VICTORIA LAMAGNA BSN RN

• Assists manager in optimizing efficiency in OR operations to achieve best patient care outcomes, throughput, and satisfaction of all stakeholders
• Promotes continuous healthcare delivery quality improvement and patient safety efforts, utilizing:

* data-driven insights,

*daily audit in any non-conforming issues or practices

identified and makes proper corrections

*real-time Policytech trivia on daily staff huddles to:

>review present nursing practice,

> inform changes

> solidify teammate knowledge and confidence in

clinical practice

• Fosters supportive work environment that encourages compassionate professionalism by promoting well-being initiatives and resources, culture of justice & work safety, conflict resolution, teamwork, open communication, DEI, shared governance, and professional/leadership development.
• Facilitates smooth transitions of care for patients by collaborating with providers, teammates, departments and outside support to ensure a well planned and executed surgical event
• Actively collaborates with materials management in improving and cutting waste in OR and assist in ensuring availability and correct special order tools/implants for timely availability of supplies and equipment needed for cases.
• Promotes stewardship to all associates and providers to minimize waste and cost
• Manages staff scheduling, ensuring adequate coverage while minimizing overtime costs, ensuring LCE and department costs is within budget target
• Fills in planned and unplanned needs in OR staffing (Charge Nurse, Holding Room RN, Scrub, Circulator, Surgical Assist) to continue operations.
• Presently acts as Surgery Clinical NPD in collaboration with hospital NPD, filling in admin part, to bridge gap while position is vacant; i.e., RN and OR Tech residency program coordinator and evaluator as well as department bi-monthly continuing best practices education, and daily clinical education

• Clovis Community Hospital, Clovis California (Oct 2022- Sept 30 2023)

• Monthly meetup to identify barriers in achieving high satisfaction rate on patient experience then find solutions through data and experiences
• Interim Gynecological Services Team Leader
• Orthopedic Services Team Leader (2009)
• Builds/updates preference cards for surgeons
• Ensures availability of critical/loaner trays, equipments and supplies necessary for surgery
• Presently building a portable Gyne supply cart to cut down on phone calls and extra footwork during the procedure. Already well received by staff.
• In the process of streamlining Gyne surgical processes that overburdens staff i.e. multi- pluggable to single, kit-based supplies, standardization of practice, and editing surgeon's preference cards to be more clear, concise, and accurate.
• Mentors new staff, continuous talent management as well as succession planning for potential leaders
• Collaborates with the physician, staff, multidisciplinary personnel and affiliates inside and outside the department/ facility to ensure high level delivery of care in surgery.
• Operating Room Laser Safety Officer
• Certified and trained laser operators
• Provided mandatory annual laser safety education for OR, Ambulatory and Cath lab Departments.
• Created Laser Safety Resource Book for staff and Laser Safety Officers
• Revised the operating room laser safety policies and procedures per IEMA Regulations and AORN Standard of Practice; approved and signed by the CMLSO
• Upgraded laser goggles and door signs in compliance with IEMA regulations
• Created the "OR Laser Safety Checklist", that's still being used today, to prevent missteps in ensuring safe practice in every laser procedure in OR
• Implemented the "Designated Laser User/Operator" separate from the circulator in compliance to IEMA regulations
• Charge Nurse (2009-2012)
• Managed our fast paced, 49-70 a day surgical schedule which requires critical thinking, strategic planning and quick decision making
• Next level communication skills to every surgical personnel and affiliates; maintaining open communication and transparency
• Daily briefing with the manager to parse through next day's, as well as 2 week's schedule ahead to identify and avert potential crises. With this vetting, there is time for problem resolution some ad hoc, before the day comes.
• Staff Nurse
• Circulate and scrub in ortho, neuro, general, urology, peripheral vascular thoracic, podiatry, gyne, ENT, dental and plastics

• Circulate and scrub in all services, exclusively circulating duties for open heart procedures

• Circulate and scrub in all services; exclusively as circulator in open heart surgeries
• Steris System Audits for compliance
• Resource/educator for the Steris System.
• Highly skilled in operating the Cell Saver system
• Evening Assistant Charge Nurse (1998-2002)
• Assistant to Charge Nurse in scheduling, staffing and managing the surgical department in the evening shift. Ensures completion of pm shift duties and responsibilities.
• Timekeeper for payroll of evening staff

• Performs circulating and scrub nurse duties in all disciplines
• Gynecological and General Services Team Leader
• Create and update surgeon's preference cards
• Coordinates with multidisciplinary personnel, affiliates and vendors in ensuring availability of tools needed for surgery
• Evening Charge Nurse
• Manage cases and staffing decisions on pm shift
• Ensures rooms are prepared for the next day

• Performed circulating and scrub nurse duties in all disciplines
• Kidney Transplant Team
• Surgical Safety and Practice Liaison:
• Lead a team to ensure safety and excellence in surgical practice.
• In collaboration with the Head of Surgery and head of Radiology Department, proposed to have a lead wall be provided for personnel involved in radiologic cases that don't have access to lead apron. This option has never been available before.