Susan Rodman

• Specialize in nursing care of minor and major pre-operative and postoperative patients which include general surgery, orthopedic, bariatric, colorectal, thyroid, gynecological, and trauma
• Provide nursing care to patients with postoperative complications
• Provide teaching to patients going home with surgical drains, new ostomies, wound dressings, urinary catheters and drains
• Provide nursing care to patients with pressure injuries, documenting injury details
• Skin Clinician for surgical unit, help with identification and treatment of pressure injuries and performing quarterly skin prevalence study
• Maintain wound vacuum "super user" status and assist coworkers and physicians with changing wound vac dressing
• Assist and encourage new orthopedic joint patients with early mobilization
• Weekend charge nurse of 18 bed surgical/trauma unit. Ensure unit has adequate staff and nurses have proper assignments.
• Preceptor to new grads and new nurses to the surgical unit

• Utilized medical surgical experience as travel nurse and worked in hospitals that required emergent nursing staff needs in medical/surgical units throughout United States

Hospital Positions

* Mt. Zion Campus of University of San Francisco

1600 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, California 94115

• Specialized in nursing care of general post-operative patients that included new tracheostomies, colorectal surgeries, laparoscopic surgeries. Patient care focused on teaching patients surgical wound care, drain care, tracheotomy care before discharge home

* Cedars Sinai Medical Center

8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90048

• Specialized in care of general post-operative patients, post-operative complications such as wound infections, discharge post-operative care

*San Joaquin Community Hospital

2615 Eye Street, Bakersfield, California 93303

• Specialized in care of medical surgical patients in community
• Focus of care included simple surgeries as appendectomies, laparoscopic surgeries, and numerous medical conditions such as anemia, respiratory diseases, diabetes

* Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

2450 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, California 94705

• Specialized in care of general medical surgical patients
• Nursing care included managing pressure injuries, heparin infusions, simple surgeries, colostomy care and teaching

* Georgetown University Medical Center

3800 Reservoir Road NW, Washington DC 20007

- Specialized in care of solid organ transplant patient. Transplanted organs on this unit included kidney, kidney/pancreas, liver, and small bowel.

• Nursing care included care for pre-operative transplant patient, post-operative transplant patient, and patients with active organ rejection

* Johns Hopkins Hospital

600 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore Maryland 21287

• Specialized in care of patients receiving solid organ transplants, preparing patients for organ transplant surgery, and treating active organ rejection
• Instructed patients and family members on proper administration of anti-rejection medications, signs of organ rejection, and having an altered immune system

* Peninsula Regional Medical Center

100 East Carroll Street, Salisbury, Maryland 21801

• Specialized in nursing care of general medical surgical patients
• Utilized experience in taking care of patients with extensive infected wounds/wound care, and general post-operative patients
• Maintained strict patient privacy and confidential patient information, taking care to meet all HIPAA guidelines and statues for data security

Specialized in care of patients with brain, neck, genitourinary cancers. Utilized experience in post-op care, blood product transfusions, respiratory care, emotional support.

Hospital Positions

* Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

1275 York Ave, NY, NY 10021

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions in general surgery and urological patients.
• Promoted patient independence by teaching self-care skills with new urostomies, ileostomies, and colostomies.
• Identified learning needs of patients and families and responded with advocacy and health education regarding care after bariatric surgery.