Registered Nurse Operating Room

Location:

Charlottesville, VA

Posted:

August 04, 2014

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AMEIGH MORRIS

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OBJECTIVE

To obtain a Registered Nurse position at a facility that will allow me to utilize my nursing

education, knowledge, patient care skills and compassionate nature and make use of them to

give the utmost level of care to patients.

EDUCATION

William Monroe High School

High School Diploma

Piedmont Virginia Community College

Associates Degree in Applied Science of Nursing

EXPERIENCE

Osteopathic Pain Management/

Charlottesville Surgical Center

Charlottesville, Virginia

present July 2013

As an RN at Charlottesville Surgical Center I work as a Pre Op RN (for injection procedures),

OR RN (for injection procedures and spine cases), PACU RN (for injection procedures) and a

scrub nurse (for spine cases).

As the preop RN I prepare the patient for surgery. Upon arrival at the surgery center the patient

comes to the Preop area. My duties include but are not limited to:

Obtaining a medical/family/social history on the patient

NPO status

Pain Level using the numeric pain scale.

Vital signs and blood glucose level

IV line start

Going over paperwork and making sure all orders are in and consents

are signed

Administer pre surgical medications if ordered.

Assess the patient's mindset and attempt to relieve any anxiety they may have

As a scrub nurse in the OR, for spine cases, my job duties include but are not limited to:

perform a long hand scrub at the start of my shift and before

surgeries.

I am responsible for maintaining a sterile field at all times.

I set up my back table and open sterile supplies onto it.

I work with the circulator to ensure we have all supplies and

instruments needed for the case

make sure my fluids/meds are all labeled correctly.

with the circulator I perform an instrument, sharps, and sponge

count before incision.

I assist the surgery by anticipating the surgeon's needs and making

sure no one breaks sterility.

I keep track of how much irrigation is used and the amount of

medications are used on the field.

If any specimens were taken I ensure that the circulator has

correctly labeled the container before I pass it off to them.

I also ensure any implants that were used have been correctly given

to the circulator

After the case I perform closing counts with circulator

once closed and drapes are off I clean up my back table.

As a circulating RN in the OR for our spinal injection procedures my job includes but is not

limited to:

opening the tray in a sterile fashion and all of the needles and syringes

the surgeon will need.

Interviewing the patient before each injection to verify the correct patient,

correct side and correct procedure

I then transport the patient from the preop area to the operating room.

Assist the surgeon as he draws up all the medication on a sterile

fashion for each procedure.

Prep the patient

perform a “timeout” by calling out the patients name, allergies and

procedure we are doing.

Document the entire case including times, medications,

patients position, prep solutions etc.

After the procedure I wipe the prep solution off of the patient, dress the

injection site. Assist them in rolling over onto the stretcher, and I

transport them to PACU.

As an RN in the PACU (after infection procedures) my job includes but is not limited to:

fully assessing the patient including level of consciousness and poison

level using the numeric pain scale and getting a full set of vital signs every

5 10 mins. Documenting all findings.

pain management, assisting patients to achieve a desired

comfort level.

administering medications as ordered by physician.

maintaining the head of patients bed at physician ordered degree.

discharge teaching to the patient and family members.

INJECTION PROCEDURES (all done under local anesthesia) that I've circulated

Radiofrequency Ablation

Medial Branch Blocks

Epidurals

Transforaminal Epidurals

Facet Joint Injections

Caudal Epidurals (with or without mapping)

Caudal Epidurals with Lysis of Adhesions

Sympathetic Blocks

Sacroiliac Joint Injections

Trigger Point Injections

SPINAL CASES (all done under General anesthesia) that I've scrubbed

Posterior Cervical Fusions

Disc Replacements

Discectomies

ACDF

XLIF

TLIF

ALIF

Foraminotomies

Hardware Removals

Spinal Cord Simulators (trials and permanent)

Microdiscectomies

Micro LFF (single and multi level)

PRODUCTS I'm familiar with using

bone grafts and implants

Nuvasive

Medtronic

Synthes

Depuy

Baxano (IO Flex ipse Probe)

Exparel 1.3% (long acting)

Aquamantis (epidural vein sealer)

Bovie and bipolar

Microscope

Med Express Urgent Care

Charlottesville, Virginia

July 2013 December 2012

As an RN at MedExpress I am in charge of triaging patients ranging from infants to elderly, that

come in with minor emergencies.

