ALEXANDRACLAIREHOBSON is pursuing a Doctorate in Nursing Practice and Family Nurse Practitioner degree expected to be completed in May 2017. She has over 6 years of experience as a registered nurse in various clinical settings including primary care, urgent care, and community health clinics. Her professional experiences have focused on care management, quality improvement projects, clinical education, and health policy development. She is currently an Associate Director of Nursing Education at the UCSF Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education.

1. ALEXANDRACLAIREHOBSON 149 ½ Prentiss St., San Francisco, CA 94110
aclairehobson@gmail.com -707-953-5962
EDUCATION
USF School of Nursing, Doctorate in Nursing Practice/Family Nurse Practitioner ExpectedMay 2017
USF School of Nursing and Health Professions, Master in Public Health August 2015
Magna Cum Laude
USF School of Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Nursing December 2010
Study Abroad: San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala- PrenatalCare Home Visits andDisaster Relief Care
Sigma Theta TauHonors Society
Language, Spanish Language Intermediate ContinuedStudy with MedicalSpanish Focus
RESEARCH
SFVA Doctoral Project: Engaging the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) in Population Management: HCV Screening
Developclinic policies to improve the functioning of these interprofessionalteams
Power Point Development, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Health Policy and Community Engagement Department
Tap Water Installations in low-income communities in San Francisco
UCSF Research Share Site Development for the Health Policy and Community Engagement Department
Alcohol Policy Development for low-income communities in San Francisco
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UCSF Education in Patient Aligned Care Teams(EdPACT), Associate Director of Nursing Education May 2016-Current
▪ Currently working within the SFVACenter of Excellence in Primary Care Education as a RegisteredNurse Care Manager helping
improve the functioning of the interprofessionalpatient alignedcare (PACT) teams
▪ Leadand guide MD andNP trainees in quality improvement projects
▪ Develop curriculum andteach didactic modules to interprofessional trainees
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVA), RegisteredNurse Care Manager August 2012-Current
▪ Currently working in a fast-pacedprimary andurgent care setting caring for adult andgeriatric male andfemale veterans
▪ On a daily basis I serve as the assignedtriage nurse for our drop-in patients andassist allPACT RNs with care management
▪ PACT RN daily tasks: case management/care coordination 1200+ patients and15-20 providers in patient alignedcare team (PACT);
clinic visits- HTN, labs, wound care, triage, phone f/ufor hospitaladmissions, triage symptoms; home health patient coordination and
triage; secure e-mailmessaging with patients in collaboration with primary care provider (PCP)
▪ Chair of RegisteredNurse MedicalPractice JournalClub
Elsie Allen Health Center, Santa Rosa Community Health Centers: Nurse Practitioner Student Experience
▪ Currently working in a fast-pacedadolescent health clinic focus- health promotion anddisease prevention January 2017-Current
Blackhawk Medical Walk-In Clinic, Danville, CA: Nurse Practitioner Student Experience September2016- December 2016
▪ Worked135 hours in a fast-pacedprimary care walk-in clinic seeing the whole family: pediatrics, adults, reproductive andgeriatrics
▪ NP skills obtained: suturing, digitalblock, wound care, split placement
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVA), Nurse Practitioner Student Experience January 2016-September2016
▪ Worked300 hours in fast-pacedprimary care clinic seeing adult andgeriatric population under supervision of a FNPpreceptor
▪ Duties include receiving andfollowing up on all lab results, consults, diagnostic tests as wellas triaging patients when ne eded.
On clinic days I conduct H&Ps, initiate/renewmeds, perform acute andchronic disease management, anddo pre -opevaluations.
▪ MusculoskeletalClinic Training Workshop
UCSF, Health Policy and Community Engagement, Master in Public Health Intern Summer 2015
▪ Workedon developing three primary prevention health policy projects in SF low in-come communities

2. ▪ Alcohol Policy: reduce alcoholoutlets to reduce crime andnuisance
▪ Tap WaterInstallations: access to clean drinking water fountains
▪ MLK Jr. ParkImprovement Project: increase access to clean andsafe parks
Oak Street Medical Primary Care Clinic, RegisteredNurse March 2011-August 2012
▪ Workedin fast-pacedprimary care andurgent care clinic serving men andwomen adolescent-adult age
▪ High-risk adolescent population with chronic diseases- juvenile arthritis, diabetes
▪ Daily tasks- Triage patients chief complaint face-face andon the phone; Coumadin tapering visits/monitor INR; scribe visits for
provider when needed; skills- blooddraw/IV/ urinary catheter insertion removalandmonitoring, performedPFTs, ear lavage; assisted
provider in sending referrals andprescriptions out for patients; patient education- medications, pain contracts, symptoms
▪ Author of OakStreet MedicalTraining Manualfor MedicalAssistants andRegisteredNurses
Eugene Urgent Care, RegisteredNurse Volunteerwith Family Nurse Practitioner June 2011- August 2012
▪ Daily tasks: caredfor the whole family collecting chief complaints/histories; assistedFNPwith management using nursing skills
▪ Nursing Skills: IV monitoring, injections, medication education, woundcare, splint placement
St. Mary’s Medical Center, RegisteredNurse Preceptorship August 2010-December2010
▪ Daily tasks- admitted, transferred, anddischargedpatients; implementedSBAR- collaboration with medicalteam; skills- EKG, Chest
Tube, IV insertion andremoval, Foley catheter care, telemetry monitoring; patient education- teach back: CHF, Diabetes
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
Musculoskeletal Clinic Training: UCSF March 23, 2016
Wound Care Course: WCEDI October2014
Environmental Health and Nursing Conference: USF June 20-21, 2014
Diabetes Educator Training: UCSF January 18-19 &February22-23, 2014
Immunization Clinic Coordinator: St. Mary’s Medical Center October2007-2010
Lactation Consultant Internship: San Francisco General Hospital January 2010
Project Homeless Connect Volunteer March 2010
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
USF-Prenatal Care and Disaster Relief Care, San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala, International Intern May 2010
▪ Assisted Midwife and Guatemalan nurses in the delivery of babies in a local clinic
▪ Assisted Nurse Practitioner in the delivery of primary care to men and women in local clinic
▪ Public Health relief care during hurricane Agatha provided relief centers with resources (food, water, medicine)
▪ Use of Spanish medical language
AWARDS/HONORS/COMMITTEE
Red Cross Act of Courage Hero Award: Health Project Guatemala September 2010
Sigma Theta Tau International: Honors Society of Nursing September 2010-Present
SFVA- Health PromotionDisease Prevention Committee and Nursing Research Committee August 2012-Present
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Nurse in California, 791051
Public Health Nurse Certificate
Basic Cardiac Life Support
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)- Researchand Ethics Certification
IV Therapy Course Certificate of Completion
INTERESTS
Yoga, Reading, Meditation, Running - Self stress reduction techniques
Cultural awareness- museums, traveling, music, cooking