Lisa Weidenkopf
Goleta,CA
Summary
Dedicated and patient-focused Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator with over 13 years Operating Room experience working in an urgent level 2 Trauma Center, busy, high volume Ambulatory Surgery Center, and for the last 5 years as an Operating Room Travel Nurse.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek (Strike Relief)
10.2023 - 10.2023
- Responsible for delivery of quality patient care during a difficult time for patients, surgeons, and staff to ensure positive outcomes, maintained safe and comfortable environment, collaborated with all team members pre/post surgery.
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
Ventura County Medical Center (Travel RN)
09.2023 - Current
- Maintained safe and comfortable environment for all patients, advocated for patients and family when necessary, ensured collaboration between all team members for patient safety and positive patient outcomes.
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
Corona Regional Medical Center (Travel RN)
02.2023 - 05.2023
- While advocating for patients delivered high quality patient care to diverse clientele, evaluated, planned and collaborated care to ensure positive patient outcomes.
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
Kaiser Healthcare Moreno Valley (Travel RN)
05.2022 - 11.2022
- Advocated for patients by delivering high quality patient care to diverse clientele in a growing facility, while evaluating, planning, and collaborating to assure positive patient outcomes
- Maintained a safe comfortable environment for all patients
- Ensured all team members collaborated pre/post surgery
- Precepted new nurses in the perioperative program.
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
Santa Barbara Surgery Center (staff RN)
11.2020 - 02.2022
- Vigilant and delivered quality patient care by evaluating, planning, team collaboration, and critical thinking in a growing outpatient surgery center to ensure positive outcomes.
Perioperative Registered Nurse
Community Hospital San Bernardino (Travel RN)
01.2019 - 05.2019
- Traveled assignment: Community Hospital San Bernardino
- Perioperative Registered Nurse Operating Room Circulator
- Responsible for delivery of quality patient care in a small community hospital caring for the indigent to ensure positive outcomes
- Continuous collaboration with team to ensure a comfortable and safe environment while providing quality patient care
- Excellent knowledge of aseptic and sterile technique
- Patient advocate to ensure positive patient outcomes.
Perioperative OR Staff Registered Nurse Circulator
Proliance Surgeon Seattle Surgery Center (Staff RN
08.2014 - 11.2018
- Responsible for delivering quality patient care through assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individual patient needs by using sound judgment, interpersonal communication, and critical thinking skills to ensure positive outcomes in a high volume ambulatory surgery center
- Patient advocate ensuring safe environment and quality patient care
- Vigilant in maintaining aseptic technique
- Collaborates with team members to ensure a positive, caring environment for patient and family
- Assist in obtaining supplies, instruments, and all necessary equipment that they are available and functioning properly.
Perioperative OR Registered Nurse Circulator
St. Joseph Medical Center (Staff RN)
02.2011 - 01.2020
- Responsible for managing nursing care according to the individual patient needs, by assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and collaborating with members of the surgical team to ensure positive patient outcome
- Maintained a safe comfortable environment for the patient
- Contributed to the successful JCAHO accreditation within the department
- Repeatedly commended by management, staff, physicians, and anesthesiologists for outstanding quality of care as patient advocate.
Circulating Nurse, Operating Room, Evergreen HC
AMH San Diego
05.2020 - 08.2020
- Managed and advocated for quality patient care to ensure positive outcomes through assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating each individual patient need
- Vigilant in maintaining aseptic technique
- Collaborated with team members
- Assisted and obtained supplies, instruments, and all necessary equipment that they are available and functioning properly.
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
Swedish Orthopedic Institute (Travel RN)
11.2019 - 03.2020
- Managed and delivered high quality, excellent patient care in a high volume Total Joint Orthopedic facility, through assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individual patient needs
- Used sound judgment, interpersonal communication, collaboration with surgical team, and critical thinking skills to ensure positive outcomes for all patients.
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
First Hill Surgery Center (Travel RN)
07.2019 - 11.2019
- Managed with delivery of excellent patient care in a fast pace high volume surgery center while ensuring positive outcomes
- Vigilant in maintaining aseptic technique
- Collaborates with team members to ensure a positive, caring environment for patient and family
- Assisted in obtaining supplies, instruments, and all necessary equipment that they are available and functioning properly.
