Christina Tia'i
Summary
Experienced Operating Room Nurse with a strong background in surgical care, staff education, and team leadership. Skilled in optimizing workflows, mentoring perioperative staff, and ensuring safe, high-quality patient outcomes. Seeking an OR Manager role to apply clinical expertise and leadership to strengthen department performance.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Surgical Services Clinical Educator
St. Joseph Medical Center
Stockton, CA
09.2023 - Current
- Collaborate with the department managers to support daily departmental operations, staffing coordination, workflow optimization, and regulatory compliance.
- Developed and facilitated orientation, training, and continuing education programs for perioperative staff.
- Created and implemented a comprehensive onboarding plan and facilitated Periop 101 to support new staff integration and competency.
- Helped implement education for the launch of a new vascular service line, ensuring staff readiness and competency.
- Collaborated with OR and procedural area leaders to standardize practices and implement perioperative standards across all units.
- Provided clinical support, mentorship, and guidance to enhance staff skills and confidence in the OR.
- Supported quality improvement initiatives to promote patient safety, workflow efficiency, and positive outcomes.
Circulating Nurse
Clovis Community Medical Center
08.2019 - 01.2026
- Trained new nurses and staff in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.
- Coordinated nursing care to be carried out according to facility guidelines and regulations.
- Monitored surgical patients and delivered quality level of care before, during and after operations to promote positive outcomes.
- Provided effective bedside care to patients before and after procedures reduce concerns and provide comfortable and successful experiences.
- Updated patient charts using EPIC with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Coordinated and consulted with healthcare teams to plan, implement, assess and evaluate patient care plans.
- Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care.
- Assessed team members' workloads and pitched in to help in areas where need was most evident.
- Performed preoperative assessments on patients and evaluated overall health.
- Used aseptic techniques to maintain sterile fields and actively monitored situations to prevent breaches in aseptic techniques.
- Observed surgeon's body language, movements and demeanor during operations to efficiently anticipate needs.
Travel Circulating Nurse
Host Healthcare
St Joseph Medical Center, Stockton
12.2022 - 06.2023
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.
- Coordinated nursing care to be carried out according to facility guidelines and regulations.
- Monitored surgical patients and delivered quality level of care before, during and after operations to promote positive outcomes.
- Provided effective bedside care to patients before and after procedures reduce concerns and provide comfortable and successful experiences.
- Updated patient charts using Cerner with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Coordinated and consulted with healthcare teams to plan, implement, assess and evaluate patient care plans.
- Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care.
- Assessed team members' workloads and pitched in to help in areas where need was most evident.
- Performed preoperative assessments on patients and evaluated overall health.
- Used aseptic techniques to maintain sterile fields and actively monitored situations to prevent breaches in aseptic techniques.
- Observed surgeon's body language, movements and demeanor during operations to efficiently anticipate needs.
Assist Clinical Education
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
12.2020 - 08.2022
- Precepted new nurses, providing guidance on unit functions and individual roles, hospital policies and procedures and nursing best practices.
- Created clinical assignments to assess new staff skills skills.
- Monitored progress of orienting staff and provided formal evaluation upon completion of clinical placements.
- Oversaw work of nursing externs and orienting staff to educate on proper procedures and how to prioritize care tasks.
- Contributed educational and clinical expertise to help boost staff learning.
- Coordinated with supervisors and charge nurse to develop and coordinate orienting staff assignments.
- Liaised with medical and nursing personnel to evaluate and improve teaching and nursing practices.
- Onboarded and oriented all new and traveler staff to department.
- Created resource material for staff regarding policy, equipment and updates.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Fresno State University
Licence
- Registered Nurse: 95177111
Certifications
- CNOR: current
- BLS: current
- ACLS: current
References
NaKeisha “Nikki” D. Washington, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNOR
Director, Surgical Services, SJMC, Stockton
- 832-405-6788
- nikki_wash32@yahoo.com
Lynda Penaflor BSN, RN, CNOR
Manager (Endo, PACU, Pre-Admit), SJMC, Stockton
- 209-598-2234
- Lpenaflor90@gmail.com
Morelia De Castro RN
Relief Charge, Pre-Admit & PACU, SJMC, Stockton
- 209-373-5851
- moreliaedecastro@gmail.com
Timeline
Surgical Services Clinical Educator
St. Joseph Medical Center
09.2023 - Current
Travel Circulating Nurse
Host Healthcare
12.2022 - 06.2023
Assist Clinical Education
Clovis Community Medical Center
12.2020 - 08.2022
Circulating Nurse
Clovis Community Medical Center
08.2019 - 01.2026
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Fresno State University