
Mario Noli Legarde, MSN, MBA-HCM, RN, NEA – BC
Patient Safety Clinician – South Texas Veterans Health Care System
Mario Noli Legarde is a registered nurse with more than 30 years of professional practice. Clinical background/expertise in Medical, Neuro, Coronary critical care, ER/trauma, and trauma nursing. Mario has experience in administrative and clinical responsibility as Executive Director to Multiple In-patient Medicine Service Lines, Controlled Access Units, Psychiatry units, Express Admit Units, Emergency Observation Units, Infusion Ambulatory clinic, Hematology/Oncology Ambulatory clinic, and Transition center/Discharge Lounge. Mario was authored and awarded the 2018 – Gold Beacon Award for Clinical Excellence for multiple units from American Association for Critical-care Nurses. Also was authored and awarded the 2019 – PRISM (Premier Recognition In the Specialty of Medical-Surgical) Award for Multiple Units awarded by the Medial-Surgical Certification Board (MSNCB).