LORI GANTON
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Michigan State Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with over 18 years of experience as a Registered Nurse delivering high-quality care to patients in Surgery, Intensive Care, and Emergency care units. Proven leader effective at uniting and guiding nursing teams toward achieving patient care goals, improving satisfaction and supporting wide-spread healthcare system improvements.
Preoperative and postoperative care of surgical
patients
Suturing
Advanced IV therapy
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification Registered Nurse Surgery Center of Kalamazoo - Portage, MI 09/2015 - Current Prepared patient for same day surgery, including patient assessment and obtaining IV access. Post anesthesia care included airway management, IV infusion management, and hemodynamic monitoring. Registered Nurse Kalamazoo Anesthesiology PC - Portage, MI 06/2013 - 09/2015 Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to assist with outpatient chronic pain treatment, including, including narcotic medication management, lidocaine infusions, and trigger point injections. Registered Nurse, ICU Elkhart Memorial Hospital - Elkhart, IN 01/2011 - 06/2013 Provided direct care in critical care units.
Registered Nurse, ICU Havasu Regional Medical Center - Lake Havasu City, AZ 04/2009 - 06/2013 Registered Nurse- oR Circulator Ascension Borgess Hospital - Kalamazoo, MI 01/2008 - 04/2009 Registered Nurse, Emergency Department (travel) Memorial Hospital of South Bend - South Bend, IN 03/2007 - 12/2007
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department (travel) Northwest Medical Center - Tucson, AZ 11/2006 - 12/2007 Registered Nurse, Emergency Department (travel) Payson Regional Medical Center - Payson, AZ 05/2005 - 08/2005 Registered Nurse, Rural Healthcare Provider Medistaff International - Sydney, Australia 05/2003 - 02/2005 Registered Nurse, Emergency Department Ascension Borgess Hospital - Kalamazoo, MI 03/2002 - 04/2003 Summary
Skills
Experience
Spring Arbor University Spring Arbor, MI 02/2020 Master of Science: Family Nurse Practitioner
Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ 08/2010
Bachelor of Science: Nursing
Kellogg Community College Battle Creek, MI 01/2002 Associate of Science: Nursing
Education and Training