Brianna Dunlap
Boothwyn,PA
Summary
Operating Room (OR) Nurse with 4+ years of experience focused in Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, General Surgery, and Trauma Surgery. Recognized for prompt, diligent support of surgeons and other healthcare team members. Committed to continually gaining and applying new nursing care skills and knowledge.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Operating Room Registered Nurse- Agency
Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, Aya Healthcare
Philadelphia, PA
08.2023 - Current
- Circulator and Scrub Nurse Duties
- Prepared operating rooms by setting out and verifying equipment and assessing for compliance with aseptic technique.
- Managed instrumentation during surgical cases, ensuring proper functioning of equipment at all times.
- Developed individualized care plans based on assessment findings that addressed physical, psychological and spiritual needs of patients.
- Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
- Help assist anesthesia team with monitoring patients, intubations, regional nerve blocks, spinal anesthesia.
- Performed counts for all surgical instruments and sponges used in procedures upon completion of operation.
- Attend Trauma Alerts in Emergency Department.
Operating Room Registered Nurse- Agency
Union Memorial Hospital, American Medical Staffing
Baltimore, MD
12.2021 - 07.2023
- Circulator and Scrub Nurse Duties
- Bring patient from the preoperative areas to operating rooms in stretcher or patient bed.
- Prepared operating rooms by setting out and verifying equipment and assessing for compliance with aseptic technique.
- Managed instrumentation during surgical cases, ensuring proper functioning of equipment at all times.
- Developed individualized care plans based on assessment findings that addressed physical, psychological and spiritual needs of patients.
- Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
- Help assist anesthesia team with monitoring patients, intubations, regional nerve blocks, spinal anesthesia.
- Performed counts for all surgical instruments and sponges used in procedures upon completion of operation.
Operating Room Registered Nurse II
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
09.2019 - 12.2021
- Circulator and Scrub Nurse Duties
- Prepared operating rooms by setting out and verifying equipment and assessing for compliance with aseptic technique.
- Managed instrumentation during surgical cases, ensuring proper functioning of equipment at all times.
- Developed individualized care plans based on assessment findings that addressed physical, psychological and spiritual needs of patients.
- Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
- Help assist anesthesia team with monitoring patients, intubations, regional nerve blocks, spinal anesthesia.
- Performed counts for all surgical instruments and sponges used in procedures upon completion of operation.
- Completed 6 month Perioperative Program and Nurse Residency Program as a Graduate Nurse.
- IMRIS Safety RN: for intraoperative MRI cases
Education
Bachelors of Nursing - Accelerated Nursing
ECPI University
Orlando, FL07-2019
Bachelor of Science - Health Science
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, PA05-2018
Skills
- Patient Advocacy
- Infection Control
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Patient Positioning
- Surgical Counting
- Patient Preps- Chloraprep, Duraprep, Wet Prep Solutions
- Foley Catheter Insertion and Removal
- Wound Vac Application
- Isolation/COVID precautions
- Check and Prepare Case Carts
Certification
- BLS
- NIHSS
- TNCC
- IMRIS Nurse
Patient Documentation Systems
- EPIC
- Cerner
Surgery Highlights
- Craniotomy for Tumor Resection, Aneurysm Clipping, Cranioplasty, Rhizotomy for Trigeminal Nerve Decompression, Microvascular Decompression, Superior Canal Dehiscence, Spinal Cases (ACDF, ALIF, PCF, PTLF, etc.), VP/VA Shunt Placement /Removal /Revision, Stereotactic Laser Thermal Ablation with Intra-opt MRI, Nerve Transfers and Releases, Brachial Plexus, Subdural Hematoma Evacuation, Endoscopic Endonasal, Sports Medicine- ACL, PCL, ALL Reconstruction/Repairs, Meniscal Repairs, Meniscectomy, Hip Arthroscopy- IT Band Release, ORIF (Humerus, Radius, Femur, Tibia, Ankle, Pelvis, etc.), Foot and Ankle- Arthroplasty, ORIF, Arthroscopy, Elbow- Olecranon, Intramedullary Nail/Rod (Femur, Tibia, Humerus), Joint Arthroplastys/Revisions (Hip, Knee, Shoulder), Hand Revascularizations/Traumas, Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel, BKA/AKA, Traumas- (GSW, MVA, Stabbing), Thrombectomy, Angiogram/Angioplasty, Exploratory Laparotomy, Colectomy, Ostomy Placement, Diagnostic Laparoscopy, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic Appendectomy, Cystoscopy with stent placement, Tracheostomy, Free Flaps, D&C, Ectopic Pregnancy, I&D
Special Equipment
- Nexus Bone Scalpel, Sonopet, Ultrasound, Aquamantys, CUSA Clarity, Robotic Stereotactic Assistance (ROSA), Minimally Invasive Robotic Spine Surgery- Globus, Stryker Mako Elective Joint Robot, ROSA Elective Joint Robot, Stryker Video Towers, Arthroscopy Pumps, Mini C-Arm, Spyder Tenet Bed, Hana Table, Fracture Table, Da Vinci Xi
Timeline
Operating Room Registered Nurse- Agency
Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, Aya Healthcare
08.2023 - Current
Operating Room Registered Nurse- Agency
Union Memorial Hospital, American Medical Staffing
12.2021 - 07.2023
Operating Room Registered Nurse II
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
09.2019 - 12.2021
Bachelors of Nursing - Accelerated Nursing
ECPI University
Bachelor of Science - Health Science
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
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