Responsible and accountable for overall patient care and service management in the Pre-op, OR, and PACU settings. Works collaboratively with physicians to obtain supplies and equipment to accommodate patient services for specific procedures. Plans, directs, coordinates and evaluates nursing care and service in accordance with professional standards of practice, regulatory requirements and hospital policies and procedures. Responsible for departmental, organizational and programmatic plans and processes; directly responsible for the nursing staff on the units supervised, adapting leadership and managerial standards to the practice of patient care across the lifespan from newborns to geriatrics.

Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the care for surgical and PACU patients. Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary team to provide care to adult and pediatric surgical patients. Communicate effectively with other health care professionals. Provide detail-oriented, organized patient care while being open to and working in an ever-changing environment.

Delivered care in a 12 OR environment as a circulating and scrub nurse to the surgical patient in a 60% ambulatory, 40% inpatient population. Contributed to overall effectiveness and efficiency of the surgical department.

Practiced professional nursing in 20 OR inpatient operating room setting. Involved with a department team, problem solved, and assisted/trained new employees during orientation. Cared for adult surgery patients (receiving care from a variety of surgical specialties) in an inpatient OR setting. Worked as a member of the orthopedics team and assisted in other specialties as needed, especially on evening shifts.Epic User Group Committee Member. United Hospital. 12/08-6/10. Communicated the electronic charting needs of surgical nurses to the informatics and technology implementation group to facilitated updates and improvements in the electronic charting system. Nursing Research Council. United Hospital. Alternate Member, 2007.