Guest Lecturer Registered Nurse

Curriculum Vitae

Melinda Marquardt-Cosentino

Home Address: Contact Information:

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Windsor, CA 95492 Email: ***********@*******.***

Education:

1992: B.S.N. Nursing, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

1984: M.S., Physical Education/Athletic Training, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

1983: B.S., Health Education, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Post Graduate Education:

1992-1995: Neuroscience Nurse Internship Program Clinic/Internship, National Institute of Health, Nursing Department and National Institute of Neuromuscular Diseases and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland

1990: Workshop: Success in One-to-One Personal Training, Fairview Athletic Club, Falls Church, Virginia

Workshop: Step Reebok, Intro to Step Reebok and Choreography Variations, Aspen Hill Racket Club, Silver Spring, Maryland

Workshop: the Feldenkais Method, An Awareness Through Movement Workshop, The Myofascial Treatment Center, Baltimore, Maryland

1989: Workshop: “Principles in Action,” American Rehabilitation Educational Network: Back School, Winchester Hospital, Winchester, Virginia

1987: United States Olympic Committee Sports Medicine Volunteer Program, Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Workshop: “Faulty and Painful Postural Conditions,” Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

Workshop: “Mobilization Techniques,” Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

1985: First Annual Dance Medicine Symposium, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Licenses:

2022-present: State of California, Board of Registered Nursing, License to practice as a Registered Nurse, Registered Nurse License Number (95294688)

2014-2022: Massachusetts Board of Nursing License (reciprocity license requested)

2006-2015: State of Maryland, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Board of Nursing, Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse, R171350

1992-2004: Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Health Professions, Board of Nursing,

Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse, 000*******

Certificates:

2022-2024: The Health Source, ACLS Provider Course, American Heart Association Advanced

Cardiovascular Life Support

2022-2024: The Health Source, BLS for Health Care Providers, American Heart Association Basic Cardiovascular Life Support

09/2021: Scarlet Canvas: Clinical Specimen Collection

03/2021: Western Schools, ECG Interpretation: A Step-by-Step Approach

02/2020: Western Schools Certificate of Completion. Cardiovascular Nursing: A Comprehensive Guide to Patient Care (30 contact hours)

03/2016: Western Schools, IV Therapy: Essentials for Safe Practice (20 contact hours)

2014-2016: American Heart Association, Basic Life Support, Heath Care Provider

2012-2014: American Heart Association, Advanced Life Support Provider, ACLS (planned for renewal)

2006-2008: American Heart Association, Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers, completed in September 2006

2006: Approved On-Line Nursing Refresher Course, Mount Carmel College of Nursing (Didactic and Clinical), completed November 19, 2006

1990: National Dance-Exercise Instructor’s Training Association (NDEITA), National Aerobic Instructor Certification

American Council on Exercise (ACE), Certified Personal Trainer, Gold Certification

1989: Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Citizens CPR, American Heart Association, Adult and Pediatric Heartsaver, expires 9/94

1988-1992: Registered Athletic Trainer, Medical Society of Virginia

1987-1992: Examiner, National Athletic Trainers Association

1984-1992: National Athletic Trainers Association

Employment:

2007-2012: Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, Rockville, MD (Float Pool and CCU)

1993-1995: Clinical Staff Nurse, National Institutes of Health, Critical Care: Heart/Lung/Blood/ and Neuro, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Bethesda, Maryland

1992-1993: Clinical Staff Nurse, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neuromuscular Diseases and Stroke, Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland

1989-1991: Athletic Trainer, Potomac Back Center, Vienna, Virginia

1989-1994: Athletic Trainer Consultant, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC

1989-1990: Prenatal & Low Impact Aerobics Instructor, YWCA, Fairfax County Chapter, Dunn Loring, Virginia

1988-1989: Athletic Trainer, Virginia Sports Medicine Institute/Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia

1985-1988: Athletic Trainer, Cleveland Clinic Foundation/Cleveland Ballet, Department of Orthopedics/Sports Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

1984-1985: Athletic Trainer, Orange High School/Western Reserve Therapists, Chagrin Falls, Ohio

1983-1984: Athletic Trainer, Morgantown Physical Therapy Associates, Morgantown, West Virginia

1979-1983: Student Athletic Trainer, Ohio State Athletic Training Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Symposiums:

1993: Guest Lecturer, Back Talk: The Herniated Disc and Its Management, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Department of Nursing, Bethesda, Maryland

1990: Guest Lecturer, Ergonomics: Injury Prevention in the Work Place, Union Labor Life Insurance, Washington, DC

1989: Guest Lecturer, Performing Arts Medical Symposium, “Foot Problems in the Dancer,” Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan

Guest Lecturer, “A Step in the Right Direction, A Self Care Approach for the Adolescent Ballet Foot,” Maryland Youth Ballet School, Bethesda, Maryland

1987&1986: Co-Director, Annual Dance Medicine and Performing Artists Symposium, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

1987&1986: Co-Director, Annual Student Athletic Trainer Workshop, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

1987: Ohio Dance Festival, “Daily Care of the Dancer,” Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

1987: Cleveland Clinic Foundation Sports Medicine Symposium, “Flexibility Assessment,” Cleveland, Ohio

Professional Associations:

2005: Maryland Board of Nursing

1994: The American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN)

1993: International Arts-Medicine Association Member

1991: Member of the National Student Nurses Association

1990: Member of the American Council on Exercise (ACE), Personal Trainer Member, Gold Certification

Member of the National Dance Exercise Instructor’s Training Association (NDEITA)

Member of the Reebok Professional Instructor Alliance

1989-1994: Virginia Athletic Trainers Association

1986-1994: Ohio Athletic Trainers Association

1984-1994: National Athletic Trainers Association

1981-1983: Student Member, National Athletic Trainers Association

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