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Marlene M. Steinheiser, PhD, RN, CRNI®, is the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) Director of Clinical education and has 39 years of nursing experience. She has been a CRNI® since 1991. Dr Steinheiser has experience working in acute care, home infusion/home care, and long-term care settings, as faculty in pre-licensure nursing education, and as a nurse practice consultant for a state nursing regulatory agency. Her passion for infusion therapy has been integrated into each of her varied career roles. Dr Steinheiser earned her PhD from the University of Arizona, her master’s and Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Akron, and her nursing diploma from Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital School of Nursing. While conducting research in the areas of infusion therapy, vascular access and compassion fatigue in nursing, she enjoys combining quantitative and qualitative techniques with a passion for qualitative data analysis. She speaks nationally and internationally on infusion therapy-related topics.