Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
With over 20 years of diverse nursing experience, including operating room circulation and leadership roles, I bring a wealth of expertise in surgical care, patient safety, and clinical leadership. Skilled in fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, driving process improvements, and ensuring the highest standards of patient care and satisfaction.
Circulator
• Assisted surgical team in preparing operating room, ensuring all supplies and equipment ready. • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility. • Adhered to infection control standards established by facility policies, protocols, procedures, and guidelines. • Assisted with patient positioning, prepping, and draping, during surgical procedures to ensure optimal safety and comfort throughout the process. • Scrubbed assist during orthopedic total joint procedures.
• Circulated in General surgery, eye trauma, and completing complex ENT neck dissections. • Managed surgical cases in a fast-paced OR setting, ensuring patient safety and comfort. • Utilized sound clinical judgment when assess changes in condition or responding to emergent situations. • Proficient in sterile techniques, instrument handling, and surgical equipment operation. • Assisted with procedure set-up, prepped patients, and maintained aseptic OR environment. • Ensured operating room was adequately stocked with supplies necessary for each individual case.
• Circulated in General surgery; Colorectal; Bariatric; Plastics: Cosmetic – implants, top surgeries, liposuction, cleft lip, and palate repairs; Urology from cystoscopies to nephrectomies; ENT- simple cases; Robotic, Laparoscopic, and open GYN; Minimal circulation in Vascular surgeries; Podiatry; Dental. • Scrubbed simple ENT cases, cystoscopies, and second scrubbed in General surgery and Bariatric surgeries. • Assisted anesthesia providers with inductions and maintenance of general anesthesia using appropriate pharmacological agents. • Supported physicians in managing difficult airway scenarios through intubation techniques. Clinical Nurse Leader for General Surgery, Plastics, and Urology • Provided, managed, and coordinated care; applied analytical reasoning, rational problem-solving skills, using evidence-based information and clinical judgment; act as clinical resource to other staff members. • Worked closely with Directors, Support Services, Materials Management, Supervisors, and other personnel to establish and maintain inventory levels, specialty supplies, and equipment needed for General, Urology, and Plastics. • Established strong relationships with vendors as well as internal stakeholders such as physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals. • Assist with unit needs assessment of equipment, environment, and new technology for the development of capital budgeting in conjunction with unit manager. • Assisted in the orientation of new personnel demonstrated in skills list assessment completion and in incidental and planned education of staff. • Maintained compliance with regulatory bodies regarding safety standards, infection control protocols, and documentation requirements.