Beth Adame

• Perioperative Nurse providing care for trauma, EGS, transplant, bariatric, burn, general oncology, and previously vascular surgery patients.
• Extensive time is spent in the primary role as dedicated liver transplant scrub nurse on-call 60 hours weekly.
• Collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team (surgeons, anesthesiologists, perfusionists, members of the blood bank and lab, transplant coordinators and ICU staff), to safely deliver care to all surgical patients.
• Assist with venovenous bypass and ECMO during liver transplants, demonstrating adaptability in high-pressure settings.
• Experienced as a circulating and scrub nurse in caring for renal patients undergoing A-V fistula creation/ligation, peritoneal dialysis catheter placement, and kidney transplant.
• Orient new perioperative nursing and scrub staff on operating room protocols and best practices associated with liver and kidney transplant.
• Contributed to training tools developed for new staff, cost-savings initiatives and efficiency tactics to improve OR throughput.
• Ensured adherence to safety protocols to protect patient well-being.
• Continuously maintain proficiency in data entry, electronic medical record charting, and the latest operating room technology, such as Epic, Censitrac and Tecsys databases.

• Managed and directed nursing care and technical support of 72 FTEs caring for patients before, during and after invasive radiological procedures within Interventional Radiology, MRI, CT and Ultrasound guided procedural areas.
• Nurse management responsibilities also included oversight for IV Therapy, PICC Service, Procedural Nurse Coordinators and Radiology Resource Nurses.
• Led full lifecycle implementation of EPIC Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system, ensuring successful planning, design, testing, and go-live support.
• Successfully contributed to a smooth EPIC EMR go-live with minimal downtime.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams (clinical, IT, and administrative) to gather requirements and configure workflows, aligning system functionalities with organizational needs.
• Conducted training sessions for staff and managed teaching tools for patients and families, enhancing understanding of patient care procedures and elevating overall care quality.
• Prioritized initiatives to enhance patient and employee engagement throughout the department.
• Renovated clinic areas and facilitated the addition of a satellite IR suite to improve procedural volume throughput.
• Acted as a liaison between nursing, radiology, and other departments to facilitate multidisciplinary, patient-centered care.

• Developed and implemented a 7-Day OR Release Program in collaboration with surgical leaders, strategically opening the surgical schedule to accommodate backlogged case volume, improving patient access and reducing procedural delays.
• Improved OR throughput and minimized delays, enhancing patient access to surgical care while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.
• Optimized operating room utilization, case access, and surgical workflow to enhance patient care and streamline processes.
• Coordinated high-volume surgical services and managed staffing resources to ensure timely case progression and effective service delivery.
• Board Charge Nurse responsibilities included but were not limited to collaborating with the assigned anesthesiologist in charge (AIC) to manage day of surgical volumes including urgent/emergent cases (Level I, II, III, IV and administrative leveled transplants), add-on cases and scheduled cases.
• Delegated tasks appropriately among staff members according to their qualifications.
• Coordinated communication between physicians and other healthcare professionals regarding patient care.
• Built and maintained strong working relationships between nursing department and other disciplines.
• Participated in quality improvement initiatives to ensure best practice standards were met within the unit setting.

• Trained new nursing staff on perioperative protocols and best practices related to caring for the liver transplant patient intraoperatively.
• Executed scrub nurse and circulator duties to ensure efficient and safe patient care delivery throughout the intraoperative experience.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to coordinate safe delivery of patient care.
• Documented patient information accurately in electronic health records systems (StarPanel). Administered medications and monitored patient responses consistently.

• Proven ability to manage high-acuity surgical cases, optimize workflow, collaborate with surgeons, anesthesia, vendors and procurement, and maintain the highest standards of patient safety and organizational policy and protocol compliance.
• Expertise in Vascular OR case coordination, staff leadership and complex vascular procedures.
• Additionally, acted in Board Charge Nurse role to support utilization and throughput of 31 operating rooms.
• Facilitated quality improvement initiatives and standardization processes to enhance patient care and reduce costs.
• Streamlined communication among preoperative teams, ensuring efficient workflow and timely surgical readiness.
• Monitored compliance with approved products and organizational purchasing protocols to maintain safety standards.
• Mentored and oriented new OR and vascular surgery nurses.

• Performed circulator and scrub nurse roles for otolaryngology, head and neck, and plastic surgery service lines, ensuring adherence to safety and procedural standards.
• Coordinated board operations in a fast-paced surgical environment, facilitating timely procedures and optimal patient outcomes.

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