Sydney Hover

-Conducted pre-operative interviews with patients to gather relevant medical history.

-prep patients for surgery

-setting up room and equipment for all procedures

-retrieving anything surgeons may need during the case as well as assisting anesthesia when needed

-coordinating with surgeons and staff

-implementing infection control measures

-sterilizing instruments

-maintaining a sterile environment

- mentoring new nurses

- circulating in most specialties including: Ortho, Neuro, General, Cysto, Endo, ENT, Podiatry, Plastics, Pain management

-assessed patients' conditions to prioritize care effectively

-administered and titrated a variety of medications

-performed age specific assessments

-collaborated with physicians and other health care team members

-provided discharge instructions

-closely monitored patients with life-threatening conditions

-assisted with traumas, codes, STEMIs, strokes, and sepsis patients

-medical documentation

-assisted doctors and nurses with tasks

-blood draws/specimen collections

-linen changes, EKGs, vital signs, glucose monitoring

-transferred patients throughout the hospital

-stocked rooms with needed materials

-applied splints/casts

-dressed wounds

-set up rooms and equipment needed for specific procedures

-assisted doctors and nurses with tasks

-assisted with PP care

-inserted of catheters

-assisted with PP care

-Float ER (EKG's, CPR, Vital signs, specimen collections, catheters)

-Float ER (EKGs, CPR, Vital signs, specimen collections, catheters)

-Set up required materials for treatment.

-assisted orthodontist throughout patient treatment

-assisted receptionist with scheduling and filing paperwork

-sterilized instruments after treatment

• 3.5 GPA
• Cum Laude graduate
• Delta Zeta Member
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honors Society of Nursing