Vicky Eves, RN, MSN

• Preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative nursing care of all plastic surgery patients undergoing a variety of surgical procedures.
• Patient and family education of post-operative care and expectations
• Continual assessment of patients throughout the surgical process.
• Analyzed patient chart data and identification to verify accurate information, and reported any changes or discrepancies in patient condition

• Prepare ambulatory care patients for surgery in accordance with center policies and individual patient needs. Surgeries include orthopedics, ENT, podiatry, spine and general cases.
• Assign appropriate annual education to all staff and develop facility specific educational modules in accordance with corporate requirements and facility specific needs.
• Pharmacy administrator which included daily ordering of medications and record keeping according to DEA and corporate standards.
• Assist anesthesia with regional blocks and continually monitor patients after sedation.

Provided comprehensive preoperative and Phase II PACU care for inpatient, outpatient, and GI surgical patients.

• Collaborated with physicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other healthcare professionals in order to provide optimal patient outcomes.
• Delivered post-anesthesia care, including monitoring and management across all phases post-operatively.
• Administered iron, blood products, and certain chemotherapy agents during infusion center rotations.
• Educated patients and families on wound care, medication management, and discharge planning.

• Planned, prepared, and taught nursing courses that fulfill the current curriculum goals and objectives.
• Facilitated facility based clinical rotations focusing on the nursing process system to optimize student experiences and develop student autonomy.
• Implemented alternative learning methods, evaluated students' clinical progress, and identified at-risk students to eliminate student barriers to learning.
• Developed and taught simulation skills labs to enhance student clinical proficiency

• Delivered optimal patient-centered care from pre-admission testing to PACU discharge.
• Evaluated clinical knowledge and skills of perioperative staff to ensure competency in basic patient care.
• Facilitated orientation and hands-on training sessions for new staff members.

• Develop and present educational product materials for new orthopedic hardware system including total joints to surgeons, OR staff, risk management, purchasing administrators.
• Assisted surgeons during surgery for implementation of new product and surgical procedures of hardware systems and troubleshooting.

• Care of preoperative and post-operative surgical patients including all types of OR procedures.
• Educated patients on preoperative and postoperative procedures.
• Collaborated with physicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other healthcare professionals in order to provide optimal patient outcomes.
• PAT screening to obtain and confirm patients medical history, medications and surgical history.

• Education and support for families and patients regarding diagnosis, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy.
• Assist with treatment planning procedures, scheduling of RT, and concomitant therapies.
• Daily assessment of radiation patients, and interventional care of side effects.
• Administer chemotherapy medications and related infusions in combination with their radiation therapy.

• Scheduling, management of all clinical staff for a 32 bed inpatient unit with high risk OB/GYN oncology patients.
• This included budgets, quality assurance and daily problem solving.
• Developed and implemented fetal monitoring certification program along with Clinical Specialist.
• Developed and implemented fetal bereavement program along with staff and Clinical Specialist.

• Care for patients antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum in labor and delivery.
• Certified childbirth instructor.
• Assist in a variety of emergency deliveries and intrapartum emergencies.
• Scrub tech for Cesarean sections