ALEXANDRIA JANISCH
CA
Summary
Dedicated and passionate Operating Room RN able to contribute to your Surgical Services Department through reliability, attention to detail, critical thinking, excellent communication skills, and compassion to support the mission of the hospital.
Overview
1
1
Certification
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Operating Room RN CN II
Rady Children’s Hospital
11.2024 - Current
- Experience in general surgery, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, plastic surgery, orthopedics, spine, and ENT services
Cardiovascular Operating Room Team | 03/2026 - present
- ECMO cannulation and decannulation experience
- Experience scrubbing and assisting with CVC and arterial lines
- Heart transplant and congenital heart defect cases
Assigned to the General Surgery team every Thursday
- Experience with laparoscopic cases, laparotomies, appendectomies, cholecystectomies, port placements and explants, hepatic resections, thoracotomies
Trauma Team
- Designated trauma team every Friday
- respond to ECMO’s and surgical needs throughout the hospital including ICU’s and Cath Lab
- Prepared to handle emergency situations
ENT Services
- Cochlear implant, tympanoplasty, direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy, foreign body, tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy, laryngotracheal reconstruction, thyroidectomy, FESS, and transsphenoidal surgery
Neuro
- Experience with craniotomies, vp shunts, and cases involving the following equipment: Brainlab navigation system, Zeiss Neurosurgical Microscope, ROSA robot, and neuro plating systems
Plastics
- Cranial vault, breast reduction, rhinoplasty, skin grafts, and trauma facial lacerations
Medical Unit CN II
Rady Children’s Hospital
10.2021 - 11.2024
- Experience working with pediatric patients and their families providing individualized, safe, and developmentally appropriate patient care to a diverse population with various diagnoses
- Diabetes educator on the unit
- Acquired skills in managing patients with tracheostomy needs
- Participated in the GI, Diabetes, and Preceptor councils
- Preceptor for new staff on the unit
- Experience preparing patients for surgery and caring for patients postoperatively
CPR Instructor
Safety Unlimited
05.2020 - 09.2021
- Basic Life Support, Heartsaver, and First Aid instructor through the American Heart Association
- Experience as an educator
- Demonstrated effective leadership skills
- Trained to respond to emergency situations
Nursing Tutor
Indiana Wesleyan University
08.2019 - 12.2019
- Recommended by my professors to tutor peers
- Tutored Pharmacology and Physical Assessment courses
- Delivered individualized tutoring in nursing concepts, reinforcing pharmacology, dosage calculations, and clinical reasoning
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, IN04-2021
Skills
- Sterile technique
- Trauma team
- ECMO experience
- Advanced IV skills
- Able to closed gown/glove and assist with CVC's
- Cardiac Team
- Vital sign management
- Surgical Team collaboration
- Medication administration
- Health record management and documentation
- Patient advocate
Affiliations
AORN Member
Certification
- PALS Certified (issued: 01/2026)
- BLS Certified (issued: 12/2025)
- NRP Certified (issued: 11/08/2023)
- Peripheral Start IV Class Completion
- ECG/EKG Interpretation Training Certificate (issued: 07/07/20)
- Child Advocacy Studies Certificate
Timeline
Operating Room RN CN II
Rady Children’s Hospital
11.2024 - Current
Medical Unit CN II
Rady Children’s Hospital
10.2021 - 11.2024
CPR Instructor
Safety Unlimited
05.2020 - 09.2021
Nursing Tutor
Indiana Wesleyan University
08.2019 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Indiana Wesleyan University
AWARDS
Daisy Awards Recipient, Cares Award Recipient, Safe Catch Award Recipient