Zelne L Zamora

37 years as a registered nurse with excellent communication and teaching skills. 22 years as an assistant professor, 3 years as an associate professor for Loma Linda University School of Nursing (LLUSN). Also a practicing registered nurse at Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC).

Certified Medical Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN)

epxires June, 2029

Staff RN/ Relief Team Leader, 15A - 15 East - Surgical Oncology, LLU Medical Center, Jan 2016 - Present [*Formerly Unit 9200 - Vintage Towers*]

• Unit moved to current new facility Towers on 8/8/2021
• Staff RN for a surgical oncology unit with surgeries including, but not limited to: hysterectomies, colostomy/colon resections, head and neck surgeries, tracheostomies, and GI surgeries such as gallbladder
• I am comfortable performing doing dressing changes, suctioning trachs and performing trach care, and working with different ostomies.
• Relief Team Leader when needed, assisting other staff RN.
• Performs all tasks with a patient-centered focus care using sound, ethical and independent decision-making skills consistent with medical protocols.
• Recently educated on being Monitor Technician to monitor telemetry (portable heart monitors) on units 9200, 9300, 8200, and 8300.

Relief House Supervisor, NOC Shift, Loma Linda University (LLU) Medical Center, Nov 2017 - Present

• Manage bed flow for adults at University Hospital
• Manage bed flow and assign patients for Children's Hospital
• Do unit bed meetings for updates on potential discharges, admissions, isolation, and bed capacity for the adult and children's hospital units
• Being the hospital representative for patient's concerns and complaints and informing appropriate personnel for follow-up of the concerns.
• Working with patient placement and interfacility personnel with bed flow of patients to appropriate nursing units.
• Respond to units who have emergent changes in patients' conditions, i.e., rapid response or code blue

Staff RN/ Relief Team Leader Unit 8300, LLU Medical Center, Sept 2005 - Dec 2015

• Staff RN and occasional Team Leader or charge nurse for 8300 (formerly 7300)
• Care of intermediate and basic clients on a unit specializing in the pre and post-operative care of orthopedic, urology and plastic surgery patients.
• Preceptor to help orient new employees and floated to other basic care/intermediate units as needed.
• Monitor post-op vitals, set up PCA, fluids, reviewed post-op orders and orient patients to unit and use sound, ethical and independent decision-making skills consistent with medical protocols.
• Skills: Set up traction, performing flap checks with doppler pulses and leech therapy.

Staff RN/ Charge Nurse/ Relief NOC House Supervisor, Parkview Community Hospital Med Center, Riverside, CA Oct 1987 to Aug 2005

• Staff RN, Charge nurse and Relief Night House Supervisor. I was started as a staff RN for the general surgery unit and in 1989 became charge of the surgical unit.
• Types of surgeries on this unit included: general surgeries such as appendectomies and cholecystectomies; more extensive GI surgeries; gynecological surgeries; gender reassignment surgeries; urological surgeries.
• Staff RN responsible for cares and decision making skills to support medical protocols in caring for the general surgery acute care patient
• The unit combined a few years later to include orthopedic surgeries of back, hand, knee and hip.
• Responsible for doing the scheduling of staff for the unit, and orienting new employees.
• Other responsibilities included: doing annual employee evaluations, counseling as needed, maintaining positive morale, introducing new policies and procedures, and was involved with interviewing of potential employees.
• As Relief Night House Supervisor, my duties included: being the hospital liaison for the night time; making sure there was appropriate staffing for the morning shift; intervening for problems or concerns by both staff and patients/ patient's family members; and lastly, obtaining drugs from the pharmacy from 12 midnight until 6am when the pharmacy reopened, as this facility did not have 24 hour pharmacy services.
• Supervisors are also responsible for calling on call staff such as OR or Radiology techs for off shift services such as emergency procedures.
• In 1998, the surgical unit became 2 units and I moved from the ortho/GYN surgical unit to the Bariatric/Gen Surgery unit as night charge nurse. My duties remained the same as charge nurse for the bariatric/gen surgery unit.

