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Zachary Forlano

Newport Beach,CA

Summary

Clinical Application Specialist and self-motivated Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse offering seven years' experience handling all aspects of care for premature babies in a level IV NICU. Masters prepared in Clinical Nursing Education. Adept at providing supervision and subject matter expertise on medical devices to meet company's objectives. Skilled at managing clinical operations and evaluating processes to resolve customer complaints. Focused on achieving improved outcomes and perform well in high-pressure situations using critical thinking to determine best solutions.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Clinical Application Specialist

Sentec
Lincoln, RI
06.2022 - Current
  • Provide clinical education and training using transcutaneous CO2 monitoring system for NICU, PICU, and Sleep lab patients
  • Create and develop continuing education needs to best meet end-users' workflow and learning
  • Support sales team in developing innovative approaches to support company's financial growth for regional and national sales teams
  • Grow capital and consumable quota averaging 118% to plan, winning Regional CAS of the Year award '23
  • Provide lecture and speaking engagements in company-affiliated CEU learning

Clinical Nurse II, NICU Level IV

CHOC Children's Hospital
Orange, CA
08.2017 - Current
  • Attend and assist in resuscitation of moderate and high-risk newborn deliveries while improving clinical outcomes
  • Teach and educate all staff members on resuscitation for all patient care areas
  • Perform in preceptor role to educate and train new staff members
  • Set up and manage ICU medical device equipment and monitoring systems
  • Effectively care for critically born neonates and their families through professional practice in the NICU

Nurse Tech

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia​​​​​​​
Philadelphia, PA
09.2013 - 09.2014
  • Provided quality patient/family centered care that is: equitable, timely, effective and safe.
  • Anticipated equipment/supply needs for the admission or discharge of patients
  • Responsibly administered feeding protocols and maintained patient hygiene.
  • Acted as a resource for all staff members and patient family members

Education

Master of Science - Nursing Education

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
06.2022

Bachelor of Science - Nursing​​​​​​​

Concordia University Irvine
Irvine, CA
12.2016

Bachelor of Science - Health Science

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
06.2015

Skills

  • Medical Device Sales, education and implementation
  • Level IV NICU Nursing
  • Clinical operations management
  • Customer and field training
  • Public Speaking
  • Operating Room procedure
  • Electronic Health Record charting
  • Time management

Certification

  • Registered Nurse, #95124646
  • Newborn Resuscitation Program, PALS, BLS
  • Neonatal Lactation Course

Timeline

Clinical Application Specialist

Sentec
06.2022 - Current

Clinical Nurse II, NICU Level IV

CHOC Children's Hospital
08.2017 - Current

Nurse Tech

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia​​​​​​​
09.2013 - 09.2014

Master of Science - Nursing Education

Drexel University

Bachelor of Science - Nursing​​​​​​​

Concordia University Irvine

Bachelor of Science - Health Science

Drexel University
Zachary Forlano