Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
i authored a book titled "OR EYES" which exemplifies how to avoid a trip to the OR.
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Kathleen Schaffer

Professional Nursing, BSN, MS.
Voorhees,NJ

Summary

Professional Registered Nurse with BSN, MSN and FNP with 45 years of critical care/ Surgical/ OR/ PACU/ School nurse experience

Overview

70
70
years of professional experience

Work History

Weekend RN Coordinator

MVNA
Moorestown, NJ
05.2004 - Current

formulate nursing schedule for the weekends. communicate pt. care to patients and family members.

Substitute School Nurse

State Of NJ
Cherry Hill And Camden NJ, New Jersey
04.2000 - 08.2024

Triage/ Telephone RN

Children's Health Associates
Voorhees, NJ
06.1999 - 04.2004

Operating Room RN

TJUH
Phila., PA
02.1978 - 04.1999

Perform circulating nurse and surgical nurse functions in a major inner city hospital Operating Room.

SICU Staff RN

Medical College Of Pa
Philadelphia, PA
02.1976 - 02.1978

Post op care of surgical patients requiring intensive care. Experience with Ventilators, pt. with tracheostomies, burn pt.s, and complicated surgical wounds,. I also have extensive experience caring for post -op Heart and lung surgical pt.s. as well as transplant surgical pt.s.

Education

MSN - Family Nurse Practitioner

Rutgers University
Newark, NJ
05.1999

BSN - Nursing

TJUH College of Allied Health Sciences
Walnut St. , Philadelphia, PA
06.1988

Skills

  • Monitoring Vital Signs
  • Patient Condition Monitoring


  • ICD10 coding
  • Patient Examination

  • Preventive Healthcare

  • Accurate Documentation

  • Immunizations and Vaccinations
  • Clear Patient Communication
  • Attention to Detail
  • Patient Care Assessment


  • Care Coordination
  • Patient Condition Monitoring

  • Surgical Preparation Assistance
  • Infection Control Process Coordination

  • Computer Literacy
  • Diagnostic Test Evaluations
  • Delegation and Motivation
  • Vital Statistics Recording
  • Patient Safety
  • Medical Waste Disposal
  • Infection Control Procedures
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Routine Examinations
  • Surgical Assistance

i authored a book titled "OR EYES" which exemplifies how to avoid a trip to the OR.

it was published in 2002

Timeline

Weekend RN Coordinator

MVNA
05.2004 - Current

Substitute School Nurse

State Of NJ
04.2000 - 08.2024

Triage/ Telephone RN

Children's Health Associates
06.1999 - 04.2004

Operating Room RN

TJUH
02.1978 - 04.1999

SICU Staff RN

Medical College Of Pa
02.1976 - 02.1978

MSN - Family Nurse Practitioner

Rutgers University

BSN - Nursing

TJUH College of Allied Health Sciences

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