Nurse Manager

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Tularosa, NM

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October 13, 2012

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Ginny G. Johnston

RN, BA, CNOR

134 Bookout Rd NE, Tularosa, NM 88352 575-***-**** E-mail: ************@***.***

Objective

RN OR/PACU; Charge Nurse or Nurse Manager Perioperative Services

Experience

Clinical Resource Nurse9/20075/2011Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center, Alamogordo, NM

? Clinical Resource Nurse charge nurse PACU, OR Educator

? Patient Care RN in OR (scrub & circulate), Endoscopy, OCU and PACU

? Facilitated Legal Nursing Seminar, May 2009 at GCRMC

? Instructor for Med Surg Core and Telemetry Core Curriculum 2007 2008

? Instructor for Perioperative Nursing Course 2008 2010

? BLS and Heart Saver/First Aid Instructor American Heart Association

? Instructor for Introduction to PACU Nursing Course 2008

Instructor for Clinical Nursing Orientation for New Employees 2008-2009

? Breast Health Services research done in 2009 at request of Chief Nursing Officer for

a proposed new clinic: attended national conference in Baltimore, MD on establishing

Breast Centers of Excellence as representative from GCRMC. Project postponed indefinitely

by hospital.

Travel NurseBridge Staffing Agency, Mobile, Alabama

Espanola (NM) Hospital Main OR, Staff RN for OR/PACU and Acting OR Manager for six weeks

performing scheduling, staffing, scrub and circulating nursing

Eastern New Mexico Medical Center, Roswell (NM), Staff RN OR

St. Vincent Medical Center, Santa Fe (NM), Staff RN OR

Las Palmas Medical Center, El Paso (TX), Staff RN OR

University Hospital-UNM, Albuquerque (NM), Staff RN and preceptor for nurse interns and

senior nursing students in OR

Worked as traveling nurse in different areas of New Mexico and then west Texas allowed

for the opportunity to become familiar with perioperative practices in new home state

prior to employment at GCRMC

Scrub and circulating experience at all hospitals

RN II Staff Developer2003-2004Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Valencia, CA

Circulating and Charge RN, 1900-0730 Main Operating Room Level II

Trauma Center in Los Angeles County, CA. Responsible for staff education

last six months of employment for the OR and PACU

Instructor for C-Section classes for Labor and Delivery Staff 2004

Husband retired; moved to Tularosa, NM in October 2004

Adjunct Nursing Instructor1996-2004College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA

Adjunct Instructor for Nursing 206 Operating Room Nursing

Successfully converted college credit course from traditional classroom format to online

interactive home study utilizing Blackboard 6.0 software.

Staff RN, Operating Room

2001-2003Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster, CA

Day shift charge nurse, 0700-1900, eight room OR suite for six months

Staff RN scrub and circulating duties, Main O.R., 1500-2330.

Open heart surgery circulator

Clinical Nurse Educator, Perioperative Services

2000-2001Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

Staff Development and training for 200+ employees in Perioperative department

New employee orientation and evaluations

Facilitated and presented material at multiple seminars and educational events including

Laser Safety, Spine Surgery, JCAHO reviews, OR Fire Safety and PACU Annual Symposium.

Nurse Educator, Operating Room

1999-2000USC University Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

Established post graduate RN training program for Operating Room

Staff development and training responsibilities

Specialty Staff RN-III and Acting Nurse Educator, Perioperative Services

1989-1999Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Woodland Hills, CA

Day shift charge nurse, 1996-1999, for eight room OR suite

Staff RN scrub and circulating duties, Main OR

General Surgery specialty coordinator; coordinated supplies, surgeries, responsible for

preference cards and specialty equipment.

RN First Assistant program graduate; first RNFA to be granted staff privileges at

Woodland Hills, 1992-1999.

Staff development and preceptor responsibilities; presented and coordinated weekly in-

service meetings for OR, PACU, Anesthesia, and Outpatient Surgery Department

Neurosurgery specialty team member, scrub and resource person

Scrub and circulate total knee and hip replacements

Relief patient educator for pre-admission department

Staff RN

1987-1992First Assist Nurse Agency, Los Angeles, CA

Scrub, circulating, and charge nurse duties at over 45 client hospitals in Los Angeles

County as contract charge RN and per diem staff nurse in the operating room.

Clinical Nurse III Senior Staff RN1984-1987UCLA Medical Center, CA

Scrub, circulating, and preceptor duties in orthopedics, neurosurgery and ENT surgical

specialties in Main OR

Scrub and circulated Open Heart Surgery

Staff RN1980-1984Orthopedic Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

Scrub and circulating duties in Main OR at orthopedic specialty hospital

Education

University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

1971-1973

Bachelor of Arts degree, Liberal Arts

Attended University of Tennessee 1969-1971

Los Angeles County Medical Center School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA

1978-1980

RN Diploma

Certificate for Clinical Excellence, Scholarship award winner

American Sentinel University, Aurora, CO

2009 - 2010

? Masters in Nursing Leadership (MSN) student (will graduate in 2011 after 6 more credit

hours)

Computer Skills

Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point

Cerner Electronic Medical Record

Licenses/ Certificates

California RN license 313719, expires 2/28/2012

New Mexico RN License R54044, expires 2/28/2013CNOR (AORN) Certification #035426, expires 12/31/2013

BLS, expires 3/2012

ACLS, expires 3/2012

PALS, expires 3/2013

Memberships: Association of PeriOperative Nurses (AORN)

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nursing (ASPAN)

Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States

(MHAUS)

RN First Assistant Certificate, Kaiser Los Angeles, 1991

Awards

AORN Foundation Scholarship, 2000-2001

Perioperative Nurse of the Month, Kaiser Permanente, August 1996

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