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Nursing Department Executive Team
Chief Nurse Officer
Nursing Department, NIH Clinical Center
Academic Degrees
BA, Reed College, Portland, OR
BSN, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
MS, Georgetown University
PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Email: chastings@cc.nih.gov
Phone: 301-435-3489
Biosketch
Clare Hastings is Chief for the Nursing Department at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. As the Clinical Center Chief Nursing Officer, she directs patient care services that support intramural research activities conducted by the National Institutes of Health at its 240-bed research hospital and ambulatory care facility in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Hastings represents the Clinical Center in defining the roles of clinical nurses within the national clinical research infrastructure and in setting standards for integrating patient care and management of the clinical research process. She provides executive leadership for the nursing research program at the Clinical Center with portfolio strengths in quality of life, symptom management, health disparities reduction and research career development.
Dr. Hastings started her career as a staff nurse at the Clinical Center. She has held senior management roles at the Washington Hospital Center, in Washington, DC and the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hastings is past president of the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing where she became nationally known as a spokesperson for defining the role and contributions of nurses in ambulatory care. She served as a Senior Evaluator for the Malcolm Baldrige Award Health Care Pilot. She has extensive publications and presentations on ambulatory care nursing, professional practice development, clinical research nursing and nursing administration. She also has a long-standing affiliation with the University Of Maryland School Of Nursing where she has taught graduate level courses in measurement and research methodology. She was selected as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2003.
Deputy Chief Nurse for Clinical Operations,
Nursing Department, NIH Clinical Center
Academic Degrees
AAS, Marymount University, VA
BS, University of Maryland, MD
MS, University of Maryland, MD
Email: TCartledge@cc.nih.gov
Phone: 301-451-1421
Biosketch
As Deputy Chief for Clinical Operations at the NIH Clinical Center, Ms. Cartledge provides input into the strategic and daily operations for the inpatient units, day hospitals and ambulatory care clinics. She directs the agenda for Staffing and Workforce Planning providing critical data for resource management and supplemental staffing. She also directs the agenda for Recruitment and Workforce Management insuring successful recruitment and orientation of new employees. This division serves as nursing's liaison to human resource services and provides direction for initiatives involving outreach and diversity supported by the Clinical Center.
Ms. Cartledge earned a MS in Healthcare Administration from the University of Maryland University College in 2001, a BS in Healthcare Management from the University of Maryland University College in 1996 and an AAS in Applied Science from Marymount University in 1979. She began her career at NIH in 1975 as a receptionist in Medical Arts and Photography. While working part time at NIH she pursued her interest in nursing as a part time student at Montgomery College. She was selected for the competitive NIH Stride Nursing Internship in August of 1977. After receiving her associates' degree in 1979 from Marymount University she transitioned from a nursing assistant position to RN with the endocrine program of care at the Clinical Center. Following a 2 year hiatus working in labor and delivery at the National Navy Medical Hospital in Bethesda she returned to the Clinical Center as a staff nurse and later research nurse coordinator with a focus in reproductive endocrinology. Ms Cartledge transitioned to nursing administration in 1992 as the Nurse Manager of the Endocrine Outpatient Clinic/Pain Research-Dental Clinic. Over the next 19 years Ms. Cartledge continued to expand the scope of her administrative responsibilities within the Clinical Center to her current position of Deputy for Clinical Operations. She is fond of saying that she has worked in almost every position in the Nursing Department, with every admitting institute at the NIH.
Deputy Chief Nurse for Research and Practice Development
Nursing Department, NIH Clinical Center
Academic Degrees
BSN, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
MA, Central Michigan University
PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Email: gwallen@cc.nih.gov
Phone: 301-496-0596
Biosketch
Dr. Gwenyth Wallen is currently the Deputy Chief for Nursing Research and Practice Development at the NIH Clinical Center. Dr. Wallen serves as principal advisor for nursing research to the Chief Nurse Officer and as the identified leader for the development of hospital based nursing research and evidence-based practice. She provides administrative and policy direction concerning overall hospital-based research priorities and conducts her own program of research while mentoring scientific staff and trainees. Dr. Wallen has formed collaborative relationships with professional colleagues in the external community in support of intramural studies and clinical practice innovations. Other responsibilities within this office include direction for performance improvement initiatives, Joint Commission readiness and central nursing education.
Dr. Wallen earned a BS in Nursing from the University of Maryland, a MA in Management and Supervision from Central Michigan University, and a PhD in Health Education from the University of Maryland. In 2008 she completed the 2-year University of Arizona Fellowship in Integrative Medicine as part of her developing portfolio of integrative health research. Her clinical research specializations include health behavior and health disparities research with special emphasis on methodology and measurement in end-of-life care, integrative health and vulnerable populations. Prior to beginning her career as a clinical nurse scientist she held advance practice roles as the Clinical Specialist for Neonatology and Clinical Manager of the Level III NICU at the Washington Hospital Center.
Nursing Department Executive Team
