Nurse Staff

CURRICULUM VITAE

G. Seth Cress, BA, BSN, RN-BC, MSNBA2017

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UPMC Montefiore Hospital 635 Dunster Street

Thomas E. Starzl Institute Pittsburgh, PA 15226

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EDUCATION

Master of Science in Nursing - 2017; Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA; Concentration in Education and Leadership

Master of Business Administration – 2017; Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA

Bachelor of Science in Nursing – 2014; Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA

Associate Degree of Nursing – 2000; Community College of Alleghany County, Pittsburgh, PA

Bachelor of Arts in Education – 1989; Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV; Concentration in Music Education K-12

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2015-present: Clinical Transplant Coordinator, Abdominal Transplant; Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute UPMC Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; wait list coordinator for kidney transplant service; patient education, assessment, case management, chart abstraction, reviewing inclusion/exclusion criteria for transplant related research studies.

2004-2015: Professional Staff Nurse, UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; The Day of Surgery Unit (DAS) at Shadyside Hospital provides service for patients who are having surgery at the main operating rooms (25). This service includes the pre-operative evaluation which provides anesthesia clearance and ensures surgical preparedness, instructions and patient education, pre-operative admission for same day surgery patients, and post-op recovery and discharge for the surgical patient; casual employee in the radiology department which included triage of patients for various procedures and tests, moderate sedation for lung and bone biopsies, rounded through all departments and responded to any emergency situation; casual employee in the emergency department.

2004-2006: Resource Nurse, UPMC Vital Staffing, Pittsburgh, PA; worked in various ancillary departments in UPMC facilities including radiology, cardiac catheterization lab holding area, interventional radiology, nuclear cardiology.

2002-2005: Staff Nurse, Western Pennsylvania Hospital (WPAHS), Pittsburgh, PA; operating room circulating nurse; specialized in ophthalmology procedures; trained in all specialties; inpatient nurse on telemetry step-down unit.

2000-2002: Psychiatric Nurse, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (UPMC-WPIC), Pittsburgh, PA; inpatient nurse on schizophrenia unit; outpatient nurse case manager on Community Treatment Team (CTT).

1995-2000: Medical Assistant, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (UPMC-WPIC), Pittsburgh, PA; front/back office for primary care and laboratory services; BLS instructor, administered, evaluated and maintained staff records of BLS status; administered, evaluated and maintained staff records of PPD status.

OTHER APPOINTMENTS

2013-2015: UPMC Shadyside Hospital – Informatics Council

CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE

Specialty Certification:

2014-2019 RN-BC; Ambulatory Care ANCC # 201400217

Licensure:

Pennsylvania R.N. RN 529555L

HONORS/AWARDS/MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY SOCIETIES

2014 Summa cum Laude Carlow University

RESEARCH

Waitlist management improvement capstone project; principle investigator; Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, UPMC Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; 2016.

The surgical preparedness workgroup; co-Investigator; UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; 2009-2014.

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL & SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES & OFFICES HELD

2013-2014 Sigma Tau Epsilon

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