Tina mcclendon | va west texas health care | veterans affairs

Dr. McClendon is the Associate Director Patient Care Services. Dr. McClendon joined West Texas VA, coming  from the Durham VA where she held the position as Acting Deputy ADPCS and Chief

Nurse of Acute Care and Resource Unit.  Dr. McClendon has been with the VA for more than 8 years and first joined the VA Baltimore and held the position of Nursing officer of the day,

Manager of SICU, PACU, SDSU, and vascular access team. Tina is a 2021 graduate of the Leadership Development Institute (LDI).  During her career, Tina has held the position of nurse manager

of the Wound Care Center at the University of Maryland and Nurse Manager at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. She has been a nurse for 23 years as critical care nurse and in the

medical field for about 34 years.  During her time at the VA, Tina had led many initiatives, which has earned her the Nightingale Award for two years. The Nurse Practice Council awarded her

in 2018 award for saving the VAMHCS the most money, leading the initiative and the implementation of CRRT, which saved the VAMHCS over 1.8 million dollars during that year. Tina also

spearheaded and initiated the vascular access team at the Baltimore VA. Most recently, the Virtual Surgical Intensive Care Unit (VSICU) abstract was presented to the Critical Care Congress

2022 as co-author and co-author of abstract of Critical Care M & M Conferences which has been published in Critical Care Medicine 2023, Jan: 51(1):479 and has been submitted to Shark

Tank and Strong & Promising Practices 2023.  She was a Co-Chair of the Critical Care Committee, Co-Chair of the Nursing Rewards and Recognition Program, Nurse Practice Council,

Documentation Counsel, and NPBS board member. Tina has a PhD in education with specialization in nursing education, master’s degree in health administration and a master's degree in

nursing with an education specialization. Tina’s philosophy of nursing as a profession is one of compassionate care which service is provided to those in need across the continuum where they

give of themselves for the good of others.