LORA LEE GRUTKOWSKI
MSN RN FNP-BC ACNS-BC PHN CNOR CRNFA MICN RHIT
Furnishing Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist P.O. Box 1923
Certified Operating Room Nurse and Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant Sebastopol, California 95473
Federal Taxpayer Identification Number: 68-0313100 Direct 707-***-**** Fax
NPI #113******* 707-***-****
Medicare and Medi-Cal Provider E mail abpmhn@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION
Sutter Roseville Medical Center (MICN) March 2010
Mobile Intensive Care Nurse Course
Sonoma State University May 2008
Post Masters Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certificate Program.
Case Western Reserve University January 2000
The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN)
Advanced Practice Clinical Specialist Medical-Surgical Nursing.
California State University Dominguez Hills Statewide Nursing Program December 1995
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Public Health Nurse (PHN).
University of California at Los Angeles September 1993
UCLA Extension School of Nursing
Registered Nurse First Assistant Training Program.
D and D Associates in Nursing Inc. March 1989
Operating Room Course for Registered Nurses
Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center.
University of the State of New York June 1983
Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (AAS).
Santa Rosa Junior College January 1979
Associate of Science School of Vocational Nursing.
American Medical Record Association (RHIT) Registered Health Information Technician December 1978
Certificate Program.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Family Nurse Practitioner- providing Frontier, Emergency and Trauma, Urgent Care and Primary Care at the Western Sierra
Medical Clinic and the Mobile Clinic in Downieville and Camptonville California and the Miner s Family Health Center in Grass
Valley, California.
October 2008 to Present.
Nurse Practitioner Clinical Nurse Specialist and Registered Nurse First Assistant First Assistant to the Surgeon.
Active staff privileges at most Sonoma County Hospitals and Surgery Centers.
1994 to Present
Instructor and Program Coordinator for the Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) Training Program,
University of California at Los Angeles Extension offered through the School of Nursing
2001 to Present
Nursing Consulting Expert for legal nurse consulting, medical records review, expert witness reports, summations of
medical records, deposition and testifying expert, legislative and regulatory issues.
2000 to Present
Registered Nurse Work Experience
Healdsburg District Hospital: Operating Room
June 1985 to June 2009
Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa: Operating Room
June 2001 to October 2003
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital: Operating Room Nursing, Supervisor, Circulating and scrub nurse for General and Trauma
Surgery
November 1996 to June 2001
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital: Critical Care-Special Care Telemetry Unit and in the Angiocardiography Unit.
May1981 to January 1987
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Community Hospital of Sonoma County: Medical Surgical Unit and Telemetry. Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital: Medical Surgical
Unit and Telemetry. January 1977 to November 1981 (employed simultaneously at both hospitals).
Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) and Medical Records Clerk
Administration Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, and The Medical Records Department.
June 1973 to January 1982
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LORA LEE GRUTKOWSKI
MSN RN FNP-BC ACNS-BC PHN CNOR CRNFA RHIT January 1, 2010
Furnishing Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist P.O. Box 1923
Certified Operating Room Nurse and Certified Registered Nurse First Sebastopol, California 95473
AssistantNPI #113******* Direct 707-***-**** Fax 707-***-****
Medicare and Medi-Cal Provider E mail abpmhn@r.postjobfree.com
LICENSURE AND CREDENTIALS
California Furnishing Nurse Practitioner (NP) #18178 2008
California Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) #1381 2000
State of California, Public Health Nurse (PHN) #55461 1996
California Registered Nurse (RN) #365-***-****
Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) #17378 1979
CERTIFICATIONS
American Nurses Credentialing Center - Advanced Practice RN
Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner - #200-***-**** 2008-2013
American Nurses Credentialing Center Advanced Practice RN
Board Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist Adult Health #347-***-****-2015
Competency and Credentialing Institute (CRNFA) - #072***-****-****
Competency and Credentialing Institute (CNOR) - #072***-****-****
Certified Legal Nurse Consulting Certification (CLNC) Medical-Legal Consulting Institute October 2011
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) July 2012
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) November -2011
Mobile Intensive Care Nurse Certification (Sierra-Sacramento Valley EMS Agency) March 2012
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Academy of Nurse Practitioner s (AANP) 2010
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) 2002
National Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants 2000
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) 1990
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Educator and RN First Assistant Specialty Assemblies 1993
Registered Nurse First Assistant Specialty Assembly Committee (AORN) 2004-2006
Vice Chair of the National Legislative Committee and State Legislative Coordinator - National Legislative 1998-2004
Committee
COMMUNITY SERVICE: Keynote Speaker Presentations
The Role of the Registered Nurse First Assistant - Contra Costa County, California
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses October 28, 1995
Contracting and Reimbursement Issues - Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses
Registered Nurse First Assistant Forum, San Francisco, California June 24-27, 1998
Legislative Issues-Barriers to Practice - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
The National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, San Francisco, California February-March 2001
Advanced Practice Opportunities & The Registered Nurse First Assistant
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses, AORN Congress, Anaheim, California. April 22, 2002
PUBLICATIONS
Contributor to the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) 2005 publication The RN First Assistant Guide to Practice,
second edition Chapter 1, The Standards for RN First Assistant Education Programs.
AWARDS
Johnson and Johnson Award Registered Nurse First Assisting - Nursing Excellence, Williamsburg, Virginia 1996
The Nurse in Washington Internship Award Community Scholarship Winner
National Federation of Specialty Nursing Organizations (NFSNO), Washington, DC. 2000
The Perioperative Nursing Educational Award - Nursing Excellence
Operating Room Nursing Council of California (ORNCC). 2000
References are available upon request.