ANTHONY HUFFMAN
NORTH PLAINS,USA
Summary
Healthcare professional with extensive experience in surgical services nursing, delivering high-quality patient care and support during surgeries. Known for strong team collaboration and adaptability to changing clinical needs. Proficient in perioperative care and patient education, with focus on achieving optimal patient outcomes.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Circulating OR Nurse
Medely
Portland, OR
05.2023 - Current
- Coordinated surgical team activities to ensure efficient patient flow and optimal communication.
- Monitored patient vitals and assisted in anesthesia administration during surgical procedures.
- Implemented infection control protocols to maintain sterile environment in operating room.
- Collaborated with surgeons and anesthetists to anticipate needs during complex surgeries.
- Transitioned to PACU, depending on varying needs of different facilities to ensure that patient's needs were met.
Surgical Services Registered Nurse
Shriners Children Hospital
Portland, OR
01.2023 - Current
- Administered pre-operative assessments and patient education to ensure readiness for surgical procedures.
- Monitored patient vitals and provided immediate interventions during surgeries to maintain optimal care standards.
- Collaborated with surgical teams to coordinate schedules and improve workflow efficiency in operating rooms.
- Evaluated post-anesthesia recovery of patients, ensuring safe transitions to postoperative care units.
- Increased efficiency in the operating room by preparing instruments, supplies, and equipment for surgical procedures.
- Promoted patient satisfaction by providing compassionate care during pre-and post-operative visits.
RN/Clinic Manager
Beaverton Oral Surgeons
06.2021 - 11.2022
- Filling the role of a perioperative nurse, I gained experience starting IV’s, reviewing patient’s health history to determine how anesthesia could be safely delivered, administering anesthesia, ensuring that patients remained stable while under anesthesia as well as during their post anesthesia recovery period, delineating necessary discharge instructions, handling phone calls regarding pre and post op concerns, as well as collaborating with a wide variety of other health care professionals for well-rounded patient care.
- Delivering high-quality hands-on patient care was not my only focus. I also managed a team of over 25 clinic staff and had the responsibilities of determining their work schedules, settling interpersonal conflicts, performing performance reviews, making certain that surgical equipment received required maintenance, ordering necessary medications/surgical supplies, and finding answers for random issues that arise in a busy surgery center.
Peer Mentor
Linfield University
08.2020 - 12.2020
- I helped facilitate smooth transitions into the nursing program for incoming students, offered advice and helpful strategies to promote academic success, and provided an avenue for students to express concerns and manage conflict in a healthy environment.
Course Maintainer
Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club
05.2019 - 08.2019
- As a member of the course maintenance team, I was engaged in the upkeep of professional golfing conditions, focusing primarily on meticulously grooming grassy areas and ensuring that sand bunkers were free of debris and freshly raked in a uniform manner to facilitate predictable playing surfaces.
Care Coordinator
Dental Care Today
05.2018 - 09.2018
- I was responsible for welcoming and checking patients in as they arrived, ensuring that provider’s schedules were full, communicating with other offices to exchange needed patient information, obtaining necessary insurance information, processing payments, answering phones, and maintaining clean conditions in the office.
Medication Aide
The Stafford
01.2017 - 06.2017
- My responsibilities included measuring residents’ vital signs, delivering needed medications at the appropriate times, documenting findings/tasks performed, communicating with the assigned nurse, obtaining needed specimens for lab work, facilitating family visits, and assisting residents with activities of daily living.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Linfield University
Portland, OR12.2020
Skills
- Patient safety
- Sterile technique
- Perioperative nursing
- Surgical preparation
- OR Circulating
- Scrubbing
- Post-anesthesia care
- Postoperative nursing
- Preoperative nursing
- IV insertion
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of pediatric OR nurses in the development of welcoming OR environments for especially scared patients.
- Received 2025 Daisy Award.
Certification
- Texas Board of Nursing License #1229376 March 2026
- Oregon State Board of Nursing License #202100874RN January 2021
- PALS, American Heart Association April 2022
- ACLS, American Heart Association November 2020
- BLS, American Heart Association January 2017
Timeline
Circulating OR Nurse
Medely
05.2023 - Current
Surgical Services Registered Nurse
Shriners Children Hospital
01.2023 - Current
RN/Clinic Manager
Beaverton Oral Surgeons
06.2021 - 11.2022
Peer Mentor
Linfield University
08.2020 - 12.2020
Course Maintainer
Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club
05.2019 - 08.2019
Care Coordinator
Dental Care Today
05.2018 - 09.2018
Medication Aide
The Stafford
01.2017 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Linfield University
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Multicultural Student Nurse Club Member, I was able to connect with and learn from those who have different ethnic backgrounds than my own and help facilitate discussions regarding social stigmas in nursing.
- Peer Resource Network Advocate/Mentor, It was my privilege to give back to those entering nursing school and share with them some of my own experiences and tools that helped me to succeed.