Odalis Arellano
Franklin Park
Summary
Dynamic Registered Nurse with a strong background in operating room care across multiple surgical specialties, including trauma, plastic surgery and pediatrics. Expert in maintaining clinical judgment under pressure, facilitating effective teamwork, and ensuring compliance with safety protocols, contributing to optimal patient outcomes.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Internal Travel Registered Nurse: Operating room
Advocate Health Care Good Samaritan
Downers Grove
01.2025 - Current
- Provide perioperative nursing care at a Level 1 trauma center for complex, multisystem surgical cases.
- Maintain calm, decisive clinical judgment under high pressure emergency and trauma situations.
- Facilitates collaborations with surgeons, anesthesia, and multidisciplinary teams to improve and achieve room turnovers in under 30 minutes per case.
- Train and precept 10+ incoming nurses and students to ensure safe, efficient onboarding.
Agency Operating Room Registered Nurse
Cross Country Nursing: UIH
Chicago
05.2023 - 01.2025
- Delivered professional and proficient nursing care for elective and emergent surgical patients.
- Competent in circulating for multiple specialties, including gender affirmative plastic surgery, microsurgery, orthopedic surgery, oral maxillofacial surgery and transplant surgery.
- Mentored 10+ new staff members, fostering a positive learning environment and improving onboarding efficiency.
- Served as a resource during 2 high-stress strike periods, ensuring smooth workflow transitions.
- Adapted seamlessly as a float nurse within UIH's specialty care building.
- Reduced room turnover rates by 20% through effective preoperative preparations and prompt communication with team members.
- Ensured safe specimen handling, consents, and IRB compliance for research related surgical cases.
Agency Operating Room Registered Nurse
Maxim Staffing: Shriners' Children Hospital
Chicago
10.2022 - 04.2023
- Provided care to a pediatric population specializing in plastic surgery, maxillofacial surgery, orthopedic osteogenesis imperfecta surgical cases.
- Prepared surgical suites and collaborated effectively with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and surgical technologists.
- Mentored 3 new graduates and 5 new staff members in OR protocols, sterile techniques, and nursing roles, contributing to team success.
- Delegated tasks effectively to 5+ staff members during a critical code period.
Operating Room Registered Nurse
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago
02.2019 - 09.2022
- Completed new graduate residency and preoperative 101 training, mastering OR protocols.
- Delivered care for critical fetal and pediatric patients at a Level I trauma center.
- Supported preoperative assessments and comforted families at the Chicago Institute for Fetal Health.
- Assisted in the successful completion of the first 100 innovative surgical cases at the Chicago Institute for Fetal Health.
- Coordinated care with 20+ physicians and other multidisciplinary caregivers to provide diverse medical aid to critically ill pediatric patients.
- Enhanced patient safety by monitoring and promptly addressing changes during surgery.
- Proficient in circulating and scrub roles, ensuring smooth surgical workflows across multiple service lines with a focus on plastic surgery, fetal surgery, and neurosurgery.
- Ensured IRB protocol adherence during research surgical cases, collaborating with surgeons and research staff.
- Recognized by peers and physicians for exceptional teamwork and professionalism.
Staff Nurse
Alden Lakeland Rehabilitation Center
10.2018 - 02.2019
- Provided comprehensive care to 35+ residents, including medication management, wound care, and vital sign monitoring.
- Collaborated with families to deliver individualized care plans for progressive and chronic conditions.
- Delivered compassionate, emotional, and social support to residents.
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses in a rehabilitation setting.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing, Minor in French
Dominican University
River Forest, Illinois05-2018
Skills
- aesthetic surgical procedures
- patient education
- Patient assessment
- Clinical documentation
- Infection control
- Time management
- Critical thinking
- Team leadership
- Conflict resolution
- IV insertion
- Wound dressing
- Medical equipment operation
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Care coordination
Certification
- Registered Nurse Licensure, Illinois, RN: 041468736, 05/31/26
- BLS & ACLS, American Heart Association
Timeline
Internal Travel Registered Nurse: Operating room
Advocate Health Care Good Samaritan
01.2025 - Current
Agency Operating Room Registered Nurse
Cross Country Nursing: UIH
05.2023 - 01.2025
Agency Operating Room Registered Nurse
Maxim Staffing: Shriners' Children Hospital
10.2022 - 04.2023
Operating Room Registered Nurse
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
02.2019 - 09.2022
Staff Nurse
Alden Lakeland Rehabilitation Center
10.2018 - 02.2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing, Minor in French
Dominican University