As CNO, Dr. Vieito-Smith develops and directs the overall nursing activities for University of Miami Health System, which includes overseeing, coordinating and evaluating nursing services to ensure quality and continuous improvement. She set industry-leading low staffing ratios to promote nursing satisfaction and optimal patient outcomes. She also crafted and implemented an admission, discharge and transfer nursing role, making the system one of the first in the U.S. to create a specific role to address patient throughput. She is also the associate dean of academic health centers integration for the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies. Dr. Smith brings more than 40 years of nursing career experience to her role.
