Christine M Villalba
Miami,FL
Summary
Recently licensed Registered Nurse with 20 years of experience working in Labor & Delivery. Proven ability to provide care in a fast-paced environment. Calm and level headed with the ability to handle high stress situations. Eager to begin my nursing expertise and continue growing professionally within a dynamic, supportive healthcare environment.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Surgical Technologist
HCA Kendall Hospital/Maternity Suites
Miami, FL
03.2006 - Current
- Operate, assemble, adjust, and monitor sterile instruments, lights, suction machines, and diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation
- Prepare all instruments, sutures, and blades for surgery
- Execute daily operations of stocking all labor and delivery rooms of necessary supplies for a successful vaginal delivery
- Maintain supply of fluids such as saline, and clotting agents for use during operations
- Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses and anesthesiologists
- Position patients on the operating table and cover them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure
- Train new surgical technologists when needed
- Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing
- Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs
- Count sponges, needles, and instruments
- Prepare dressings and bandages and apply and assist with their application following surgery
- Assist in transporting patients to and from the operating room when needed
- Restock the operating room, placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instruction
- Prepare, care for and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis
- Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, held retractors and cut sutures, and performed other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation
- Assist in restructuring and organizing all supply rooms for inspections and inventory counts
- Receive all weekly deliveries of supplies and put away accordingly.
Phlebotomist
Kendall Regional Medical Center/IRL Laboratories
Miami, FL
06.2004 - 01.2006
- Drew blood from patients
- Assembled tourniquet, needles, disposable containers for needles, blood collection devices, gauze, cotton and alcohol on work tray
- Verified and recorded identity of patient and donor
- Conversed with patient and donor to allay fear of procedure
- Assisted in order entering and process of specimens
- Successfully followed all PPE and safety regulations.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
ITT Technical Inst-Breckinridge School of Nursing
Ft. Lauderdale, FL03-2016
Surgical Technology -
National School of Technology
Miami, FL01.2006
Phlebotomy -
Miami Dade College
Miami, FL01.2004
Associate in Arts - English Literature
Miami Dade College
Miami, FL01.2002
Skills
- Sterile Techniques
- OB/GYN procedures
- Surgical counts
- Organizational abilities
- Workplace Safety
- Patient & Family Communication
- HIPPA regulations
- Microsoft Word
References
Available upon request
Certification
- Registered Nurse (RN), FL
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Certfified Surgical Technologist
Timeline
Surgical Technologist
HCA Kendall Hospital/Maternity Suites
03.2006 - Current
Phlebotomist
Kendall Regional Medical Center/IRL Laboratories
06.2004 - 01.2006
Associate of Science - Nursing
ITT Technical Inst-Breckinridge School of Nursing
Surgical Technology -
National School of Technology
Phlebotomy -
Miami Dade College
Associate in Arts - English Literature
Miami Dade College
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