Marlene Smith Email & Phone Number

Develop teaching plans and instruct Ma's LVN's RN's on medication calculation, scope of practice, new policies, annual competencies, POCT training & competency, IMQ training & readiness. Participate in Nursing Governance. Develop programs for clinical staff based on educational needs. Develop preceptor, new hire & current employee orientation program.

1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, Ca

• Supervise clinical staff in a 12 physician, 2 nurse practitioner General & Vascular Surgery practice. • Instrumental in the redesign of clinical work flow in the General & Vascular Surgery Department for scope of practice compliance. • Create triage R.N. function, hire and fire staff, implement policies and protocols to improve work flow, train and precept clinical staff.• MPD representative on JOINT Nursing Governance and Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) committees.• Assessed knowledge and skills of clinical staff and designed and implemented clinical education series with collaboration of surgical providers as lecturers.• Maintained weekly staff schedule to support provider clinic hours.

Palo Alto

Telephone Advice RN in the Internal Medicine department

1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, Ca

1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, Ca

• Coordinate treatment for a diverse patient population with diagnoses requiring TAVR, Mitraclip or Watchman procedures.• Coordinate communication and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams in both the inpatient and outpatient setting for the treatment of the structural heart patient.• Serve as a resource/liaison for hospital and clinic staff regarding the care of the structural heart patient.• Provide education to patients, families and hospital staff in-services regarding structural heart procedures.• Assess, review and report abnormal diagnostic studies.• Participate in Quality service indicators, auditing analyzing and reporting data within a quality assessment program.

Ortega Building, Mountain View, Ca

• Teach and evaluate clinical competency skills of CMA’s, LVN’s and RN’s during new hire clinical orientation.• Evaluate learning and training needs for CMA, LVN and RN new hires.• Assist with the development and testing of educational tools for CMA’s, LVN’s and RN’s.• Coordinate and maintain continuing professional competence for CMA’s, LVN’s and RN’s within their scope of practice• Coordinate training for non-clinical staff• Provide continuing education opportunities for CMA’s, LVN’s and RN’s.• Develop, implement and perform competency assessments for CMA’s, LVN’s and RN’s• Collaborate with Tier 1 and Tier 2 leaders with assessing learning needs of clinical staff and providing education

1501-C Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, Ca

• Design and implement education tools for clinical staff for IMQ compliance.• Implement and teach education classes for clinical competency for medical assistants and licensed vocational nurses.• Coordinated competency testing for MA’s, LVN’s and RN’s.• Assisted with the revision of policies, procedures and implementation across the division.• Trained, taught and completed clinical competencies for clinical staff.• Facilitated educational sessions for MPD physicians on IMQ protocols and expectations. • Conducted mock IMQ audits for each department and all satellite offices.• MPD division representative for the following committees: Nursing Governance; Point of Care Testing; Safe Administration of Medication; Environmental Safety; IMQ; Clinical Operations; Influenza Education & Competency

Staff nurse on a Cardiac Intermediate Intensive Care Unit. Provided care for patients with cardiac arrhythmias, pacemaker & defibrillator implantation, postop cardiac cath, CAD, ESRD, liver disease, ETOH detox,

First eight months worked on a Med/Surg unit & then transfered to Cardiac care unit where I provided care for patients pre & post op CABG, pacemakers, defibrillators, ERSD, cardiac arrhythmias, liver disease,

Palo Alto

Internal Medicine department 2000-2002Urgent Care - 2002-2006-rooming & checking vitals, EKG, Ear lavage, phlebotomy, neb tx's, crutch training, orthoglass splints, assist with Irrigation & drainage of cysts, wounds, Suturing/stapling, wound irrigation, IM, SQ, injections, parenteral med admin. transport patients for tests in radiology, perform POCT urine, strep, educate patients on specimen collection for stool & respiratory cultures.