Betty F. Lopez

|Objective |I would like an opportunity to utilize my extensive|

| |surgical nursing experience in an interesting |

| |environment. |

|Experience |6/2007-7/2012 |

| |MUSC Charleston, Sout|

| |h Carolina |

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| |Clinical Coordinator for Transplant, Trauma, and |

| |Robotic Surgery |

| |Coordinate posted cases as well as unscheduled |

| |cases for above specialties |

| |Developed scheduling policy for a |

| |multi-disciplinary robotics schedule |

| |Coordinate robotics schedule for all services using|

| |DaVinci |

| |Organize training sessions for OR staff and |

| |residents for DaVinci robotics |

| |Maintain specialty call schedule |

| |Maintain competency records for DaVinci team |

| |Recruit and retain nurses to the service group |

| |Mentor novice nurse to Main OR with emphasis on |

| |UNOS,JACHO and CMS standards for organ |

| |Transplantation. |

| |Coordinated unit-based annual competency |

| |assessments for Chest trauma, equipment including |

| |defibrillators, and DaVinci S system |

| |Built and maintain surgeons' preference cards |

| |Built surgeons preference cards into PICIS OR |

| |Management program using CPT coding and mnemonics |

| |Created several new trays for trauma patient |

| |management |

| |Built instrumentation trays for robotics procedures|

| |as well as streamlined existing minimally invasive |

| |instrument sets |

| |Developed a specialty tray for infant organ donors |

| |Annual performance evaluations for team members |

| |Develop equipment list for capital budget purchases|

| |annually |

| |Actively initiate cost-containment for the hospital|

| |by reducing par levels, deleting unused stock, and |

| |changing custom packs to reduce expenses |

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| |9/2006-2008 |

| |MUSC Charleston, Sout|

| |h Carolina |

| |Clinical Coordinator for Vascular Surgery, |

| |Assistant Unit Educator |

| |Resumed part time assistant Unit Educator duties as|

| |well as coordinator over vascular surgery |

| |Coordinate orientation for Travel nurses |

| |AIDET training for nursing staff, ancillary OR |

| |staff, and Perfusion services as part of MUSC |

| |Excellence program |

| |Preparing Vascular surgery service for transition |

| |to Courtney Hospital |

| |Completely reorganized endovascular supplies and |

| |placed into pyxis |

| |Coordinated entry for new endovascular surgeon, Dr.|

| |Kakra Hughes to facilitate his transition from |

| |resident to attending surgeon |

| |Covered role of Transplant Coordinator on an |

| |interim basis (3 months) as well as during time off|

| |period covered for GU,GYN and Transplant services, |

| |assisted in building of preference cards for said |

| |services |

| |Cover for Unit Educator during time off periods |

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| |5/2005-9/2006 |

| |MUSC Charleston, South Carolina |

| |Clinical Coordinator for Thoracic and Vascular |

| |Surgery |

| |. Coordinate posted cases and add-on cases |

| |for said specialties |

| |. Maintain instrumentation inventories and |

| |integrity |

| |. Resource for day to day operation of |

| |Siemens Artis Fluoroscopy system |

| |. Manage, recruit, and retention of nurses |

| |within service groups |

| |. Reorganized and integrated Thoracic |

| |surgery supplies into one core area |

| |. Update surgeons preference books and |

| |surgical charge sheets |

| |. Preparing Surgiserve data for entry into |

| |newly acquired PICIS system |

| |. Loading surgeon's preference data into |

| |PICIS via CPT codes and entering pertinent data as |

| |resource guide for procedures |

| |. Train nursing staff in the use of PICIS |

| |as their intraoperative |

| |nursing record |

| |. Periodically evaluate surgical supplies |

| |for utilization patterns |

| |. Assign nursing staff to posted cases |

| |. Assist nursing staff in professional |

| |development needs |

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| |1/2005-5/2005 |

| |MUSC Charleston, South Carolina |

| |Clinical Coordinator for Oral and Plastic Surgery |

| |. Coordinate posted cases and add-on cases |

| |for said specialties |

| |. Maintain Instrument inventory and |

| |integrity |

| |. Maintain stock of craniofacial plating |

| |systems |

