Manager Nurse

Constance Marino, RNC MS Page *

Constance Marino, RNC MSN, CLEC

P.O Box 3447 Mission Viejo, CA 92690

Email: ***********@*******.*** Phone Number: 949-***-****

OBJECTIVE: To continue with the challenge of educating the next generation of nurses.

EXPERIENCE:

8/2012 to present Sebring, FL

Azure College

Clinical Instructor for LPN and RN students. Didactic for physical assessment, Peds and OB, Nursing Leadership and Sims Lab

to improve clinical skills of students.

Florida Heartland September 2012-July 2013 Sebring FL

Bed Manager

Coordinated admissions and transfers of 3 ER’s, cardiovascular intervention lab with 5-10 procedures a day, and Ortho cases of 7-

10 cases a day. Decreased thru put during non season months.

Medstaff Orange, CA Clinical RN

II 11/2011-June 2012

Working as Mother Baby Nurse for 2 contracts at University of California@Irvine, CA. Invited to join staff,

but union required night shift. Completed Lactation Educator Counselor @ UC San Diego.

Mission Hospital Mission Viejo, CA

Clinical RN II 6/2008 to 5/2011

Provided care for maternal/infant couplets, and transition of infants from delivery to mother baby unit. Member

of Unit Based Practice/Education/Quality Committee with assignments for policy and procedures, and yearly mandatory skills.

Hospital in process of going Magnate, and unit working toward Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative. Acquired certification in

Maternal/newborn nursery from NCC.

Elite Nursing Service Santa Ana, CA

Clinical RN II 8/2000 to 11/2011

Initially hired nurses from this agency to assist with a Quality Management Project for a majo

rmedical group. Hired as a clinical RN and have worked in Telemetry, Medical-Surgical, Orthopedics, Mother

Baby, and Nursery.

South Coast Medical Center Laguna Beach, CA

Clinical RN II

12/2006-6/2008

Hired to Mother Baby and also trained to Nursery, and transitional care of newborn. Oriented to the Psychiatric Nursing Unit.

Completed Certification in Parent Education, and helped coordinate and instruct the Parent Child classes, for almost a year.

Hospital was purchased by Mission Regional, and was hired by new facility.

Saddleback Memorial Medical Center Laguna Hills, CA

Clinical RN II 4/2003-2/2005

Provided direct patient care to post intensive care patients with cardiac conditions and pulmonary conditions. Also relief charge

nurse of 36 bed unit. ACLS certified.

Mission Regional Medical Center Mission Viejo, CA

Clinical Nurse II 8/2000-8/2002

Provided direct clinical care to patients with cardiac and pulmonary conditions. Relief charge nurse for 36 bed unit. ACLS

certified.

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St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group Orange, CA

Manager, Quality Improvement 8/1997-8/2000

Initially responded to grievances and complaints from patients to both the patient and the Health Plan. Was promoted to Manager

and developed policies and procedure for new department, transitioned with organization through two purchases and

two moves. Responsible for maintaining compliance in the mid-90’s range for all health care measures, and organized HEDIS

data collection.

Pacific Physician’s Services Fontana CA

Case Manager 10/1991-9/1994

Provided discharge planning for hospitalized patients within the San Bernardino County. Complex cases required the

organization of the physician and family, then coordination of services and equipment in the home. Average case load: 25-30.

Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Hollywood CA

Clinical Nurse II 10/1988-10/1991

Nursing care of children with cancer who were undergoing multiple medications in Phase II clinical trials. These were very sick

children, receiving blood and blood products, triple antibiotics and chemotherapy. Usually 3-4 patients/shift.

Kaiser Fontana Hospital Fontana CA

Educator 10/1985-10/1988

Developed and instructed Cancer and Child, and Critical Care the Child. Also co-chaired yearly update for Oncology Nursing

Society core curriculum for certification. Revised mandatory day from two days paid to 4 hours by developing self learning

modules, and only having paid hours to demonstrate competency with CPR skills. Participated in the development of a house

wide skills training lab with Dorothy Del Bueno as the consultant. Entire licensed staff was required to demonstrate their clinical

skills. Provided Quality Improvement initiatives for the department.

Children’s Hospital of Orange County Orange, CA

Clinical Nurse Specialist-Associate Director 10/82-10/85

Developed multi-disciplinary team for Oncology and Cystic Fibrosis. Developed “teen talk” a bimonthly support group for

teens with life threatening illness. Panel members were child psychologist, clinical social worker, and myself. Organized

multiple classes for nurses in Oncology, Diabetes, Caring for Caregiver. Redeveloped nursing research on infections rates of

central venous catheters, and developed nursing skills lab for new procedures. Infection rates were 38% down to 15%.

Assistant Director of Nursing with 5 medical surgical units, and out patient unit.

Initially Out patient unit was in the red more than 1 million dollars and within 18 months

Brought Out patient unit to revenue producing source.

Lectured at various Pediatric Nursing conference regarding programs at CHOC.

Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA

Clinical Nurse Specialist 1/1977-10/1982

Initially clinical nurse in MCH float pool, which included NICU, PICU, Pediatrics and post partum and ante partum

As graduate student developed a Diabetic Teaching program for Adolescents Developed the initial Cancer and the Child

Coordinated and taught multiple nursing lectures on chronic and life threatening illness in children. Worked to coordinate

multidisciplinary team for children with cancer. Coordinated multiple pediatric clinics for chronic illness, and participated

in Children Cancer Study Group, collecting data, and working with protocols for nursing education. Conducted nursing

research on central venous catheters, and developed skills lab which was then conducted yearly, per new protocols, and

halved infection rate. Also helped story board a multi-projector slide program which presented the new protocols to the

nursing staff.

EDUCATION: Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TN

Associate/Bachelor’s Degrees in Nursing 1973-1976

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Completion of Associate Degree, and received a grant to complete BSN.

Loma Linda University School of Nursing Loma Linda, CA

Masters of Science in Maternal Child Health Nursing 1979

Clinical Organizations

Member of AWHHON

Certified in Maternal/Newborn Nursery, 2009: from NCC

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