Nasya Monk

Nasya Monk serves as Director of Social Services at a specialized trach and ventilator nursing facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With a career in social services beginning in 2002, she specializes in geriatrics, medical social work, and discharge planning. Monk conducts psychosocial assessments, coordinates transportation and transfers, serves as grievance officer, and works extensively with insurance companies to secure services for patients. She earned her bachelor's degree from Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania, in 2002, and her master's in healthcare administration from the University of Phoenix in 2020. Monk belongs to the National Society of Leadership and Success. She volunteers with her church, homeless feeding programs, and groceries and clothing drives, and supports the Gift of Life Kidney Foundation. Monk attributes her success to God, her family, friends, and acquaintances. She advises that in social work, if you did not document, it did not happen, and encourages young women entering the field to focus on the reward of helping others and making a difference in people's lives every day despite good and bad days. Monk values seeing the person as a whole, not just the patient or diagnosis, and treating families and patients with respect to make them feel comfortable, especially in a nursing facility setting. She notes that the biggest challenges in her field involve limitations on services due to government cuts and insurance barriers, requiring daily fights with the system through documentation and hoops.