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Registered Nurse Technician

Location:
Arnold, MD, 21012
Posted:
August 12, 2011

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Christina Natalie Chambers

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Arnold, MD 21012

(410) 757- 4513

Education

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Baltimore, Maryland

Dec 2004, Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Naval School of Health Sciences

Hospital Corpsman “C” School

Bethesda, Maryland

August 1996, Certificate of Completion, Operating Room Technician

Naval School of Health Sciences

Hospital Corpsman “A” School

San Diego, California

January 1996, Certificate of Completion, Navy Hospital Corpsman

United States Navy Basic Training

G reat Lakes, I l linois

September 1995, Certificate of Completion, Navy Basic Training

A nne Arundel Community College

Arnold, Maryland

M ay 1995, Associate Degree in Biology

Severna Park Senior H igh School

Severna Park, Maryland

June 1991, Maryland High School Diploma

Work Experience

Jan 2006- Present

Anne Arundel Medical Center

Annapolis, MD

Registered Nurse I I I, O rthopedic Team Leader

ACP Operating Room

Staff RN Operating Room Weekend Alternative Jan 2006-Jan 2007

Clinical RN I I Jan 2007-Jan 2010

Responsible for patient advocacy and nursing care during intraoperative phase of surgery.

Computer and wri t ten documentation of procedures and interventions including Epic Optime

and Meditech applications

Member of weekend surgical team. Proficient in scrub and circulating roles of all services.

Pre Anesthesia testing and screening t raining July 2008-Dec 2008

Weekend Charge Nurse and weekend relief charge. Jan 2006-April 2009

Edwards Surgical Pavilion

RN Orthopedic Team Leader Edwards Surgical Pavilion Clinical RN I I I Jan 2010 –present.

Edwards Surgical Pavilion Charge RN September 2009-Present

Training Resource for Epic Computer documentation implementation

Member AORN

CNOR certification

Jan 2005-Jan 2006

Wuesthoff Medical Center

Melbourne, FL

Registered Nurse, Operating Room

Responsible for patient advocacy and care during intraoperative phase of surgery.

Supervise patient care technicians and surgical technicians and delegate tasks.

Proficient in scrub and circulating roles of all services.

Collect data and assess for performance and quality improvement reports

Collect data for Total Joint Implant Need Assessment and present findings for review.

In charge of running operating room charge during afterhours call.

April 2001-Jan 2005

Anne Arundel Medical Center

Annapolis, MD

Surgical Technician

Assist in surgical operations as part of the surgical team under the supervision of surgeons,

Registered nurses and other surgical personnel.

Responsible for coordinating weekly educational in-service for entire OR staff. (May 2001-Sept

2001)

In terim Educator Summer/Fall 2001

Member of the Vascular Team, Joint Team, Neuro-Spine

In terim Lead Vascular Technician Summer/Fall 2001

Coordinated and implemented program to recognize outstanding Surgical Tech of the Year 2003

Participated in selection board for candidates of Surgical Tech of the Year 2003

Scrubbed and assisted circulating RN in a variety of weekend emergent cases.

Demonstrated f lexibility :cross t rained in Endoscopy, PreOp, secretary role, PCT role and PACU

as needed

Proficient in MediTech and PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems)

Dec 2000-April 2001

Medical Express

Temporary staffing agency,

Louisville, CO

Surgical Technician

Filled temporary staffing needs in different hospitals

Assisted Surgeons in a wide variety of surgical cases including t rauma

May 2000- Dec 2000

Surgical Associated Services

Temporary staffing agency,

Denver, CO

Surgical Technician

Filled temporary staffing needs in different hospitals

Assisted Surgeons in a wide variety of surgical cases including t rauma

July 1998-May 2000

Columbia/Health One

Denver, CO

Surgical Technician

Fine tuned skills in all aspects of Orthopedic, Neuro, Spine, Trauma, and General Surgery

p rocedures

Assist in surgical operations as part of the surgical team under the supervision of surgeons,

Registered nurses or other surgical personnel.

In terim Orthopedic Team Leader

Member of Total Joint /Spine Team

Member of Sports Medicine/ Orthopedic Team

May 1998-July 1998

Colorado Center for Liposuction and Cosmetic Surgery

Denver, CO

Surgical Technician

Surgical First Assist/ Head Surgical Tech/ Supply requisitions.

Assist in surgical operations as part of the surgical team under the supervision of surgeons,

registered nurses, or other surgical personnel.

Care and sterilization of instruments, ordered supplies, maintain inventory of i mplants and

special purchase i tems

Feb 1996-May 1998

U nited States Navy

National Naval Medical Center

Bethesda, MD

E xecutive Administrative Assistant to the Command Master Chief

Typing skills 60 WPM

Microsoft Office

Outlook, Microsoft Schedule+, CHCS, Excel, and the In ternet

Facilitator of Sailor of the Month, and Sailor of the Year program including Board selection and

p ublic relations.

Created policy for standard operating procedure (SOP) as framework and guidelines for Sailor of

t he Month/Quarter and Year at National Naval Medical Center

Surgical Technician

Assist in surgical operations as part of the surgical team under the supervision of surgeons,

registered nurses, or other surgical personnel.

Aided the Charge nurse in the coordination of cases including the ordering of surgeon/case specific

equipment, special purchase i tems, instrumentation and sterile supplies for Central Supply and

S terile Processing

Coordinate biomedical repairs and equipment maintenance as needed.

Maintain repair log of all equipment going to and coming from Biomedical Repair.

Educated all operating room, central processing and sterile processing staff on the proper

p rocedures of ordering and contents of specialized service supply packs.

Modified an existing Standard Operating Procedure guideline for the operating room technician

and incorporated these modifications into an updated version

Awards/Honors

Awarded with a Navy Achievement Medal for organizing and creating a Standard Operating

P rocedure for the Sailor or the Month program at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda,

M aryland.

Recognized by Commanding Officer of Nation Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland for

u pdating the emergency disaster list. Naval Letter of Commendation from Admiral Potter

Selected to stand a watch for the Commanding Officer Admiral Potter, National Naval Medical

Center Bethesda, Maryland.

Graduated first in class: Hospital Corpsman “A” School, Naval School of Health Sciences, San

D iego, CA.

Dean’s list at Anne Arundel Community College.



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