affairs Liaison, 2010–2014
Board of Directors, Director, 2007–2012
American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL)
Nurse Manager Fellowship Selection Committee, 2018
Strategic Planning Committee, Member, 2010, 2013, 2014
Nurse Manager Practice Analysis Task Force, Member, 2014
Health Care Reform Task Force, Member, 2012
Memberships
- Academy of Emergency Nursing (AEN)
- American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL)
- Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- Sigma Theta Tau International
