Nearly 20 years after serving as a nurse in its intensive care unit, Shane Carter has returned to Ascension Mercy in Oshkosh as the newly appointed president.
As a leader for more than two decades at Advocate Aurora Health, Carter served most recently as vice president and chief nursing officer at Aurora Medical Center – Oshkosh. There, he improved patient safety and increased patient satisfaction scores, achieved and maintained high-level associate engagement, guided an Epic electronic health record conversion and integrated a professional development model, promoting education and professional practice advancement.
Prior to that, Carter served in a variety of clinical and nursing leadership roles at that facility, including as a registered nurse in the intensive care unit, house supervisor, clinical nurse manager and nurse educator.
Carter earned a Master of Science in nursing – family nurse practitioner and a bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. He has worked with medical group operations, cardiology, oncology and women’s health service lines, as well as led imaging and several support services.
