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Work History
Education
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Certification
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Rebecca B. Roe

Gainesville

Summary

Professional educator with expertise in clinical instruction and practical applications in healthcare settings. Proven track record of enhancing student comprehension and performance through tailored teaching strategies. Recognized for strong teamwork, adaptability, and commitment to educational excellence.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Adjunct Faculty Clinical Instructor

Lanier Technical College
01.2024 - Current
  • Designed innovative teaching strategies tailored for diverse adult learning styles.
  • Collaborated with faculty to create comprehensive, evidence-based curriculum.
  • Integrated medication mathematics into each class to enhance understanding.
  • Initiated course blueprints to improve student study practices and knowledge retention.
  • Developed rapport with students, providing mentorship and academic support.
  • Participated in professional development opportunities to remain current in healthcare education.

Clinical Development Specialist

Northside Hospital Forsyth
01.2023 - 05.2024
  • Assist with operations at the Education Center
  • Project Management as requested
  • Community Involvement with Forsyth County Schools
  • Promote career paths for Health and Leadership
  • Serve as Northside Hospital Adjunct Faculty to facilitate clinical rotations as needed
  • Provide hospital-wide training
  • Provide planning and oversight of perioperative and OR education
  • Ensure ongoing competency and staff development programs are updated, relevant, and collaborative
  • Provide coaching and leadership development
  • Provide oversight of Forsyth Campus Periop Nurse Internships, SPD internships
  • Provide oversight of Forsyth Campus Surgical Tech Student clinical experiences

Clinical Education Program Coordinator for Surgical Services

Northside Hospital Forsyth
01.2018 - 01.2023
  • Liaison with local Nursing Schools providing summer elective course clinical rotations, and Senior Nurse Practicum experiences
  • Provide Nurse Extern gap employment options between nursing school graduation and start of Nurse Residency program
  • Develop innovation in education and professional development programs
  • Provide project management leadership for clinical, operational, and interdisciplinary interventions
  • Attend QI, Infection Prevention, and organizational leadership meetings
  • Present directly to Executive Surgery Director regarding patient care, safety, and decision making
  • Developed Collaborative Precepting Live Training Course for all Surgical Services Employees 2017-2020
  • Serve on Preceptor Advisory Group-Organization Wide
  • Mentor BSN, and MSN students
  • Initiated AORN Periop 101 to the organization
  • Taught OR residency program
  • Professional Development training for staff

Clinical Development Specialist

Northside Hospital-Forsyth
01.2015 - 01.2018
  • Provided education and training for OR nursing professionals in three departments.

Clinical Development Specialist

Northside Hospital
01.2005 - 01.2010
  • Initiated AORN Periop 101 to the organization
  • Taught OR residency program
  • Professional Development training for staff

Education

Doctor of Nursing Practice Candidate -

University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, GA
05.2025

MSN-Ed. - undefined

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT
01.2019

BSN (Honors) - undefined

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
01.2014

RN-Diploma - undefined

Georgia Baptist School of Nursing
Atlanta, GA
01.1978

Skills

  • Patient care
  • Clinical expertise
  • Clinical reasoning
  • Multicultural competence

Certification

  • 2009 Certificate of Mastery-Surgical Services Management CCI (Competency & Credentialing Institute)
  • Critical Care Course
  • OR Nursing Course
  • Laser Safety Training
  • IHI-Open School Program-Certificate
  • CNOR Certification
  • NPD-BC Certification
  • CITI Training
  • FEMA Certification-Disaster Relief
  • NIH Stroke Certification 1A
  • BLS and ACLS

Affiliations

  • 2009-2012 Member Suburban Chapter 1108 AORN (Disbanded)
  • Offices Held:
  • Nominating Committee
  • Board Member
  • VP
  • 2012-Present Member e-Chapter AORN 9991
  • 2014- Nominating Committee Board Member e-Chapter
  • 2016-Current Delegate to AORN Expo
  • 2020-President-Elect
  • 2021-President
  • 2022-Past President-Liaison to Nominating Committee
  • 2018-Present Member Peach State AORN Chapter 1116
  • Georgia Council of Perioperative Nurses
  • Board Of Directors
  • Chair-Elect 2022
  • Chair 2023
  • Member American Nurses Association (ANA)
  • Member Sigma Theta Tau International-Nu Epsilon Chapter
  • Member Golden Key International

Publications

  • 2017 Boston, MA “Can we Just have One Hand-Off?” AORN Expo (Poster)
  • 2019 Orlando, FL “Using Organizational Change in Implementation of Blue Light Cystoscopy Procedure for Early Detection and Management of Bladder Cancer” SUNA -Grant Recipient (Poster)
  • 2025 Boston MA “NEWS2 Use in Postoperative Prostate Resection Patients in an Extended Recovery Unit” AORN Expo (Poster)
  • 2020 “Pragmatic Precepting” Enduring CE Library, www.echapter.org
  • 2022 “Creating our Preferred Future: Career-Project-Officer Transition/Handoff” Enduring CE Library, www.echapter.org
  • 2023 Coordinated eChapter Journal Club “What do we know about the effects of cannabis/cannabinoids on the perioperative patient?” Enduring CE Library, www.echapter.org
  • 2024 AORN EXPO Leadership Summit: Deconstructing Feedback: Making the Most of a Difficult Situation
  • 2025 AORN eChapter Education Event Webinar-Demonstrating the Value of Research to Inform Perioperative Practice Enduring CE Library, www.echapter.org
  • 2025 Reproductive Disorders
  • 2025 Breaking the chain of incivility
  • Sept 1, 2024: OR Today Magazine Cover Story- The patient safety partnership: OR, SP, & IP. https://ortoday.com/the-patient-safety-partnership-or-sp-ip/
  • October 15, 2024: AORN Periop Today: Two steps in feedback that staff will take to heart https://www.aorn.org/about-aorn/aorn-newsroom/periop-today-newsletter/periop-today-newsletter/two-steps-for-feedback-that-staff-will-take-to-heart
  • November 15, 2024: Contributing Author in Clinics in Perioperative Nursing Care-Dr.s Baker and Goodman’s issue devoted to Essentials of Communication in Perioperative Nursing. Article 7-We Can Be Heroes: Preventing Bullying in the Perioperative Workplace. (Expected Publication Summer 2025)

Timeline

Adjunct Faculty Clinical Instructor

Lanier Technical College
01.2024 - Current

Clinical Development Specialist

Northside Hospital Forsyth
01.2023 - 05.2024

Clinical Education Program Coordinator for Surgical Services

Northside Hospital Forsyth
01.2018 - 01.2023

Clinical Development Specialist

Northside Hospital-Forsyth
01.2015 - 01.2018

Clinical Development Specialist

Northside Hospital
01.2005 - 01.2010

MSN-Ed. - undefined

Western Governors University

BSN (Honors) - undefined

Grand Canyon University

RN-Diploma - undefined

Georgia Baptist School of Nursing

Doctor of Nursing Practice Candidate -

University of North Georgia