Stacey L Hammel
Crownsville,MD
Summary
Patient-oriented Nurse and Surgical Tech with 7 years of diverse experience in direct patient care and department operations, presenting high level of care, patient assistance and effective communication during each shift. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with Oncology as well as several years in the OR as a Nurse and a surgical tech.
Considered hardworking and driven. Ready for a new opportunity to apply exceptional nursing skills in
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Oncology Nurse
Luminus Anne Arundel Medical Center
Annapolis , MD
08.2021 - Current
- Recorded all patient discussions and transactions in charts for future reference
- Help patients feel comfortable and supported during treatments for different types of cancer and patiently answered diverse questions.
- Protect patients from harm by following precise hospital security requirements.
- Advocate for and strive to protect health, safety and rights of patients as well as provide listening ear and emotional support.
- Educate patients on such topics as nutrition, medication side effects and proper skin treatment.
- Communicate with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Conduct ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and update clinical supervisors with current information.
- Care for patients in 30-bed unit, supporting fellow nurses in delivering outstanding treatment to patients.
- Monitor patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Explain course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Assess and evaluate mental health needs, working with multidisciplinary team to initiate, manage and modify individualized care plans.
Operating Room Registered Nurse
UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD
06.2020 - 07.2021
- Trained in General, Vascular, Gynecology, Neurosurgery, Urology, Breast, and Endovascular surgeries.
- Assess and document as local nurse during local procedure.
- Push medications under anesthesiologist instructions during patient block.
- Organizational skills and prioritizing tasks.
- Monitor strict sterile technique of all staff in operating room.
- Follows protocol guidelines per facility regarding policies, procedures, goals, standards, and objectives for perioperative nursing.
- Clear, professional closed loop communication with scrub tech, surgeons, and other team members to assure consistent patient safety.
- Adhere to AORN standards of practice.
- Patient advocate for safe and ethical treatment.
- Follow OR schedule and practices flexibility as needed to complete cases.
- Floated once weekly to ICU and other floors as nurse supporter during COVID-19 pandemic.
Owner/Operator
The Brown Box Eatery
Odenton , MD
08.2015 - 03.2020
- Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
- Managed day-to-day business operations.
- Optimized team hiring, training and performance.
- Established and administered annual budget with controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives.
- Recruited, hired and trained initial personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for new organization.
- Reconciled daily sales, returns and financial reports in QuickBooks.
- Established, optimized and enforced business policies to maintain consistency and high-quality standards across industry operations.
Surgical Technologist
Sullican Surgery & Spa
Annapolis , MS
04.2013 - 10.2016
- Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecological, orthopedic, neurological and plastic surgery procedures.
- Managed operating room setup by cleaning and sterilizing instruments and surfaces, maintaining supply inventories and organizing surgical tools.
- Projected best-in-class care standards by achieving training initiatives for new surgical team members and aligning [Type] procedures for optimal efficiency.
- Developed training initiatives on new equipment and procedures to promote highest patient care standards.
- Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies and instruments.
- Operated, adjusted, and monitored diagnostic equipment and other machines used during procedures.
- Maintained high infection control standards.
- Decontaminated, cleaned, assembled, packaged, sterilized, stored and distributed reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment.
- Sterilized instruments and disposed of medical supplies and waste following OSHA guidelines.
- Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures.
- Supported surgeons during cosmetic surgeries and orthopedic procedures.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT11.2022
Associate of Science - Nursing
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD05.2020
Skills
- Able to identify compromised skin integrity as RN
- Able to work efficiently (independently and/or within team) across functional areas in professional and collaborative environment
- Able to adapt to changing environments
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Strong critical thinking and communications skills
- Accountable
- Attention to Detail
- Critical Thinking
- Compassionate and Caring
- Medication Administration
- Patient Care Assessment
- Delegation and Motivation
Affiliations
Member of AORN
Certification
- Licensed Registered Nurse - July 2020 to present
- BLS Certified expires May 2022
Timeline
Oncology Nurse
Luminus Anne Arundel Medical Center
08.2021 - Current
Operating Room Registered Nurse
UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center
06.2020 - 07.2021
Owner/Operator
The Brown Box Eatery
08.2015 - 03.2020
Surgical Technologist
Sullican Surgery & Spa
04.2013 - 10.2016
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Anne Arundel Community College