Perioperative OR Circulating Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente
05.2013 - 01.2016
- Responsible for managing nursing care according to individual patient needs by assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and collaborating with members of the surgical team to ensure positive patient outcomes in ASC
- Maintain a safe comfortable environment for the patient
- Ensures that all team members perform in a united effort
- Maintain high degree of accuracy to achieve optimal patient acuity monitoring.
Staff RN
Providence Mount St. Vincent
04.2010 - 03.2011
- Delivered and coordinated daily care for 20 residents
- Performed computer documentation of assessments, nursing actions, and resident response to medications
- Collaborated with physicians and unit support staff to determine resident care needs: planned, implemented, and evaluated
- Educated resident and family in disease process, self-care, and prevention strategies
- Commended by patients, family, staff, and supervisors for providing compassionate total care for all residents
- Exhibited motivation and dedication by providing exceptional care to all residents.
Field RN
PSA Healthcare
11.2009 - 01.2011
- Delivered high-quality and compassionate treatment to medically fragile infants
- Documented assessments, nursing actions, medication response, and communications
- Educated family on disease process, self-care, and prevention strategies
- GJT daily care, feeding, and medication administration
- Orientation of new nurses as needed
- Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments.
Education
No Degree - Prenursing Studies
Seattle, South Seattle Community College
Seattle, WAAlcon Lensx training
01.2016
AORN-Residency Program
Seattle, WA01.2011
Associate of Science - Nursing
Highline Community College, Associate Degree Nursing
Des Moines, WA06.2009
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Arts And General Studies
California State University San Bernardino, Bachelor of Arts: Liberal Arts
San Bernardino, CA06.1991
Skills
- As Previous Educator and a veteran OR nurse, I am adept at sharing my knowledge and skills to new grads and new employees
- Effective communicator both orally and written, by vigilantly assessing patient risks of any unforseen/uninteded events preop/intraop/postop
- Excellent care provider and patient advocate during this stressful time in their life
- Exceptional organizational skills and capacity to multitask: manage competing priorities with ease while delivering superior patient care
- Skillful clinical judgment: observe, assess and anticipate surgeon/anesthesiologist needs throughout the procedure
- Collaborates with all members of surgical team to determine patient care needs prior to entering OR suite
- Superior accuracy in patient history, charting (Epic and Cerner), and other documentation
- Proficient with laparoscopic and arthroscopic procedures (knees, shoulders, ankles), Vascular, Plastics, Ophthalmology/Lensx, Cornea Transplants Occuloplastics, ENT (FESS, Navigations), Neuro, General, Gynecological, Orthopedics (anterior/posterior hips, robotic Mako Knees, total shoulders) Spines (ACDF, Posterior fusions, sitting cervicals), and Traumas
Certification
- CNOR
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- Suicide Prevention
- HIV/AIDS Certification
Middle Initial
S.
Licenses Certificates
- Washington, RN60091748
- Hawaii, #93645
- California, #95171471
- Oregon, #201904204RN
Timeline
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek (Strike Relief)
10.2023 - 10.2023
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
Ventura County Medical Center (Travel RN)
09.2023 - Current
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
Corona Regional Medical Center (Travel RN)
02.2023 - 05.2023
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
Kaiser Healthcare Moreno Valley (Travel RN)
05.2022 - 11.2022
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
Santa Barbara Surgery Center (staff RN)
11.2020 - 02.2022
Circulating Nurse, Operating Room, Evergreen HC
AMH San Diego
05.2020 - 08.2020
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
Swedish Orthopedic Institute (Travel RN)
11.2019 - 03.2020
Perioperative Registered Nurse Circulator
First Hill Surgery Center (Travel RN)
07.2019 - 11.2019
Perioperative Registered Nurse
Community Hospital San Bernardino (Travel RN)
01.2019 - 05.2019
Perioperative OR Staff Registered Nurse Circulator
Proliance Surgeon Seattle Surgery Center (Staff RN
08.2014 - 11.2018
Perioperative OR Circulating Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente
05.2013 - 01.2016
Perioperative OR Registered Nurse Circulator
St. Joseph Medical Center (Staff RN)
02.2011 - 01.2020
Staff RN
Providence Mount St. Vincent
04.2010 - 03.2011
Field RN
PSA Healthcare
11.2009 - 01.2011
No Degree - Prenursing Studies
Seattle, South Seattle Community College
Alcon Lensx training
AORN-Residency Program
Associate of Science - Nursing
Highline Community College, Associate Degree Nursing
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Arts And General Studies
California State University San Bernardino, Bachelor of Arts: Liberal Arts
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