1. Marleen L. Burns MSN, APRN, FNP-C, ACHPN
607 Oxford Road
Versailles, KY 40383
Home: 859-251-4178
Cell: 859-620-8998
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
August 2010 to Present
Nurse Practitioner Community Living Center (sub-acute care) /Program Coordinator
Hospice Palliative Care
Lexington Veterans Medical Center
Lexington, KY
Duties: Collaboration with Medical Center Leadership (Hospital Director, Chief of Staff,
Nurse Executive and other leadership) to develop and implement an in-patient Hospice
Palliative Care (HPC) Service for the Lexington VAMC. Provision of care as hospice/geriatric
care provider to Veterans in the sub-acute Community Living Center. Continuing assessment
and revision of this program with collaboration of the regional and national Veteran Health
Administration (VHA) stakeholders.
Daily duties consist of Primary Care Provider to in-patient adult/geriatric/hospice
population, sub-acute care including chronic disease management with daily
management of CHF/COPD/Diabetes/Neuromuscular Disease/HepatoRenal
Failure/Substance Abuse/Cancer Syndromes; management of Veterans admitted to
sub-acute rehab; management of Veterans admitted for Hospice/End-of-Life Care. Also
collaborate with contracted community agencies who provide Veteran care across the
state and as one of the first responders to all acute care HPC consults within the VA
Medical Center. Position requires strong assessment skills, f/u of
labs/radiology/respiratory therapy/PT/OT/Speech therapy; ability to manage pain and
other EOL symptoms, chronic disease management, rehabilitation care and
individualize patient treatment plans in collaboration with other medical services.
Responsibility as Program Coordinator for the Lexington VAMC Hospice Palliative Care
Program includes answering Palliative Care Consults in hospital, long term care and out-
patient settings; marketing services to all interdisciplinary clinical staff through in-services and
coordination of Hospice Palliative care across all service lines to insure expert patient care
delivery; and collaboration with the regional and national Hospice Palliative Care VHA
leadership.
January 2014 to June 2014.
Adjunct Nursing Clinical Instructor
Midway College, Midway Kentucky
Duties: Clinical education for first year, second semester Associate Degree students on med-
surg unit.
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July 2008 to September 2010
Family Nurse Practitioner Take Care Clinic
Walgreen’s Health Care Clinics, Northern Kentucky
Duties: Providing episodic and emergent care for patients ranging for 18 months to 100
years old. Focus on everyday family healthcare needs provided in a clinic setting, including
episodic care for infections, dermatitis, pain, flu. Also provide episodic management of chronic
disease. In this setting, the NP provides the whole array of services from sign in to discharge
plus assuming role of office manager, marketing specialist and housekeeping. Time of clinic
visit from start to finish is 15-20 minutes per patient. Personal rotation through 4 clinics
located in Florence, Burlington, Crescent Springs and Highland Heights demonstrates
enormous flexibility and critical thinking skills.
January 2010 to September 2010
Nurse Practitioner Hospice Palliative Care
Cincinnati VAMC
3200 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45220
Duties: Collaboration with Medical Center Leadership to develop and implement an in-patient
Hospice Palliative Care Service for the Cincinnati VAMC. This program was interdisciplinary
with the patient caseload located in "scattered bed" format within the hospital and a consult
palliative care service in acute care. The impact of this program on the medical center was
earlier transition of appropriate patients out of critical care to the in –patient unit and /or home
hospice, with less number of days on diversion.
Daily duties consist of Primary Care Provider to hospice residents with weekly and prn IDT
rounds, performance of admit and discharges, first responder to all acute care HPC consults
for medical needs and daily rounds with HPC team in acute care to follow referrals. Both
campus duties include collaboration on a daily basis per face-to-face, phone, e-mail and/or
CPRS contact with my collaborating physicians.
April 2006 to January 2010
Chief Nurse Geriatrics and Extended Care /Nurse Practitioner Geriatrics
Cincinnati VAMC Ft. Thomas Division
1000 S Ft Thomas Ave
Ft Thomas, KY 41075
Duties: Oversight and management of 64 bed Community Living Center (Nursing Home)
Skilled Care/Hospice/Rehab Unit and Community Home Health Programs which included
Skilled Home Health Care, Homemaker/Home Health Aid, Hospice, and Contract Nursing
Home Care. Direct supervision of 22 employees and oversight of 120 plus employees.
Program development for a dynamic, changing nursing home care and Community Health
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Care environment with an increasing short term skilled/rehab patient population. Forward
thinker who anticipates needs for increased skill level, education and proficiencies in all
nursing staff levels. Strong leadership skills with a focus on increasing ownership of
performance and promoting enthusiasm in the workplace. Ongoing collaboration with many
internal and external departments to develop and design a new nursing home care unit to be

