JAMES PAGE
Sandy,Utah
Summary
Motivated and Hardworking Registered Nurse with 13 years of experience in healthcare. Clinically knowledgeable, team-oriented, and patient focused. Skilled in providing individualized quality care to diverse populations, with comprehensive working knowledge related to surgery, infectious diseases, aseptic technique, and emergency patient care.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Circulating – Inpatient Nurse II, Main OR
University of Utah hospital – Trauma I
Salt Lake City, UT
04.2024 - Current
- Circulate for all specialties on the floor but mostly work in ortho trauma, ortho spine, and with the joint replacement teams
- Other experience in general, transplant, vascular, burn, CV, arthroscopy, OBGYN, organ procurement, ENT, and plastics
- Experience helping in robotic assisted cases, including use of Rosa from Zimmer – Biomet for joint replacement surgery, the Da Vinci robot for minimally invasive general cases, and Brainlab
- Educate and precept nursing students attending the university, and work closely with residents and fellows in the OR
- Ensure adherence to safety protocols, and facilitate effective communication between team members while running cases
- Thrive in a fast-paced, sometimes chaotic environment, while ensuring staff and patient safety
- Help maintain sterile fields, and advocate for my patients while under anesthesia
- Position, apply tourniquets, and prep patients prior to surgical incision
- Some experience in scrubbing orthopedic trauma cases
- Proficient with Epic EHR
Registered Nurse – Care Coordinator I, Behavioral Health
LDS hospital
Salt Lake City, UT
01.2024 - 04.2024
- As part of an interdisciplinary team, help assess, implement, and perform nursing interventions to achieve patient behavioral health goals prior to discharge
- Assist with intake for patients seeking care through our access center, or emergency department
- Support our patients undergoing drug detox, via medications and psychiatric evaluations
- Ensure patient and staff safety while working on our psychiatric intensive care unit
- Coordination of care for our patients, staff scheduling, patient transfers, and new patient admissions
- Using clinical knowledge and experience to help support staff with interventions they are unfamiliar with
- A thorough knowledge of Cerner EHR, Intermountain policies, and unit workflow
Registered Nurse, Public Health
Salt Lake County Health Department
Salt Lake City, UT
03.2023 - 12.2023
- Administration of vaccines to diverse pediatric and adult populations
- Highly detail oriented; following vaccine scheduling and standing orders to administer vaccines on time and correctly
- Provide patient education regarding vaccine efficacy, safety, and administration
- Stay up to date with CDC, ACIP, and County Policies that continually change regarding vaccine scheduling and its supportive science
- Monitor for signs of allergic reactions and adverse events
- Assist with vaccine inventory counts and rotation of immunizations to decrease waste
- Help with community outreach regarding needs for immunizations with at-risk populations, or for post-exposure prophylaxis
- Basic knowledge of medical coding for client services
Registered Circulating Nurse, Main OR
San Juan Regional Medical Center - Trauma III
Farmington, NM
06.2022 - 10.2022
- Sole nurse on the surgical floor for graveyard shifts three nights a week. Along with a team I help coordinate care for patients that need surgical intervention during the evening, involving calling in members of the team depending on the specialty/case
- Help assist the surgical team in an array of trauma/emergent cases, including, general, neuro, ortho, maxillofacial, gynecological, and urological cases
- Ensure there is needed consent forms and documentation prior to surgery start
- Help gather needed supplies for the case, set up surgical beds, and help open sterile equipment
- Assist anesthesia with IV access, medication administration, and intubation to establish patent airway prior to surgical start
- Gather needed drugs from Pyxis; mix and reconstitute meds requested by the surgeon or anesthesia
- Assist with patient positioning, ensuring safety of pressure points and securing patient to the bed without risk for slippage
- Ensure that all pertinent labs are ordered; specimens are labeled correctly then subsequently sent to their correct department
