Manager/Director /RN

Suzanne B. Woodmansee

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Education

Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA

Associate of Science in Nursing, May 2011

University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, Minor in Chemistry, May 2007

Dean’s list

License NCLEX-RN; July 2011-pending

Clinical Experience

Affiliations:

•Sturdy Memorial Hospital, North Attleboro, MA - Medical - Surgical

•Corrigan Mental Health Center, Fall River, MA - Mental Health

•Saint Luke’s Hospital, New Bedford, MA - Oncology; Medical-Surgical

•Arbor Fuller Hospital, Attleboro, MA - Mental Health

•Saint Anne’s Hospital, Fall River, MA - Pediatrics

•Woman and Infant’s Hospital, Providence, RI - Obstetrics/Gynecology

Responsibilities:

•Developed and implemented care plans for patients to support physiological, emotional and social needs during hospitalization

•Performed and documented routine physical assessments; monitored subtle changes and planned nursing care to improve patient’s status

•Monitored IV sites, rates, additives; changed tubing and solutions

•Calculated and administered medication dosages: PO, SC, IM and IV

Relevant Experience

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI.

Medical/Surgical Nurse, Intermittent Position, anticipated start date August 1, 2011

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ocean State Research Institute, Providence, RI.

Infectious Disease Research Laboratory Manager

•Coordinate the submissions of Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Research & Development (R&D) projects

•Test the efficacy of new antibiotics and combination medications on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Escherichia coli, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), Psuedomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella species; experiments include:

oAntimicrobial susceptibility testing

oSimulated infective endocarditis (IE) vegetation models

oClinical heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus testing

oBiofilm quantification in infective central venous catheters

oSimulated in vitro pharmacodynamic infection models

•Create and document Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) for handling potential pathogenic microbiological agents

•Supervise and train graduate and undergraduate students in the laboratory

•Organize pre award stages of grant management (Veterans Affairs Merit Award, National Institutes of Health) totaling over $2.5 million

South County Oral, Maxillofacial and Implant Surgical Center, Wakefild, RI.

Surgical Assistant

•Assisted surgeon during surgeries and anticipated their needs while practicing

aseptic technique

•Administration of intravenous sedation and analgesics

•Obtained and recorded patient's health history and vital signs and provided postoperative education and emotional support for the patient

Publications and Abstracts

1.LaPlante KL, Woodmansee S. Biological, physical and chemical compatibility of telavancin and vancomycin in the presence of heparin or citrate. (in preparation)

2.Caffrey AR, Woodmansee SB, Crandall N, Tibert C, Fielding C, Mikolich DJ, Vezeridis MP, LaPlante KL. Low Adherence to Outpatient Pre-Operative Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Decolonization Therapy. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE). 2011, in press

3.LaPlante KL, Woodmansee S. Activity of daptomycin and vancomycin alone and in combination with rifampin and gentamicin against biofilm forming MRSA in an experimental model of endocarditis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Sep; 53(9):3880 6

4.Li E, Greenberg PB, Tseng V, Woodmansee S, Caffrey AR, Wu W, Friedmann P, LaPlante KL. In vitro coagulation effects of ophthalmic doses of bevacizumab. The Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics (AOPT) 10th Scientific Meeting. Abstract # 200. February 2011

Abstracts Presented at National Meetings

1.Woodmansee S, Fielding C, Crandall N, Caffrey AR, LaPlante KL. Adherence to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pre operative decolonization therapy. Poster presented at the 50th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), September 2010; Boston, MA.

2.Laplante K, Woodmansee S, Sakoulas G. Evaluation of antagonistic activity between linezolid & aztreonam or ceftazidime against E. coli in an in vitro pharmacodynamic model. Poster presented at the 48th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Oct 25, 2008; Washington, DC.

Affiliations & Memberships

•American Society for Microbiology, Member, 2007- Present

•Providence Veterans Affairs Infection Control Committee, Member, 2007- Present

•Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center Clinical Journal Club, Member, 2007- Present

•University of Rhode Island Molecular Biology Association, Member, 2007- Present

Skills & Abilities

•Basic Life Support, American Heart Association

•Proficient in Microsoft Office, Adobe Professional, Electronic Medical Records

Community Service

Organized and facilitated a hypertension prevention and awareness clinic for local senior citizens

Awards & Accomplishments

•U.S. Department of Health Administration Scholarship, 2010-2011

•The Anne P. Hindle Scholarship, 2010-2011

•Follett Merit Scholarship, 2010-2011

•Ethel R. Ferrara Scholarship, 2010-2011

•Albert E. & Florence W. Newton Scholarship, 2009-2010, 2010-2011

•Bruce & Marjorie Sundlun Scholarship, 2009-2010

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