Georgina Parks
Las Vegas,NV
Summary
20+ yrs. in Operating Room setting. Caring Registered Nurse with excellent communication skills English and Spanish. Strong reputation for achieving high levels of patient satisfaction. Loyal, collaborative, energetic, motivational, excellent in teaching others and willing to learn new skills. Driven Registered Nurse with years of experience caring for patients within OR setting. Smoothly deliver comprehensive patient care and delegate tasks according to patient needs and personnel skillsets. Dedicated to providing top quality care within multidisciplinary team environment.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
RN, Surgery
Flamiongo Surgery Center
Las Vegas, NV
10.2022 - Current
- Collaborated with physicians in developing patient-specific treatment plans.
- Assisted doctors during medical procedures.
- Responded quickly to life-threatening situations by providing appropriate interventions.
- Ensured compliance with infection control policies and procedures.
- Maintained accurate documentation of patient records in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
- Worked closely with other healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care.
- Attended continuing education courses to stay up-to-date on current trends in nursing practice.
- Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate safe, clean patient environment.
- Acted as patient advocate and implemented total patient care through team nursing process.
- Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
- Created, implemented and evaluated patient care plans with medical team.
- Performed circulating duties such as setting up sterile fields per surgeon preference cards and passing instruments and supplies during operations.
- Ensured that all necessary supplies were available for each procedure performed in the operating room.
- Assisted in maintaining OR efficiency through effective time management skills while providing quality patient care.
- Ensured compliance with regulatory standards set forth by The Joint Commission for safe practice within the OR setting.
- Prepared operating rooms by setting out and verifying equipment and assessing for compliance with asepsis standards.
- Handled laboratory specimens and inspected containers for correct packaging and labeling.
- Transferred patients from operating room to recovery room on stretchers and in wheelchairs.
- Built relationships with pre- and post-surgical patients with compassion and positive attitude.
- Stocked clinical workstations and procedure rooms with necessary supplies.
RN/BARIATRIC COORDINATOR/NAVIGATOR
Mountainview Hospital
Las Vegas, NV
04.2021 - 09.2022
- Assessed, planed, directed, implemented, coordinated and evaluated the effectiveness of day to day operations of the Bariatric Program in accordance with facility policies, philosophy and standards
- Established and monitored standards of nursing care in bariatric patients by working with staff, managers, committees and tasks
- Evaluated quality of nursing care for bariatric patients by rounding
- Provided patient and staff education with teaching, materials, presentations and resources
- Coordinated Bariatric Seminars
- Demonstrated quality of nursing care by problem solving, with skills and with collaboration of staff and physicians.
RN/SURGERY
Mountainview Hospital
Las Vegas, NV
01.2011 - 04.2021
- Maintain quality care systems and standards on medical protocols and guidelines
- Disciplined, energetic employee who quickly establishes rapport with patients and colleagues
- Perform all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of process and treatments
- Implemented new assignments based on evaluation of staffing requirements
- Assisted surgeons with surgery
- Helped manage team of medical support (circulating and scrubbing)
- Monitored unit budget to ensure financial objectives are met
- Provided education to patients
- Act as a patient advocate and implemented total patient care through a team
- Help train new staff nurses to provide top-quality patient care
- Supervised ancillary staff (Charge Nurse Relief)
- Achieved departmental goals and objectives by instituting new processes and standards for patient care (SCIP)
- Evaluated patient care needs, prioritized treatment and maintained patient flow
- Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, treatments, medications, charges
- Cleaned and sterilized instruments and disposed of contaminated supplies
- Interviewed patients to obtain medical information
- Maintained patient charts and confidential files.
CERTIFIED SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST/SURGERY
Mountainview Hospital
Las Vegas, NV
02.2006 - 01.2011
- Disciplined, energetic, employee who quickly established rapport with patients and colleagues
- Performed all tasks with a patient care-centered focus while seeking opportunities
- Assisted surgeons with surgery
- Acted as patient advocate and implemented total patient care through a team
- Cleaned and sterilized instruments and disposed of contaminated supplies.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Carrington College
01.2011
Associate of Applied Science - Surgical Technologist
Bryman School of Phoenix
01.2001
Skills
- Bi-lingual (Spanish)
- Medical Terminology
- Infection control standards
- Talented in Surgery Assistance (Circulating & Scrubbing)
- Specimen collection proficiency
- Sterilization techniques
- OR experience in Orthopedics, Pediatrics, GYN, Robotics, Bariatrics, Neurology, ENT, Cardiovascular, Urology, General, Neurology, Plastics, Cardiovascular, Thoracic
- Committed to compliance reporting
- Computerized charting
- Trained in-and out-patient care
- Assessing, planning, directing, implementing, coordinating and evaluating the effectiveness of day to day operations of the Bariatric Program
- Coordinate the development, revision, and implementation of patient and staff education programs, materials, and resources in bariatrics
- Establish and monitor standards of nursing care in bariatric patients by working with staff, managers, committees and task forces
- Effective policy and program experience
- Culturally sensitive
- Quality Improvement
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Basic Life Support
- Compassion and Empathy
- Supply Restocking
- Culturally-sensitive care
- Collecting vitals
- Spanish Fluency
- Sterilization techniques mastery
- Licensed RN
- Taking vitals
Accomplishments
- BLS Certified exp 01/31/2023
- CNOR 2017
- Bariatric Coordinator/Navigator
- Supervised ancillary staff (Nurse Charge Relief OR)
- Collaborated with physicians to plan and implement patient care
- Properly dispose of daily biohazard waste in compliance with federal an local regulations
- Document patient information
- Help with turn over rooms to help effective turn over time(clean)
- Computer skills, MS office, Google drive, Spreadsheets, email, Presentation/Slideshows, Web
References
- Orville Flores, (702) 592-1732
- Letty Franklin, (702) 234-9075
- Courtnie DiNardo, (412) 726-7454
- Annelle McCoid, (702) 326-3062
- Joel Reyes, (702) 416-8006
- Bridget Paget, (469) 534-2401
- Brenda Castro, (702) 686-9330
Timeline
RN, Surgery
Flamiongo Surgery Center
10.2022 - Current
RN/BARIATRIC COORDINATOR/NAVIGATOR
Mountainview Hospital
04.2021 - 09.2022
RN/SURGERY
Mountainview Hospital
01.2011 - 04.2021
CERTIFIED SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST/SURGERY
Mountainview Hospital
02.2006 - 01.2011
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Carrington College
Associate of Applied Science - Surgical Technologist
Bryman School of Phoenix
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