| |. Update surgeon's preference books, and |

| |surgical charge sheets |

| |. Periodically evaluate surgical supplies |

| |for utilization patterns |

| |. Assign nursing staff to posted cases |

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| |1/2005-5/2002 and |

| |9/2006-Present |

| |MUSC |

| |Assistant Educator, Main Operating Room |

| |. Coordinate assignments from day to day |

| |for newly hired nurses on orientation |

| |. Compile individual performance |

| |evaluations in conjunction with Primary Educator |

| |. Implement training course for new nurses,|

| |assist OR Educator as needed |

| |. Meet with medical students for brief |

| |introduction to the O.R., and the surgical scrub |

| |. Escort nursing students to pre-arranged |

| |observation days in O.R. |

| |. Assist O.R. Educator in providing staff |

| |nurses with continuing education opportunities, and|

| |annual competency assessments |

| |. Cover O.R. Educator role in absence, |

| |including implementation of didactic training, and |

| |hands on experiences of new hires and travel nurses|

| |9/1989-12/2004 |

| |MUSC Charleston, South Carolina |

| |Staff Nurse, Main Operating Room |

| |. Completed 6 month orientation for all |

| |service groups in the Main O.R., then an intensive |

| |6 month orientation for adult and pediatric cardiac|

| |surgery |

| |. Served as preceptor for many circulating |

| |nurses as well as nurses learning scrub role in |

| |cardiac surgery |

| |. Occasionally covered for CT coordinator |

| |during vacations |

| |. Collaborated with CT coordinator in |

| |maintaining surgeon's preference books, charge |

| |sheets, surgeons' suture packs, and |

| |cost-containment issues |

| |. Compiled instrumentation for all |

| |approaches of esophagectomy into one tray, prepared|

| |surgical preference sheets for many procedures, |

| |assisted neurosurgical nurses in groin cannulation |

| |for circulatory arrest method of brain aneurysm |

| |clipping, as well as carotid CABG cases, and |

| |developed instrumentation trays to assist in these |

| |cases |

| |. Traveled to Houston, Texas, with Dr. A.J.|

| |Crumbley, to learn about the Heartmate ventricular |

| |assist device in 1999. This was to become my |

| |CNL(clinical ladder) project, and I presented this |

| |device to the entire O.R. on its applications, and |

| |was scrub nurse for its first implantation in South|

| |Carolina |

| |. Passed the perioperative certification |

| |exam, CNOR, offered by the Association of Operating|

| |Room Nurses |

| |. Scrubbed with Dr. Hani Hannein and Dr. |

| |Arthur J(Jack)Crumbley on the first pediatric heart|

| |transplant in South Carolina, as well as several |

| |after that |

| |. Transferred to Ambulatory surgery for |

| |three months, with focus on outpatient surgeries, |

| |including ophthalmology, pediatric urology, and |

| |small bone orthopedics. |

| |. Returned to the Main Operating room to |

| |weekend night shift |

| |. Occasional Charge nurse duties for night |

| |shift in regular Charge nurse's absence, and |

| |holidays |

| |. Staff nurse for off-shift coverage, with |

| |emphasis on chest/abdominal and orthopedic trauma |

| |. Served as resource person for many |

| |different surgical specialties, and performed |

| |preceptor duties for new nurses |

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|Education |1984 Wake Technical College Ra|

| |leigh, North Carolina |

| |. Associate Degree Nursing |

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|Interests | |

| |. Teaching and staff development |

| |. Pastoral care and religious history |

| |. Innovations in interventional radiology |

| |. Endoscopic procedures |

| |. Innovations in Transplant surgery |

| |. Intraoperative treatment of the Trauma |

| |patient |

| |. Surgical Robotics using the DaVinci |

| |system |

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|Certifications | |

|and skills |. Licensed in South Carolina as Registered |

| |Nurse |

| |. Perioperative Nursing Certification: CNOR|

| |1999 |

| |. CNL(Clinical Nurse Leader-Professional |

| |Nursing Advancement Program at MUSC- 1999 |

| |. Organized, motivated problem solver |

| |. Served as Unit Chairperson for Magnet |

| |Recognition Project |

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