Katie Hansen

Operating room/Infection Prevention Assistant (current)

• Provided direct support to surgical team during procedures.
• Prepped operating rooms to comply with environmental asepsis standards.
• Confirming patients/caregivers understanding of discharge instructions
• Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient.
• Sanitized, selected and organizing instruments, equipment and supplies according to surgeon preferences.
• Surveilled ongoing infections to verify adequate data collection, control procedures and current staff interventions.

Charge nurse/Pre-op/Post-anesthesia/GI scrub nurse/Pre-surgical testing nurse

• Ensuring flow of pre-op/pacu with assigning nurse duties as charge
• Assessing patient history for appropriateness of facilitating a procedure
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care.

Acute Care Innovation Unit (April 2018- December 2018)

• Responsible for 9 patients while collaborating with a Paramedic
• Efficient in time management, multi-team disciplinary and attention to detail

Acute Care Unit (December 2018- September 2019)

• Traditional Medical Surgical unit, assisting with a variety of patients
• An integral member of a healthcare team
• Daisy award recipient by nomination of patients.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.