Registered Nurse Manager

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September 12, 2013

STEVEN K WEATHERS

Education

Bachelor of science, nursing university of texas, health science center, houston, Houston, TX

assoicate degree, nursing houston community college, houston, tx

Experience

rn ii/neuro coordinator Memorial hermann healthcare system Mar 2011-Present

Scrub and/or Circulate Neurological surgical cases. Mentor newly assigned RN’s in preparation for independent work

experiences and responsibilities. Serve as resource person and liaison between nursing staff and surgical staff. Maintain

supplies, instruments, and all relevant equipment in constant state of repair and preparedness. Provide recommendations for

capital budgeting/purchases. Coordinate training for new procedures/technology as advances are made and brought into clinical

practice. Provide input for personnel appraisals on quarterly and yearly evaluations.

assistant nurse manager st luke’s episcopal hospital jan 2008-Feb 2011

Coordinated all nursing and administrative duties for the General Surgery/Urology Section of the Main Operating

Room. Direct report to the Director, Perioperative Services, Main Operating Room. Directly responsible for 35 full time

employees. In the absence of other management team members, assumed responsibilities for their areas as well. Restructured

and reorganized staffing patterns and job responsibilities to enhance and improve departmental metrics in quality and efficiency

resulting in increase in on time starts for surgery and decreased turn over times between procedures. Re-enforced

organizational goals and objectives to improve patient satisfaction scores.

STAFF NURSE ST LUKE’S ESPISCOPAL HOSPITAL JUN 2006-JAN 2008

Provide high quality and safe patient care, insuring positive patient outcomes for all surgical patients assigned to me daily.

Adhered to all institutional policies and procedures in an effort to lead by example. Responsible for training all newly assigned

personnel as they arrived to the General Surgery/Urology Section. Served as a resource person for the department. Participated

in training for the Nursing Residency Program by serving as an instructor for the OR Educators as they recruited and trained

both new nursing graduates and experienced nurses in becoming Perioperative Nurses.

SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST ST LUKE’S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL OCT 1996- Jun 2006

Primary responsibilities were based in General Surgery/Urology Section, scrubbing on all surgical procedures in that section,

but was floated to all sections when personnel shortages occurred. Active in training and mentoring all newly hired and

assigned Surgical Technologists.

SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER Oct 1992-Oct 1996

SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST BERWYN HOSPITAL AUG 1988- SEP 1992

SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST UNITED STATES ARMY APR 1977-MAR 1988

Certifications/Licensures

REGISTERED NURSE STATE OF TEXAS EXPIRES MAY 2014

CNOR NATIONAL REGISTRY EXPIRES DEC 2013

Professional Organizations

MEMBER AORN EXPIRES MAR 2015

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