Marla K. Conley

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lawrenceburg, KY 40342

502-***-****

kzdrfv@r.postjobfree.com

Professional objective: To gain employment within a level lll NICU and/or neonatology practice that fully utilizes my skills as a neonatal nurse practitioner.

Education

2011 graduate of University of South Alabama Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program. Clinical sites include Level lll NICUs: Kosair Children’s Hospital, Louisville Kentucky and University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital, Lexington Kentucky. Experience managing high level acuity infants including ventilator management: HFOV, conventional ventilation, nitric oxide, TPN management, intubations, lumbar punctures, umbilical lines, PICC placement, chest tubes, cardiac and GI surgeries.

May 2009 – Master’s of Science in Nursing, focus of study: Nursing education.

McKendree University, Louisville, Kentucky.

1989-Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky.

Professional Experience

February 2009-present: Clinical Specialist, CorPak Medsystems, Wheeling, Illinois. Responsibilities include training of neonatal practitioners nationwide in tip location device for central venous catheters.

September 2008– December 2010: Vascular Access Specialist, Central Access, Lexington, KY. Responsibilities included placement of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs)/midlines utilizing ultrasound guidance and Modified Seldinger technique for pediatric and adult patient populations. Conducting educational training for clinicians in the vascular access field.

January 2010- December 2010: Instructional Specialist/faculty, Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Cooper Campus Lexington, KY. Responsibilities include lecture and didactic instruction for care of the newborn.

June 2009- December 2009: Interim manager/Charge RN Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Frankfort Regional Medical Center, Frankfort, KY. Responsibilities included performance management and professional development for 15 FTE’s for well-baby nursery and level IIB Neonatal Intensive Care, development and implementation of operational plans, educational plans, policy creation and revision, facilitation and regulation of state, CMS, and JCAHO standards within the Center for Women’s Health, data comparison on benchmarking, budget management, staffing guidelines, and employee performance evaluations. Benchmarking comparatives for catheter related blood stream infections and extensive research on infection prevention and hospital acquired conditions based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regulations and professional organizational standards. Responsible for data collection/reporting for Vermont Oxford Network.

March 2007- December 2009: Staff Nurse/Vascular Access Specialist, Center for Women’s Health & Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Frankfort Regional Medical Center, Frankfort KY. Responsibilities included care and management for sick and premature neonates. Management included ventilator management, umbilical lines, and PICC insertion/ management. Clinical competency development and evaluation. Policy/procedure development, organizing and teaching neonatal certification classes. Organizing new employee orientation and teaching orientation classes for neonatal nursing. Insertion of PICCs hospital wide, for neonatal and adult patient populations. Developed and implemented neonatal and adult PICC team. Developed and implemented Pediatric Rapid Response Team and training Program.

August 1998- July 2007: Staff Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care, Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky. Responsibilities included coordinating nursing care for critically ill infants/neonates in level lll NICU. Managements of ventilated infants, umbilical lines, GI surgeries, chest tubes and central lines. Placement of PICCs.

June 1995 - March 1996: Critical Care Transport /IV team, Central Baptist

Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky. Responsibilities included managing critically ill patients during transport to a higher level care facility. Responding to house wide IV therapy needs

July 1991 - August 1998: Staff Nurse 3 ICU Surgical Intensive Care/Pediatric

Intensive Care, Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky.

Responsibilities included organizing and managing nursing care for critically ill adults and pediatric patients.

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July 1990 – July 1991: Staff Nurse Coronary Care Unit, Baptist Hospital East, Louisville, Kentucky. Responsibilities included managing nursing care for critically ill cardiac patients.

January 1989 - July 1990: Staff Nurse 3 Main/TCU, Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky. Responsibilities included providing nursing care to medical/surgical telemetry

patients.

Certifications

ANCC: High Risk Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing.

American Academy of Pediatrics: Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor.

March of Dimes endorsed STABLE Program Instructor

American Heart Association: CPR instructor

Adult and Neonatal PICC insertion

Professional Organizations

Member of National Association of Neonatal Nurses

Member of Academy of Neonatal Nursing

Member of Association for Vascular Access

Member of Sigma Theta Tau, Honor Society of Nursing

Presentations

June 2011: “Use of Central Venous Catheters in the NICU”. CorPak Med System’s annual sales meeting. Chicago, Illinois.

May 2010 : “The Nurses Role in Preventing Central Line Infections”. Cook Medical. Infusion Nurses Society’s (INS) national conference, Ft. Lauderdale Florida.

March 2007: “Evidence Based Practice: Decreasing Central Line Infections in the NICU”.

Central Baptist Hospital Medical/Surgical Symposium, Lexington, KY

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