Latoisha Sanders RN CNOR
Anna,TX
Summary
Conscientious Operating Room/ Float pool/ Charge Nurse offering 15 years of experience in the field. Known for excellent bedside manner and efficient communication with colleagues. Knowledgeable in standard medical diagnoses and OR equipment. Brings strong foundation of medical knowledge and patience care expertise, able to float to other departments to help recover, pre- op patients for surgery, or step in as charge nurse as needed. Committed to leading highly effective teams to delivering exceptional patient care
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
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Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital
Dallas , Texas
01.2020 - Current
- Promoted patient and family teaching to enhance patient understanding of needs and potentially accelerate recovery.
- Provided effective bedside care to patients before and after procedures to deliver comfort.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Coordinated nursing care with other service lines for combo cases with trauma surgeon, plastic surgeon and orthopedic trauma surgeons to ensure patient receives excellent care.
- Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team in ICU, dialysis, and multiple trauma floors to deliver appropriate level of care.
- Precepts new versant registered nurses, providing guidance on unit functions and individual roles, hospital policies and procedures and nursing best practices.
- Collaborated with physicians to ensure needs for cases quickly met with clear understanding of plan of care while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Collaborated with front desk, sterile core, and pre-op facilitating patients in holding are ready to be marked, and optimized for surgery to prevent delayed start times and deliver maximized level of care.
Float Pool, oR Circulator, Charge Nurse
USPI/ North Central Surgical Center
Dallas, TX
02.2013 - 01.2020
- Assessed team members' workloads and pitched in to help in areas where need was most evident
- Performed preoperative assessments on patients and evaluated overall health
- Kept count of all surgical instruments and sponges used during operations and procedures
- Participated in education activities, including evidence-based practice project implementation, including 30 bed post surgical unit on proper downing and doffing with isolation patients.
- Explained course of care and medications, including side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms
- Partnered with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems
- Managed care for post-operative patients from initial recovery through discharge
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders and communicating with department leads during daily morning meetings.
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Digestive Health And Treatment/ Old Town Endoscopy
Dallas, TX
09.2010 - 02.2019
- Educated patients on procedures and facility processes
- Prepared rooms according to specific endoscopic procedures
- Administered medication to patients according to facility protocols
- Pulled supplies for specific patient needs and treatments
- Interviewed patients to obtain consent and record drug allergies prior to pre-procedure drug administration
- Prepared day surgery and operating rooms for patients by ordering and stocking equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures
- Follow up calls for 35-50 patients daily to all expectations were met during procedure.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Paris Junior College
Paris, TX05.2010
LPN - Nursing
Kiamichi Technology Center - McAlester
Mcalester, OK05.2007
Skills
- EMR / EHR
- Microsoft office
- Disease processes
- Admissions/ discharges
- Patient safety
- Implemented plans of care
- Medication administration
- Intravenous therapy
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient care planning
- Clinical training
- Employee performance
- Medical record auditing
- Direct patient care
- Staff education and training check off Fuel-50
- Coaching and Mentoring
Timeline
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Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital
01.2020 - Current
Float Pool, oR Circulator, Charge Nurse
USPI/ North Central Surgical Center
02.2013 - 01.2020
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Digestive Health And Treatment/ Old Town Endoscopy
09.2010 - 02.2019
Associate of Science - Nursing
Paris Junior College
LPN - Nursing
Kiamichi Technology Center - McAlester