Teresa Haire
Brandon,MS
Summary
Highly skilled, enthusiastic, and hardworking registered nurse with more than twenty-five years of experience in the operating room with scrubbing, seventeen years of circulating, and thirteen years in management. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Offering expertise with orthopedic surgery. Meticulous scrub nurse bringing practiced experience assisting with diverse operating room functions. Knowledgeable in all aspects of surgery. Committed to maintaining highest standards of health and safety. Anticipates and addresses surgeon's needs from operating room setup and sterilization to draping patient and passing instruments during surgery. Models medical teamwork and physical stamina.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification
Work History
Operating Room Supervisor
The Surgery Center @ Mississippi Sports Medicine
12.2022 - Current
- Kept practices, techniques, policies and procedures consistent with professional standards and regulatory agencies.
- Coached, mentored and supported managers, colleagues and staff.
- Collaborated with operating room manager to maintain daily operations.
- Recruited, hired and trained most staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees.
- Circulate, scrub, and assist surgeons in sports, total joint, and ortho spine surgical cases.
Operating Room Registered Nurse
The Surgery Center @ Mississippi Sports Medicine
07.2018 - Current
- Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care.
- Collected, labeled and transported specimens and delivered to lab for testing.
- Monitored patients' vital signs and administered medications per physician orders or good practices.
- Sanitized, selected and organizing instruments, equipment and supplies according to surgeon preferences.
- Assisted physicians in operating room by providing necessary supplies and equipment.
- Prepped operating rooms to comply with environmental asepsis standards.
- Utilized sterile techniques and infection-control guidelines to maintain clean and safe environment.
- Coordinated with surgeons and staff to deliver safe patient care during operations.
- Circulate, scrub, and assist surgeons in sports, total joint, and ortho spine cases.
Orthopedic Coordinator
Merit Health River Oaks Hospital
01.2010 - 09.2019
- Gathered and organized materials to support surgical cases.
- Coached employees through day-to-day work and complex problems.
- Entered data, revised doctors preference sheets.
- Contacted, informed representatives about surgical procedures in which their products were needed.
- Provided backup to front desk to step in to assist with various tasks whenever employee was absent or at lunch.
- Coordinated individual duties after careful evaluation of each employee's skill level and knowledge.
- Participated in workshops and in-service meetings to enhance personal growth and professional development.
- Circulate, scrub, and assist orthopedic doctors in surgery.
Staff Nurse, Operating Room
Merit Health River Oaks Hospital
07.2006 - 01.2010
- Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care.
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
- Circulate, scrub, and assist doctors in every field of practice.
Surgical Technologist
Merit Health River Oaks Hospital
09.1998 - 07.2006
- Maintained specialty equipment, implant, and instrumentation inventories.
- Sterilized instruments and disposed of medical supplies and waste following OSHA guidelines.
- Introduced new staff members to training protocols regarding operating room procedures, infection control, safety standards, and overall facility policies.
- Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies, and instruments.
- Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures.
- Maintained high infection control standards.
- Managed operating room setup by cleaning and sterilizing instruments and surfaces, maintaining supply inventories, and organizing surgical tools.
Education
Associates Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Holmes Community College
Ridgeland05.2006
Associate of Science - Surgical Technology
Hinds Community College
Raymond, MS07.1998
Skills
- Instrument Sterilization
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Patient Safety
- Decision-Making
- Instrument Passing
- Critical Thinking
- Employee Supervision
- Setting up and Operating Equipment
- Aseptic Techniques
- Safe Sharps Disposal
- Surgical Assistance
- Pre- and Post-Surgical Counts
Certification
BLS, expires: 07/24
ACLS, expires: 05/25
PALS, 05/25
Timeline
Operating Room Supervisor
The Surgery Center @ Mississippi Sports Medicine
12.2022 - Current
Operating Room Registered Nurse
The Surgery Center @ Mississippi Sports Medicine
07.2018 - Current
Orthopedic Coordinator
Merit Health River Oaks Hospital
01.2010 - 09.2019
Staff Nurse, Operating Room
Merit Health River Oaks Hospital
07.2006 - 01.2010
Surgical Technologist
Merit Health River Oaks Hospital
09.1998 - 07.2006
Associates Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Holmes Community College
Associate of Science - Surgical Technology
Hinds Community College
BLS, expires: 07/24
ACLS, expires: 05/25
PALS, 05/25
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