- Collaborate with anesthesia, CRNA, surgeon, and other physicians and nurses throughout the hospital to ensure correct patient placement and care post-operatively
- Scrub and prep patients prior to incision
- CERNER EHR
Registered Circulating Nurse, Main OR
The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
Murray, UT
01.2022 - 06.2022
- Assist the surgical team with cases mostly related to sports trauma, or wear and tear. Hip/knee replacements, spinal fusions, ORIF of extremity fractures, tendon/ligament repair, podiatry cases, and pelvic procedures
- Communicate with medical reps to ensure proper tools and implants are brought to the hospital for specific cases throughout the day, and assist them in the documentation of tools that are used or implanted during the procedure
- Communicate with tissue coordinators and medical reps regarding needs for bone grafts, tendons, or other various tissues for different kinds of procedures, and properly chart needed information to appease regulatory bodies
- Delegation of tasks to 1-2 orderlies, and a surgical tech
- Responsible for OR setup to be finished prior to surgical start. Ensure that we have the case-specific surgical bed and the correct case cart for each of our patients throughout the day
- A working knowledge of sterile fields and understanding of aseptic technique
Registered Circulating Nurse, Main OR
Intermountain Medical Center – Trauma I
Murray, UT
09.2020 - 12.2021
- Help circulate in all specialties on the 24 OR floor, including general, plastics, urology, transplant, vascular, OBGYN, and cardiovascular surgery. My main specialties were Ortho and Neurosurgery.
- Review patient charts for full medical histories; using medical knowledge to review and interpret labs and orders pertinent to patient safety prior to surgical start
- Communicate with radiology, audiology, the dialysis team, and many others throughout the hospital for assistance during various procedures when requested by the surgeon
- Assist anesthesia, and be the communication between blood bank and OR during MTP
- Assist with multi-specialty cases
- Set up and operate Cell Savers during cases known for heavy blood loss
- Help educate and train new nurses on the floor
- Help coordinate care with other floors when transferring critical patients back and forth from surgery
- Ensure the use of precise charting
- CERNER EHR
Anesthesia Monitoring Tech, Main OR
Intermountain Medical Center – Trauma I
Murray, UT
09.2012 - 09.2020
- Arterial line placement (radial and brachial arteries), Trouble shooting and re-wiring arterial lines
- Assist anesthesia mostly, but other physicians as well throughout the hospital with, intubations, difficult airways, central line placement, Swan-Ganz catheter placement, I-stat draws and runs, a basic knowledge of TEG, assist nurse with blood bank check offs, and running Belmonts with anesthesia oversight during MTP
- Experience with CPR and AED during codes
- Scrubbed into and assisted surgeons throughout all specialties in the OR when needed
- A working understanding of triage when needed in different areas of the hospital for different emergencies
- Precise time management
Education
Associates of Science Degree - Nursing
Ameritech College of Healthcare
Draper, UT08.2020
Skills
Circulating
Orthopedics
Aseptic technique
Customer service
Certification
- Registered Nurse- Utah (License # 7941159-3102)
- Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association, expires September 2025
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Not current due to hospital not requiring, but can be obtained by request before start date
Timeline
Registered Circulating – Inpatient Nurse II, Main OR
University of Utah hospital – Trauma I
04.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse – Care Coordinator I, Behavioral Health
LDS hospital
01.2024 - 04.2024
Registered Nurse, Public Health
Salt Lake County Health Department
03.2023 - 12.2023
Registered Circulating Nurse, Main OR
San Juan Regional Medical Center - Trauma III
06.2022 - 10.2022
Registered Circulating Nurse, Main OR
The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital
01.2022 - 06.2022
Registered Circulating Nurse, Main OR
Intermountain Medical Center – Trauma I
09.2020 - 12.2021
Anesthesia Monitoring Tech, Main OR
Intermountain Medical Center – Trauma I
09.2012 - 09.2020
Associates of Science Degree - Nursing
Ameritech College of Healthcare