Ashlin Wachsler
Nashville,TN
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Board Runner, Charge Nurse in Main OR
Ascension Saint Thomas
Nashville, TN
12.2021 - Current
- Responsible for the real-time coordination and flow of surgical cases throughout the operating room
- Ensure that the schedule runs safely, efficiently, and with minimal delays.
- Monitored case progress and updated OR board to ensure accurate real-time information
- Adjusts case order based on delays, emergencies, or staffing changes
- Communicates changes to surgeons, anesthesia, and nursing teams
- Assigns staff to rooms based on skill set and case complexity
- Ensures equipment, instruments, and supplies are available
- Coordinates with sterile processing, anesthesia, transport, and PACU
- Troubleshoots delays (e.g., incomplete consents, missing labs, equipment issues)
- Maintained on-time starts and turnover efficiency through proactive case management
- Escalates and resolves issues that could impact safety or flow
- Served as a clinical resource for judgment and decision-making during surgical procedures
- Acted as the point person for surgeons, anesthesiologists, nursing staff, and hospital leadership.
RN Scheduler
Ascension Saint Thomas
Nashville, TN
01.2020 - Current
- Created and managed staffing schedule for OR nurses, ensuring adequate daily staff coverage
- Builds daily, weekly, and month schedules for RN's
- Manages Call Schedule for the weekends and weekday nights
- Ensures fair distribution of call shifts
- Adjusts call when staff trade or request time off
- Secured replacement staff for call outs and unexpected absences to maintain continuity of care
- Managed RN holiday sign up process for entire calendar year to facilitate planning and staff availability
Registered Nurse, Circulator in Main OR
Ascension Saint Thomas
Nashville, TN
07.2019 - Current
- Specialized in general, vascular, neuro, podiatry, and plastics surgical procedures.
- Coordinated patient care, maintained safety, managed environment during cases, and advocated for patients under anesthesia to ensure optimal outcomes.
- Verifies patient identity, procedure, and correct surgical site
- Obtains surgical consent, reviews patient's chart (labs, imaging, allergies, medical history)
- Ensured correct implants and equipment were ready for procedures to facilitate smooth surgical operations.
- Ensures sterility in OR during procedures
- Communicate between surgical team, anesthesia, family, and pathology
- Ensures surgical counts are correct at the beginning and end of case
Education
Bachelor - Science of Nursing
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL12-2018
Skills
- Surgical coordination
- Equipment management
- Case documentation
- Patient advocacy
- Surgical safety
- Staffing management
Certification
• RN, BSN -TN board of Nursing
• BLS, Basic Life Support
• BLS, Basic Life Support
Awards
- Daisy Award, 12/01/22
- Guardian Angel Award, 02/01/26
Timeline
Board Runner, Charge Nurse in Main OR
Ascension Saint Thomas
12.2021 - Current
RN Scheduler
Ascension Saint Thomas
01.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse, Circulator in Main OR
Ascension Saint Thomas
07.2019 - Current
Bachelor - Science of Nursing
The University of Alabama