Obtain all vitals and a detailed medical/surgical/family history

My job duties include but are not limited to:

blood draws

obtaining culture specimens

IV line start

applying slings or casts or dressing wounds

urinalysis

drawing up and giving IM, Subdural and SQ shots

nebulizer treatments

EKG

assisting the doctors with minor surgical procedures

documenting using an electronic medical record

system on the computer.

University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, Virginia

November 2008 February 2012

As an RN in the operating room my job duties included either circulating a case or scrubbing a

case.

As the circulating RN:

check the posting slips in my room and making sure we all the

equipment and instruments needed for the surgery.

interview the patient in preop, make sure they know the surgery, surgeon,

and site of surgery. Obtain medical/ surgical history.

confirm all consents were correct and signed by both surgeon and

patient.

confirmed patient's surgery site was marked by surgeon on patient's

b o d y.

answered all questions patient and their family had regarding the

surgery.

assist the scrub with opening sterile supplies onto the back table and

count all instruments, sharps, and misc items with them. Give

medications needed to the scrub in a sterile fashion

assist anesthesia provider in intubation of patient.

insert Foley catheter and apply SCDs if requested by surgeon.

I do a complete skin assessment before and after surgery and

document my findings.

assist in positioning the patient

Before incision I do a "timeout" with the surgical team to ensure:

consent matches patient site making and patient's name band.

patient allergies

medications given preop

implants needed

blood (if needed) that is available

verbalize any concerns

document, save and print the entire surgery including but not limited to:

times, patient assessment, specimens, staff in room,

medications and implants.

services that I circulate: Neuro, General, Spine, Ortho, Ortho Trauma,

Pediatrics, Dental, Gyn/GU, Total Joints, Cardiac and Vascular.

As a scrub nurse:

perform a long hand scrub at the start of my shift and before

surgeries.

I am responsible for maintaining a sterile field at all times.

I set up my back table and open sterile supplies onto it.

I work with the circulator to ensure we have all supplies and

instruments needed for the case

make sure my fluids/meds are all labeled correctly.

with the circulate I perform an instrument, sharps, and sponge

count before incision.

I assist the surgery by anticipating the surgeon's needs and making

sure no one breaks sterility.

I keep track of how much irrigation is used and the amount of

medications are used on the field.

If any specimens were taken I ensure that the circulator has

correctly labeled the container before I pass it off to them.

I also ensure any implants that were used have been correctly given

to the circulator.

After the case I perform closing counts with circulator

once closed and drapes are off I clean up my back table.

services I scrub include: General, Ortho, Pediatrics, Gyn/GU, and

Vascular.

Orange Family Physicians

Orange, Virginia

April 2007 October 2008

I started working here straight out of nursing school. My job duties included but were not limited

to:

vital signs on patients

blood draws

IV line start

removing casts

urinalysis

drawing up and giving IM, Subdural and SQ shots

nebulizer treatments EKG

assisting the doctors with minor procedures such as stitching wounds, pap smears and breast

exams.

I was responsible for dressing and re dressing patient's wounds

re applying una boots

I precleaned and packaged instruments that were to be autoclaved and ran the autoglave.

I refilled patient's medications and set up appointments for them to see specialists.

CERTIFICATIONS

Basic Life Support

Expires: May 2015

Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Support

Expires: May 2016

SKILLS

Compassionate

Hard working

Great at multitasking

Friendly

Handles stressful situations well

Reliable

Able to delegate responsibilities

Positive Attitude

Excellent Observation Skills

Able to Think Critically

Able to make quick and effective Decisions

REFERENCES

Trena Berg, RN