Michelle D. Hamilton, MSN, RN, CNOR
Jacksonville
Summary
Dynamic Nurse Educator with comprehensive healthcare experience, specializing in clinical education and training program development. Proven track record of enhancing clinical competencies, fostering teamwork, and promoting patient safety. Passionate about enhancing learner engagement and ensuring a safe, realistic training environment for future healthcare professionals.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nurse Educator
Baptist Medical Center/Wolfson Children Hospital
Jacksonville
07.2019 - Current
- Collaborate with faculty to stage realistic clinical environments, including moulage and props.
- Assist with the maintenance of the inventory of supplies and ensure readiness of simulation labs.
- Operate simulation software and A/V equipment to broadcast and conduct debrief sessions.
- Serves as a Master Clinical coach which is a liaison between residents, faulty, and clinical staff to resolve concerns and support engagement.
- Support with the coordination of the training sessions, facilitating hands-on learning opportunities and providing ongoing support to nursing staff during their transition into the perioperative environment.
- Assist in orienting new nurse residents and LPN nurses through simulation-based training to prepare them for unit-specific clinical responsibilities.
- Developed, administered, and lectured the Licensed Practical Nurse Scrub/Registered Nurse program to increase surgical scrub retention rate across the five surrounding system hospitals.
- Delivers industry-leading educational experiences by integrating theoretical knowledge, evidence-based principles and expertise in clinical nursing.
- Continuously works to improve course curricula, content and materials to maintain currency with changing demands and simulating blended learning experiences.
- Supported Employee Health vaccination efforts by preparing and administering the COVID19 vaccine and monitoring patient for potential adverse reaction.
- Triaged patients working at Prime Osborne COVID Testing site collecting specimens (e.g. – Nasopharyngeal swab) from asymptomatic and symptomatic people to confirm or rule-out the COVID 19 virus.
Clinical Education Specialist
UF Health Jacksonville
Jacksonville
07.2013 - 07.2019
- Experienced perioperative operating room nurse skilled in interacting with physicians, instituting clinical instruction, and regarded as resourceful in recognizing and resolving problems exhibiting meticulous concern for detail and possessing resilient follow-through of administrative skills.
- Optime Credential Epic trainer redesigned Intraoperative curriculum to facilitate better flow of patient documentation minimizing the intricacy navigating through the patient's medical record.
- Developed, administered, and lectured the Perioperative 101 program over a two-year span that yielded a 100% successful achievement and increased employee retention rates.
Perioperative/Primary Care Registered Nurse
Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic
Jacksonville
07.2015 - 09.2016
- Utilized experiential learning techniques to effectively communicate complex medical concepts to patients.
- Influential in screening veterans requiring Colonoscopy or Esophagogastroduodenoscopy who were ASA 3 or 4 candidates that required further evaluations performed at a medical facility.
Surgical Technologist/Perioperative Nurse
Baptist Medical Center
Montgomery
07.2006 - 06.2013
- Competently skilled in scrubbing and assisting in specialized surgical procedures including trauma, orthopedics, vascular, ophthalmology, general surgery, neurosurgery and gynecological services.
- Participated in hospital-wide initiatives and committees to improve patient care, patient satisfaction and patient safety in accordance with JCAHO and OSHA regulatory guidelines.
Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer First Class
United States Navy
08.1988 - 09.2008
- Served over 20 years as a Hospital Corpsman in the United States Navy at seven military treatment facilities with a comprehensive knowledge in the surgical environment.
- Assisted in the delivery of healthcare to over 5,000 plus patients at a Level 2 trauma hospital, which rated in the top 10% of the nation.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate, lead, and motivate new perioperative nurses, surgical technologists, and students in delivering top-quality patient centered care.
- Assisted in administering immunizations, performed medical administrative duties, physical endurance test, hearing and basic eye examinations along with maintaining military health treatment records and reports for applicants wanting to join the armed forces.
- Conducted over 19,500 physical examinations on new entry-level armed forces applicants.
Surgical Technologist Instructor/Master Training Specialist
Naval School of Health Sciences
Portsmouth
10.2001 - 06.2006
- While serving as Command Career Counselor, managed and supervised career development to over 100 staff members and 600 students, which contributed to an overall 70% military retention rate, 60 re-enlistments resulting in an unprecedented $1.4 million dollars in Selective Re-enlistment bonuses for service members.
- Worked as a Surgical Technologist Instructor, developed learning objectives, prepared test items evaluations, created academic action plans, coordinated, administered clinical and didactic course instruction to over 880 students within a 4-year span to over ten different surgical specialties resulting in an overall 90% success pass rate.
Surgical Technologist Supervisor
United States Naval Hospital Roosevelt Roads
Roosevelt Roads
10.1999 - 10.2001
- Supervised 15 enlisted staff members in a multidisciplinary suite organized advancement training, crossing training in various departments during command staffing shortages to both operating room and anesthesia personnel.
- Counseled junior personnel on career development and retention, which resulted in Naval Hospital Roosevelt Roads winning its third consecutive Golden Anchor Award.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Education
Chamberlain University
Downers Grove, IL04.2016
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain University
Downers Grove, IL08.2014
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Troy University
Troy, AL05.2013
Associate of Science - Nursing
Troy University
Montgomery, AL12.2010
Associate of Arts - General Studies
Texas A&M University - Central Texas
Killeen, TX05.1999
Skills
- Simulation training
- Curriculum development
- Clinical instruction
- Patient assessment
- EPIC charting
- Healthcare regulations
Affiliations
- Association of Operating Room Nurses
- Association Nursing Professional Development
- Chi Eta Phi Nursing Sorority
- Veterans Assistance Support Team
Certification
- Registered Nurse, RN9359674, 07/26
- CNOR, 1685184, 12/29
- BLS, 08/26
- ACLS, 08/26
- PALS, 08/25
Timeline
Nurse Educator
Baptist Medical Center/Wolfson Children Hospital
07.2019 - Current
Perioperative/Primary Care Registered Nurse
Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic
07.2015 - 09.2016
Clinical Education Specialist
UF Health Jacksonville
07.2013 - 07.2019
Surgical Technologist/Perioperative Nurse
Baptist Medical Center
07.2006 - 06.2013
Surgical Technologist Instructor/Master Training Specialist
Naval School of Health Sciences
10.2001 - 06.2006
Surgical Technologist Supervisor
United States Naval Hospital Roosevelt Roads
10.1999 - 10.2001
Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer First Class
United States Navy
08.1988 - 09.2008
Master of Science - Nursing Education
Chamberlain University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain University
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Troy University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Troy University
Associate of Arts - General Studies
Texas A&M University - Central Texas
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