Dakota Smith

Family Nurse Practitioner graduate with over 10 years of progressive nursing experience in telemetry, stepdown, acute inpatient care, and clinical informatics. Skilled in comprehensive assessment, chronic disease management, evidence-based practice, patient education, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Background in healthcare informatics and quality improvement with strength in population health, workflow optimization, and the delivery of technology enabled care.

Registered Nurse, Medical/Surgical Telemetry - Department of Veterans Affairs - Northport, NY

(2020-06)

• Managed complex telemetry patients with cardiac, respiratory, renal, and endocrine comorbidities
• Early recognition/intervention for acute deterioration
• Coordinated multidisciplinary discharge planning
• Precepted new nursing staff
• Participated in quality improvement and safety initiatives
• Co-chair Collaborative Care Council

Registered Nurse, Stepdown/ED Short Stay - South Shore University Hospital - Bay Shore, NY

(2020-08 - 2025-02)

• Provide direct patient care, performed assessments and interventions at a 10-bed ICU step down unit for trauma and post-surgical patients
• Monitor vital signs, adequacy of ventilation, level of consciousness for patients while providing acute care and life saving procedures as needed

Clinical Informatics Consultant - ESD - Sylvania, Ohio

(2012-10)

• Workflow optimization
• Data-driven quality improvement
• Population health analytics
• Provide in-classroom training on the execution of daily tasks within the EMR system
• Assist internal Clinical Informatics team with EHR transitioning
• Proficient in EPIC, Allscripts, Cerner, Meditech

Master of Science - Family Health Nursing - Stony Brook University (2026-05)

Bachelor of Science - Nursing - Stony Brook University (2021-05)

Associate of Science - Nursing Major - Suffolk County Community College (2019-05)

Master of Science - Healthcare Informatics - Adelphi University (2018-08)

Bachelor of Science - Psychology, Health and Human Services – community mental health - University at Buffalo (2012-05)