Sonya Spruill
Charleston,SC
Summary
Seasoned nursing professional with 16 years' experience offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities. Knowledgeable about EMR charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader. Experienced nursing professional with proven teaching expertise and devotion to building up new nurses with skills necessary to excel in today's healthcare settings. Top-notch clinical expertise, sound judgment and strengths in workflow optimization and strategic planning. Vigilant and conscientious about isolating and resolving concerns.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nursing Consultant
EBSCO Information Services/Dynamed/Dynamic Health
Ipswich, MA
11.2021 - Current
- Responsible for creating and editing 9 perioperative nursing skills/content for a subsidiary of EBSCO, Dynamic Health as a nursing consultant
- Also responsible for creating 2 Nursing Continuing Professional Development credit activities for end user
- Editing and creating nursing skills for the novice nurse utilizing peer-reviewed nursing journal articles and evidence-based best practices
- Utilizing a variety of patient populations and pathophysiologies, determining best practice for nursing skills to care for patients (ex
- Older aged adults, pediatrics, burn patients to prevent Intraoperative Hypothermia)
- Review and incorporate peer feedback with editorial staff
- Review CE Evaluations
- Selection of appropriate medical images and content from peer-reviewed sites for inclusion
Nursing Professional Development Specialist
Perioperative, Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
05.2017 - 11.2022
- Collaborates with nursing management and nursing staff to assess, plan, develop, implement, facilitate, evaluate and revise educational programs for different levels of perioperative nursing staff such as new graduate nurses, experienced perioperative nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified surgical technologists for 4+ hospitals (400+ employees)within the MUSC organization
- Co-instruct Periop 101: developed creative hands on learning experiences for nurses, and licensed practical nurses; selected appropriate subject matter experts to instruct on specific concepts and devices (Medtronic/Ethicon/BloodBorne Pathogen Exposure/Pathology)
- Developed learning tools such as perioperative pocket guide, surgical instrument kits for learning
- Planned and developed intraoperative nursing care plans for COVID-19 patient for department; implemented training based on CDC guidance
- Participates in several interdisciplinary committees and councils:
- Policy Review- collaborates to write and revise policies for the Perioperative Department, based on evidence-based best practices and current AORN Guidelines
- Sterile Processing Department Taskforce- collaborates to develop sitewide education plans involving new sterile processing initiatives
- S3 Action Planning-developing action and education plans for staff regarding Root Cause Analysis (patient safety) incidents
- Perioperative QAPI (Quality Assurance Performance Improvement)- interdisciplinary (Physicians, Quality, Anesthesia, Nursing) collaboration to create conversation bridges with Surgeons, Anesthesia and Nursing on education roll outs and plans, based on peer-reviewed journals outlining best practices
- Perioperative Quality and Safety- creating curriculum and education plans for current patient safety incidents
- SHIELD-collating patient safety incident reports to address education gaps for nursing staff; analyzing and evaluating patient records and conditions utilizing professional nursing judgment to assist in determining best patient outcomes of injury/incident
- Periop Nursing-assisting in creating EMR content for perioperative nursing staff
- Orientation Standardization- streamlining orientation process and protocols during initial COVID-19 crisis based on epidemiological data from CDC; developed electronic onboarding process for virtual orientations
- Create electronic learning management system perioperative content for orientation (MyQuest)
- Develop orientation plans and pathways for incoming staff, experienced and new to the OR
- Collaborated with nursing management for Perioperative Orientation IMPROVE project
- Creating Perioperative Services website content for organization intranet
- Trialed educational program with surgical attending and residents and Periop 101 students (needs assessment, post-trial evaluation)
- Co-created hands on learning experience for international perioperative nurses for orientation (Phillipines, South Korea, Colombia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, India, and Nepal)
- Collaborate with Day in the Life scenarios for the opening of two new medical facilities
- Developing cross training programs for current staff moving to new location (hands on skills of new procedure, electronic learning module, evaluations, annual competency development)
- Developed OR Practicum to evaluate nursing skill level
- Instructed in centralized education department Nursing Refresher Skills Labs for nurses who have been away from the bedside during initial COVID-19 crisis
- Orient/Onboard OR travelers: RNs and CSTs
