Matt Pantalone
Registered Nurse
New River,AZ
Summary
Arizona Board-Certified Registered Nurse with over four years of Operating Room experience delivering high-quality care to patients in Inpatient and Outpatient surgical care units. Proven leader effective at uniting and guiding nursing teams toward achieving patient care goals, improving satisfaction and continuously driving widespread healthcare system initiatives. Focused on continuously advancing expertise in Peri-Operative realm while driving innovation.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Operating Room Pediatric Circulating Nurse
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, AZ
02.2022 - 05.2022
- Monitored pediatric surgical patients and delivered quality level of care before, during and after operations to promote positive outcomes.
- Provided expert care while working every weekend for urgent, emergent, and trauma operative cases for pediatric population.
- Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care.
- Assessed team members' workloads and pitched in to help in areas where need was most evident.
- Used Allscripts EMR to process patient information and provide access to relevant data for licensed practitioners.
Operating Room Circulating Nurse
Abrazo Central Campus
Phoenix, AZ
12.2020 - 02.2022
- Circulating nurse for variety of general, ortho, GYN, robotic, urologic, neuro, podiatry, and endoscopic cases.
- Assumed OR Charge RN position during evening and weekend shifts providing OR staff with direction and leadership for immediate needs of surgical patients.
- Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best surgical practices.
- Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care among various departments within Abrazo Central Campus.
- Kept optimal supply levels in treatment rooms, triage and other areas to meet typical patient loads.
- Used Cerner EMR to process patient information and provide access to relevant data for licensed practitioners.
Operating Room Circulating Nurse
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
Glendale, AZ
03.2017 - 07.2021
- Reported patients' status and delegated nurse assignments to achieve optimal outcomes.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Coordinate with OR room staff to ensure that cases performed with strict sterile technique thus providing the best outcome for surgical patients.
- Ensure doctor-to-doctor communication is clear, exact, and informative to prepare for upcoming and/or emergent surgical cases.
- Provides thorough and compassionate communication with patients and their families before / during / after surgical procedure.
- Effectively monitors aspects of all personal attending surgical cases to ensure their presence is best utilized to the procedure at hand.
- Used Cerner EMR to process patient information and provide access to relevant data for licensed practitioners.
Operating Room Circulating Nurse, Float Pool
United Surgical Partners International
Phoenix, AZ
03.2018 - 09.2018
- Team member of USPI float pool covering eleven outpatient surgical centers in the West Valley and also East Valley.
- Circulate various cases that include orthopedics, podiatry, pediatrics, general, GYN, plastics, ENT.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Bryant And Stratton College
Akron, OH Jan 2014 - Dec 2015
Associate of Applied Science - Surgical Technology
University of Akron
Akron, OH Jan 1996 - Aug 1999
Skills
Operating room procedures
Operating room equipment
Delegate to persons assigned to current surgical case
Ensures continium of care among other healthcare workers to ensure highest positive surgical outcome
Seven years experience as Orthopedic Scrub Technician
Two years experience as Central Processing Technician
Certification
AORN Peri-Operative Graduate, September 2017
Timeline
Operating Room Pediatric Circulating Nurse
Phoenix Children's Hospital
02.2022 - 05.2022
Operating Room Circulating Nurse
Abrazo Central Campus
12.2020 - 02.2022
Operating Room Circulating Nurse, Float Pool
United Surgical Partners International
03.2018 - 09.2018
Operating Room Circulating Nurse
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
03.2017 - 07.2021
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Bryant And Stratton College
Jan 2014 - Dec 2015
Associate of Applied Science - Surgical Technology
University of Akron
Jan 1996 - Aug 1999