Sandy Wiese, RN, MSN, CNOR
* *********, **. ***** ****, MD 21771 Cell # 240-***-**** Work # 301-***-**** adbso7@r.postjobfree.com
Adult Geriatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Dedicated, patient-focused nursing professional well-known for exemplary acute, critical, and surgical care, outstanding work ethic, and exceptional rapport, seeking to provide nurse practitioner services to orthopedic surgical patients in supportive environment dedicated to improving patient outcomes.
Professional Employment
Certified Perioperative Registered Nurse, MMMC, Olney, Maryland July 2013 – Present
Circulating Nurse, Operating Room
Maintained the highest standards of intraoperative safety and sterility ensuring pressure relieving, optimal visualization positioning of patients undergoing orthopedic procedures utilizing specialized equipment such as HANA table, tramano arm positioner, Schlein shoulder positioner, and decubitus lateral weighted positioner to promote optimum surgeon access and preclude musculoskeletal and neurological adverse effects
Facilitated decreased mortality, morbidity, and length of hospital stay applying knowledge of ERAS concepts to orthopedic procedures including avoidance of prolonged pre-op starvation, alternatives to opioid medications, and early nutrition and early ambulation to improve surgical outcomes
Fostered patient and care partner education of surgical process, pre-operative and post-operative care, and discharge planning for conditions requiring orthopedic surgical intervention such as fractures, osteoarthritis, rotator cuff tears, and meniscal and ACL tears
Evaluated, monitored, and directed care for hospitalized acutely ill and surgical patients providing accurate assessments, establishing differential diagnoses, scrutinizing laboratory and diagnostic findings, creating treatment plans, and evaluating response to treatment
Registered Nurse, Newton Medical Center, Newton, New Jersey June 2008 – June 2013
Critical Care Staff Nurse, Telemetry Unit
United States Army Aviation July 1996 - June 2001
Specialist E-4
Camp Page, South Korea, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina
AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter electrical and armament specialist
Education / Licenses / Certification
Walden University, Baltimore, Maryland
Master’s in science of Nursing-Adult Geriatric and Acute Care Practitioner, 2020
Walden University Baltimore, Maryland
Bachelor’s in Science of Nursing, Suma Cum Laude 2012
Passaic County Community College, New Jersey
Associate in Applied Science in Nursing 2009
Delaware County Community College, Pennsylvania
Registered Nurse First Assistant, projected graduation December 2020
Registered Nurse, New Jersey 2010, Maryland 2013
CNOR, BLS, ACLS, Telemetry Certified