Traci Smith

WOC RN specializing in the care, management, education, and support of patients and families dealing with simple to complex wounds, fistulas, and ostomies in collaboration with other disciplines such as Orthopedics, Oncology and Plastics. Provides clinical instruction for floor nurses in wound and ostomy care and pressure injury prevention; provides wound and ostomy education to onboarding nurses MDs, PAs and NPs in wound and ostomy care.

Clinical staff nurse for the 133rd Medical Group; Provided clinical oversite as OIC (Officer in Charge) of the Immunization Clinic Program managing 14 nurses and medics; Chief nurse for the ERPSS (En-Route Patient Staging System) team preparing for and receiving patients from flight transport. Clinical instructor for unit RNs' and medics for all aspects of medical, surgical, trauma and battlefield medical care.

Clinical nurse in a collaborative setting to provide direct patient care, education, support, and management of patients with simple to complex wounds, with emphasis on vascular, arterial, and diabetic wounds.

Clinical staff RN providing direct care, education, support, management, rehabilitation and adaption to life changing events to ostomy patients. 

Clinical Staff RN/Charge Nurse assistied with staff organization, scheduling and delegation of high volume ambulatory practice. Assisted in biopsies, patient education and health histories. Performed functions as phone triage nurse and Patch Test Coordinator.

Provided all aspects of perioperaive care to surgical patients including preoperative assessment and  prearation for surgery to assisting as a Block anesthesia RN.  Provided care for all aspects of post anesthesia care.   

Clinical staff RN working in Surgical/Trauma ICU/PCU providing all aspects of care to patients with surgical and trauma injury in both critical and progressive status.

Clinical staff RN/Charge Nurse on monitored, medical cardiology PCU providing all aspects of patient care to patients with heart failure and other symptomatic heart arrhythmias.

Clinical staff RN/Charge RN in the department of Surgical Services-GYN/IVF-ENT-EYES and plastics specializing in all aspects of patient care in the surgical setting to include the role of surgical scrub RN and circulating RN.

Clinical Staff RN in Labor and Delivery specializing in all aspects of nursing care to high and low risk OB patients in all states of labor and delivery and postpartum care to include new born infant care.