Sparks Health adds two advanced practice nurses to the staff

Fort Smith native Beth Clark, an advanced practice nurse, has joined the Cardiology Center at Sparks located inside Sparks Medical Plaza on Dodson Avenue, and Jamie Nash has joined Alma Family Medical Clinic.

Clark will work in the clinic with Drs. Nasser Adjei, Sheharyar Ali, Ayhan Zia, Robert Parris, Tom Williams, and German Kamalov. She will also provide follow-up care for patients in the hospital.  She earned her master’s degree in nursing from the University of Alabama in December. Clark has nursing experience in emergency room and cardiac catheterization lab settings, and was a paramedic for more than 25 years.

Nash, who also is an advanced practice nurse, graduated in December from the University of South Alabama with a master’s degree in nursing. Her undergraduate studies were completed at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith where she graduated cum laude in 2012. Nash was also named Outstanding Clinician in Nursing and was on the Dean’s List.

Nash worked as a registered nurse for several years in a post-procedural observation unit and a chest pain evaluation unit before going to a labor and delivery Unit. She has experience in family, geriatric and pediatric medicine.