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Professional Summary

Professional and Seasoned Surgical Services Stal Nurse with 29 years working in Acute and Ambulatory Surgical

‘environment, Values patient focused Nursing cate with attention to safety and positive outcomes that have consistently

produced 95% patient satisfaction ratings.

Skills

+ Procedure Assistance

‘© Specially Treatment Preparation and Safe handling of

‘materials. (Oncological, ete.)

‘ Instrument Sterlization-both in operative setting and

in Cental sterilizing

Accurate Documentation-EPIC

‘© Equipment maintenance and trouble shooting

Patient Care Assessment, Planning, Delivery of Cate,

tnd Evaluation in all surgical cases,

Patient care monitoring and support during awake

sedation cases

Work Experience

Surgical Services Staff Nurse

Northwestern Medicine, Cé

ral DuPage Hospital

Surgical Procedure Preparation/setup in all,

specialties,

Blood Draw and Sample Collection

Medication Administration and preparation as ordered

per physician

Care Coordination and planning for app

of patient care

Assistanc

opriate phase

subation and specialty airway

establishment, and assistance in placement of

advanced hemodynamic monitoring systems.

Planning and Assistance with safe patient surgical

positioning with surgeon, application of postoperative

care devices, equipment and medical appliances.

(06/1992 to Current

Winfield, I

‘Assisted families by answering questions, supplying general information and providing frequent updates on

patient progress,

‘* Maintained sterile surgical environment and secured onfidential data to protect patients’ heath and privacy

providers

Documented procedure plans, surgery notes and progress updates to facilitate communication among healtheare

' Trained in surgical specialties of Orthopaedic Surgery, ENT Surgery, Breast and Reconstructive Surgery, General

Surgery, Gynecological Surgery, Opthalmic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Podiatric Surgery, Neurospine Surgery,

Gyne/Urologie Surgery, Vascular and Cardiae Surgery, and Pediatrie Surgery

volumes of 50- 100 surgeries per day,

# Dew

Education

Bachelor of Seience: Nur

Northern Ilinois University

Dekalb, IL

Certifications

© CNOR 2005 to Current

loped and executed daily goals and eare plans for up 10

Assistant Neurospine Surgival Charge Nurse 2004-2006, Surgical Services Nurse Educator 2004-2006,

Supported both In House and ambulatory Surgical Service Departments at CDH, NWM with surgical ease

2 sungical patients per day.

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