Mario Noli Legarde, MSN, MBA-HCM, RN, NEA, BC
Patient Safety Clinician – South Texas Veterans Health Care System
* Registered Nurse for more than 30 years professional practice
* Clinical background/expertise in Medical, Neuro, and Coronary critical care, ER/trauma and trauma nursing
* Currently serve as a Patient Safety Clinician
* Experiences in administrative and clinical responsibility as Executive Director to Multiple In-patient Medicine Service Lines, Controlled Access Unit, Psychiatry unit, Express Admit Unit, Emergency Observation Unit, Infusion Ambulatory clinic, Hematology/Oncology Ambulatory clinic, and Transition center/Discharge Lounge
* MSN, MBA-HCM Graduate (2007)
* Experienced with Joint commission Accreditation Standard, Department of Health Services, Centers for Medicaid/Medicare Services and Board of Nursing standards at the Executive Directorial, Nurse educator, and consultant level status
* Proficient in Patient Safety processes, staff development, supervision/Management, education and curriculum design
* Participation on professional and clinical committees and collaborative governance
* Authored and Awarded 2018 – Gold Beacon Award for Clinical Excellence for multiple units from American Association for Critical-care Nurses
* Authored and Awarded 2019 – PRISM (Premier Recognition In the Specialty of Medical-Surgical) Award for Multiple Units awarded by Medial-Surgical Certification Board (MSNCB)
