Tara Frazier

Ms. Tara Frazier, AGNP- BC, APRN, MSN, WCC has been with Advantage Surgical and Wound Care for over 11 years, serving in various roles including Chief Clinical Officer, Director of Nursing & Training, and Nurse Educator. A native Californian from Long Beach, Ms. Frazier received her Master of Science in Nursing & Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner from California State University Long Beach.

Ms. Frazier’s nursing career began as an LVN Treatment nurse in 2008, where she observed first-hand the unique challenges faced in long-term care (LTC). Using the insight gained through her LVN experience, she has devoted her entire nursing career to long-term care and chronic wound care in the geriatric population, with an emphasis on pressure injury reduction and regulatory compliance. For the past decade, Ms. Frazier has served as a certified wound care clinician and educator in hundreds of LTC facilities nationwide. Ms. Frazier hosts and presents at wound care seminars nationwide, creates custom in-services, and shares her passion of wound care with everyone. As Director of Training, she orients ASWC clinicians to the world of LTC wound care. As Director of Nursing, Ms. Frazier manages a nationwide staff of nurses, medical assistants, and transcriptionists.

Additional expertise includes federal and state regulations, wound-care-related deficiencies, MDS 3.0, health inspections, PDPM, and pressure injuries. Ms. Frazier serves as a preceptor through the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy and mentors nurses to attain wound care certification. Affiliations include membership in the Association for the Advancement in Wound Care (AAWC), National Alliance Of Wound Care and Ostomy (NAWCO), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO). Outside of work, Ms. Frazier enjoys volunteering for global medical missions.