3. built on the acute care campus. Program Coordinator for the newly developing Palliative Care
Consult Team at the Cincinnati VAMC.
Competent in development and oversight of nursing and patient education programs, quality
and performance programs, and culture transformation programs. Successful collaboration
with other services within Cincinnati VAMC.
October 2005 to April 2006
Nurse Practitioner Palliative Medicine
Palliative Medicine/Hospice of the Bluegrass
2312 Alexandria Drive
Lexington, KY 40504
Duties: Rounding on 25 bed hospice in-patient unit located within an acute care hospital,
doing admits/discharges and on-going assessments and daily interventions/care-planning for
critically ill hospice patients in pain and symptom management through to discharge back to
home/LTCF or death. Patient population ranged from young adult to geriatrics. Afternoon:
Palliative medicine clinic sees average of 7-10 patients per afternoon, doing H&P, review of
PMH, labs, tests, chief complaint for new clients prior to MD exam and f/u visit on established
patients.
October 2001-October 2005
Director: Hospice of Northern Kentucky/Nurse Practitioner Hospice Palliative Care
1403 Alexandria Pike
Ft. Thomas, KY 41075
Duties: Direct supervision of seventy plus administrative and clinical interdisciplinary staff
responsible for providing expert end-of-life care to all-aged population in a six county service
area in Northern Kentucky. Practice sites were rural and urban, home, LTCF, assisted living
facility, hospital. Successes during my four years in this position included success in meeting
all state and national regulatory requirements per on site surveys, increase in patient census
(doubled), establishment of an in-patient hospice unit at St Luke East Hospital, establishment
of two hospice units within long term care facilities and an increase of revenue over expenses.
As an ARNP, I practiced independently and collaboratively with the hospice medical director
and other attending physicians within the five county service areas. My duties included
consultative patient assessment and establishing and revising patient plan of care, staff
supervision, staff development and some marketing.
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As director and marketer, I spoke frequently on hospice care and pain/symptom management.
I have guest lectured for surrounding universities, other health care facilities and have
presented seminars at state and national conferences.
June 2000 to October 2001
Director of Clinical Services/ Nurse Practitioner Hospice Palliative Care
Iowa City Hospice

4. 1025 Wade Street
Iowa City, IA
Duties: Direct supervision of the interdisciplinary team responsible for clinical care of the
hospice patient. ARNP clinical practice consists of providing primary care and end-of-life
care to a patient population ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics. Practice sites were
rural/urban, LTCF, ALF, hospitals.
September 1998 to June 2000
Associate Vice President of Nursing/ Nurse Practitioner Hospice Palliative Care
Hospice of the Bluegrass
2312 Alexandria Drive
Lexington, KY
Duties: Administrative oversight of 100-110 licensed nursing personnel (RN and LPN) and
60-70 certified nursing assistants. My duties included consultative patient care, staff
supervision, staff education and development. I taught an annual certification review course
for nurses. I
was also a member of Purdue-Frederick‘s speaker bureau and lectured on pain and symptom
management. Clinical practice consisted of providing primary care and end-of-life care
to a patient population ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics. Practice sites were
specialized in-patient unit, the nursing home setting or the home.
January 1998 to September 1998
Family Nurse Practitioner
Markey Cancer Center
UKMC, Lexington, KY
Duties: Providing primary and oncology care to a population ranging from pediatrics to
geriatrics. Work environment was on a specialized in-patient unit and in the clinic setting
doing H&Ps, review of PMH, labs, tests, chief complaint, patient admit assessments and
follow up care. In this university setting I worked with chemotherapy and radiation trial
protocols, data collection for research, provided acute in-patient care for blood and marrow
transplant patients with oversight of collaborating physician.
December 1984 to August 1997
Staff RN ICU/RR/ER/CLINIC
VA Medical Center
Duties: staff RN in above settings.
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EDUCATION
Master of Science - Nursing
Family Nurse Practitioner Program
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Midway College

5. Midway, Kentucky
(Graduated Summa cum Laude)
RN Diploma
Marshalltown Community School of Nursing
Marshalltown, Iowa
LICENSURE
Kentucky (RN - #1029341) Iowa (RN- #047545)
Kentucky (ARNP- #3002512) Iowa (ARNP- #A-047545)
CERTIFICATIONS
Gerontology, BCLS, Advanced Practice Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Kentucky Coalition of Advanced Practice Nurses/American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Kentucky Hospice and Palliative Care Association
Hospice Palliative Care Association
HONORS/AWARDS
Gamma Beta Phi/Graduate Nursing/National Honor Society
RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS/Presentations
Seminar presentations:
National Hospice Organization, Hospice and Palliative Nurse Association, American Academy
of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Conference
Kentucky Hospice Association Conference
Iowa Hospice Organization Fall Conference
Greater Cincinnati Oncology Nurse Conference
Greater Cincinnati Alzheimer’s Association Conference
ACADEMIA
Guest lecturer in the College of Medicine and the College of Nursing at the University of
Cincinnati, University of Kentucky and University of Iowa.

6. Midway, Kentucky
(Graduated Summa cum Laude)
RN Diploma
Marshalltown Community School of Nursing
Marshalltown, Iowa
LICENSURE
Kentucky (RN - #1029341) Iowa (RN- #047545)
Kentucky (ARNP- #3002512) Iowa (ARNP- #A-047545)
CERTIFICATIONS
Gerontology, BCLS, Advanced Practice Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Kentucky Coalition of Advanced Practice Nurses/American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Kentucky Hospice and Palliative Care Association
Hospice Palliative Care Association
HONORS/AWARDS
Gamma Beta Phi/Graduate Nursing/National Honor Society
RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS/Presentations
Seminar presentations:
National Hospice Organization, Hospice and Palliative Nurse Association, American Academy
of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Conference
Kentucky Hospice Association Conference
Iowa Hospice Organization Fall Conference
Greater Cincinnati Oncology Nurse Conference
Greater Cincinnati Alzheimer’s Association Conference
ACADEMIA
Guest lecturer in the College of Medicine and the College of Nursing at the University of
Cincinnati, University of Kentucky and University of Iowa.