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.

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.

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.