Registered Nurse Medical

CASSIDY H. HARRIMAN Resume

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Registered Nurse

BLS, ACLS & PALS

Operating Room

Critical Care

Leadership

Policy & Protocol

Development

Process Improvement

Performance Improvement

Quality Control

Time Management

Budget Management

Strategic Planning

Educator

Staff Recruitment, Retention

& Morale

CASSIDY H. HARRIMAN

401 Guadalupe Street, Unit 1507, Austin TX 78701

P: 512-***-**** E: **********@*****.***

PROFILE SUMMARY

Patient-focused Director of Nursing with excellent supervising and organizing skills in large hospital settings and ambulatory surgery center. Many years of clinical experience, administration oversight and staff leadership resulting in high-performing medical units, exceptional quality and service standards, and top-quality care. Collaborate as part of a team to meet patient needs, apply solution-oriented approach to resolve conflict and work with partners to achieve optimal results. BLS, ACLS and PALS certifications. Texas RN license

(March 2021).

WORK EXPERIENCE

Director of Nursing (DON)

AUSTIN MIDTOWN SURGERY

March 2018 - Present Austin, Texas

Independently owned specialized surgery center combining superior service with the latest innovations in medicine, focused in spinal and neurological surgeries, as well as pain management.

Plan day-to-day operations for entire facility

Manage employees’ schedule, surgical schedule, productivity

Provide evidence-based education to staff to be implemented

Conduct quality improvement studies

Circulate in the Operating Room

Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure continuity of care

Anticipate and identify problems and make timely and practical decisions

Oversee department budget and cost-saving hospital buying program

Conduct quarterly audits of multiple departments

Leadership: lead and oversee surgical operations, to include productivity, staffing, and Operating Room flow; chair on multiple committees to include the Safety Committee, Quality Control Committee, Risk Management Committee, and Infection Control Committee; co-chair of the Pharmacy Committee.

Registered Nurse (R.N.)

ST. DAVID'S NORTH AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER

Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department

May 2016 - November 2018 Austin, Texas

Used evidence-based practice to implement skills and knowledge

Titrated drips and maintained IV medications

Code situations, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and medication delivery

Patient assessments

Team player, started IV's, computer charting, implemented doctors’ orders

Took cardiac surgery calls/cardiac surgery Operating Room

Leadership: Acted as the Educator of 6 departments, responsible for onboarding of staff, initial training and tailoring their education to their experience, and all ongoing education to meet JCAHO requirements; conducted seminars for public safety and health. Registered Nurse (R.N.) – Educator

ST. DAVID'S NORTH AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER

Peri-Operative Surgical Services, Endoscopy Department, Interim Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

July 2013 - July 2016 Austin, Texas

Specialized in and circulated Operating Rooms cases

Used scientific and behavioral practices to meet individual patient needs

Ensured effective and sufficient workflow in all areas of surgery CASSIDY H. HARRIMAN Resume

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

Assessed each and every patient to include consent, name/DOB, allergies, skin integrity, metal implants, AICD/Pacemaker, comorbidities, built nurse/patient rapport

Set up Operating Room appropriately for planned procedure, anticipated needs, had equipment available for contingency plan, kept patient safe

Maintained and protected sterile field

Vigilantly monitored patient throughout the surgical case

Was the patient advocate under anesthesia

Leadership: Acted as the Educator of 6 departments, responsible for onboarding of staff, initial training and tailoring their education to their experience, and all ongoing education to meet JCAHO requirements; conducted seminars for public safety and health. Registered Nurse (R.N.)

MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM

Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic/Vascular Operating Room August 2011 - July 2013 Rochester, Minnesota

Provided optimal patient care to infants, pediatrics, adolescents and adults

Procedures included congenital, valves, C.A.B.G's, use of homografts, woven grafts, peri-cardial patches, pacemaker and leads, catheters, wires, balloons, cannulas, sheaths, staplers/proper staple loads

Robotics with the Da Vinci SI

Deep hypothermia, hemi-arch repair/replace, AAA repair/replace

Put patient on bypass, anticipated and circulated needs of the team

Trans-Apical/Femoral valve implants

Endo-Vascular with hybrid O.R.

Attention to detail, gave drugs, called report, updated family members

Verified proper specimen name, laterality, source and consultant

Leadership: Worked exclusively with world-renown Dr. Joseph Dearani, Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Mayo Clinic and Professor of Surgery in the Mayo College of Medicine.

Registered Nurse (R.N.) – Float Pool

MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM

Medical/Surgical, Ambulatory Surgery, Operating Room, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, Emergency Room

December 2009 - August 2011 Rochester, Minnesota

Admitted and discharged patients

Administered medication and vaccinations

Computer charting

Verbal doctors' orders

Administered blood, IV therapy

Acute and rehabilitated patients

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON May 2018 Arlington, Texas Associates Degree in Nursing

RIVERLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE May 2009 Austin, Minnesota LICENSE

Registered Nurse (R.N.)

Expires: March 2021 State: Texas, United States of America CERTIFICATIONS

Basic Life Support (BLS) July 2018 - July 2020

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) July 2018 - July 2020

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) July 2018 - July 2020 CASSIDY H. HARRIMAN Resume

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