- Conducting environmental scans of all OR units for educational needs to develop annual education plans
- Created competency skills assessments for 400+ employees
Registered Nurse III
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
10.2013 - 05.2017
- Main Operating Room- Develops nursing care plan based on assigned scheduled surgery
- Confers with surgeons concerning surgical procedure and operative techniques to be used, instruments, sutures, prosthesis and special equipment
- Provides standards of care to patients to meet their physical and psychological needs according to AORN standards
- Operates and/or assists in care and handling of variety of supplies and equipment to include implants, microscopes, pneumatic and electric saws and drills, electrosurgical units, fiber optic lighting systems, etc
- Conducts pre- and post-operation visits and documents assessment/ evaluation per policy
- Participates in Quality Improvement, Infection Control, and Education Activities
- Assures accurate care and handling of specimens and participates in various Tumor Bank studies (Cytogenetics, GOG 136)
- Functions as scrub/circulating nurse in various surgeries such as GU/GYN procedures, ENT/Plastics/Oral, Transplant, DaVinci and Pediatric procedures
- Serves as Unit Nursing Excellence Champion for the OR
- Epic SuperUser for Intra-Op
- Active Participant in Selecting Talent for Peer Interviews
- Resource for Perioperative Pressure Ulcer Prevention
- Created Surgical Positioning FlipChart for OR Rooms (guide to positioning to prevention of pressure ulcers)
- Co-creator of Nurse-Driven Initiative to transition use of gel pads for positioning instead of eggcrate foam
- CCI (Competency and Credentialing Institute) Certification Coach
- Stryker (AORN) Professional Scholarship/Grant Recipient- 2015 AORN Surgical Conference and Expo attendee
- Selected attendee of the 2015 ANCC Magnet Nursing Conference
- Served as Charge Nurse for holiday coverage
- Served as GU Service Coordinator when Coordinator was unavailable
- Preceptor/Mentor to New to the OR Nurse Orientees
- Main OR Sharon Bringewatt Nurse of the Year Nominee
- Committee Member
Registered Nurse II
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
07.2007 - 10.2013
- Main Operating Room- Develops nursing care plan based on assigned scheduled surgery
- Confers with surgeons concerning surgical procedure and operative techniques to be used, instruments sutures, prosthesis and special equipment
- Provides standards of care to patients to meet their physical and psychological needs according to AORN standards
- Operates and/or assists in the care and handling of a variety of supplies and equipment to include implants, microscopes, pneumatic and electric saws and drills, electrosurgical units, fiber optic lighting systems, etc
- Conducts pre- and post-operation visits and documents assessment/ evaluation per policy
- Participates in Quality Improvement, Infection Control, and Education Activities
- Assures accurate care and handling of specimens and participates in various Tumor Bank studies (Cytogenetics, GOG 136)
- Functions as scrub/circulating nurse in various surgeries such as GU/GYN procedures, ENT/Plastics/Oral, Transplant, DaVinci and Pediatric procedures
- Preceptor to orientees and new staff regarding policies and procedures
- Serves as Unit Magnet Champion for the Main Operating Room
- Served as Charge Nurse for holiday night shift
- Served as GU Service Coordinator when Coordinator was unavailable.
Registered Nurse
I, Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
07.2006 - 07.2007
- Main Operating Room of Level I Trauma Center-Provided care to patients in the operating room to meet their physical and psychological needs
- Assists in care and handling of variety of supplies and equipment to include, electric saws and drills, electrosurgical units, fiber optic lighting systems, etc
- Functions as scrub/circulating nurse in various surgeries such as GU/GYN, ENT/Plastics/Oral, Trauma/Transplant and Pediatric procedures.
Education
Masters Degree - Nursing, Nursing Education
University of Texas At Arlington
12.2018
Bachelor Degree - Nursing
University of Texas At Arlington
12.2016
Associate Degree - Nursing
Trident Technical College
05.2006
Skills
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Distiller SR
- MyQuest LMS
- OurDay/WorkDay LMS
- Dossier
- Zoom
- Canva Design
- EPIC EMR
Affiliations
- Member of AORN
- Member of ANPD
Certification
BLS Certification
CNOR Certification
Timeline
Nursing Consultant
EBSCO Information Services/Dynamed/Dynamic Health
11.2021 - Current
Nursing Professional Development Specialist
Perioperative, Medical University of South Carolina
05.2017 - 11.2022
Registered Nurse III
Medical University of South Carolina
10.2013 - 05.2017
Registered Nurse II
Medical University of South Carolina
07.2007 - 10.2013
Registered Nurse
I, Medical University of South Carolina
07.2006 - 07.2007
Masters Degree - Nursing, Nursing Education
University of Texas At Arlington
Bachelor Degree - Nursing
University of Texas At Arlington
Associate Degree - Nursing
Trident Technical College
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