Staff RN/ Charge Nurse, Corona Community Hospital, Corona, CA - July 1986 to Sept 1987

• Staff RN caring for general surgical patients using decision making skills to support medical protocols during the afternoon 3p - 11p shift. Typical surgeries included appendix, gallbladder, and urological surgeries
• Floated to various other medical surgical units as needed
• Because charge nurse of the med-surg unit 6 months after starting in the hospital. Charge nurse responsibilities included delegating assignments to the nurses, as well as caring for a list of patients. Coordinating bed placement with the supervisor and working with recovery room to transfer fresh post-operative patients to the unit.

From students: LLU School of Nursing:

• Students appreciate use of an Escape Room during orientation to review content in Nrsg 301 Adult Health I. The Escape Room provides quizzes, assessments, and skills review for students coming into the next med-surg course - Nrsg 302 Adult Health II which I am now course coordinator
• Majority of students appreciate the content taught in Nrsg 301 - Adult Health I (previously Nrsg 308 - Adult Health I) - my strengths lie in how I present content, including stories from experiences from my nursing experience
• Students stated they learned a lot from the course and they learned how to study for med-surg content
• Students appreciate the humor I bring to teaching hard concepts
• Students respect that I still continue to maintain currency as a practicing med-surg unit in Loma University Medical Center

From Co-workers: Loma Linda University Medical Center

• Co-workers appreciate my help when they are busy
• I am a resource person to answer questions about patient cares or procedures
• They appreciate my leadership skills when I am relief charge nurse

• October, 2022 - Podium Presentation - Odyssey Nursing Conference, "'Escape' the Mundane: Incorporating an Escape Room in Nursing Education", San Diego, CA
• May 12, 2022 - Poster Presentation - LLU EBP Conference,"Escape" the mundane: Incorporating Alternative Learning", Loma Linda, CA
• 11/20-21/2019 - Poster Presentation, Faculty Development - Academic Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Orlando, FL, "Course Summary: Use of a Standardized Electronic Document"
• 10/10/2019 - Podium Presentation, Odyssey Nursing Conference, "Reducing Free Water Volume Through Standardized Medication Practices", Ontario, CA
• 5/09/2019 - Poster presentation, Educational Conference, LLU: "Enteral Feeding Medication administration standardization", Loma Linda, CA [*not listed in program, wrong poster accidentally printed in program, but personally present at this conference with correct poster]
• 5/14-15/2019 - Oral presentation, Josai International University Tour and Conference, Talking to Japanese students about consequences of Pharmacological medications, Centennial Complex, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
• 11/7-8/2018 - Poster presentation "Using YouTube to teach pharmacology to nursing students", Odyssey Nursing Conference, San Diego, CA
• 5/10/2016 - Poster presentation, Educational conference, LLU: "Using YouTube to teach pharmacology to nursing students", Loma Linda, CA
• 2/20/2014 - Poster presentation with Karen Ripley, LLU Educational conference: Clinical Faculty Colloquium: A Way to Standardize Information, Loma Linda, CA
• 5/12/2011 - Podium presentation: LLU Research Day: Orthotopic Neobladder Irrigation: Competency Assessment through Simulation, Loma Linda, CA
• 4/14-17/2010 - Poster presentation: Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference (WIN), Glendale, AZ
• 4/15/2010 - Coagulation Disease Workshop: Atrial Fibrillation, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA

• Nielsen, C, Ward, C, Zamora, Z, and Shuck-Connor, C (2022). A standardized approach to enteral medication administration, Nursing2022, 52, 5, 54-57.
• Zamora, Z, Shedd, J., & Kittipha, P. (Mar/Apr, 2019). 1-Assessment, 1-Skill: Budget friendly simulation. Nursing Education Perspectives, 40 (2), 123-124.
• Zamora, Z, Sarpy, N, & Kittipha, P. (Jul/Aug,2017). Using youtube in teaching pharmacology to nursing students. Nursing Education Perspectives, 38 (4), 218-219.
• Zamora, Z., Clark, M. J., Winslow, B., Schatzschneider, M., & Burkard, J. (2011). Orthotopic neobladder irrigation: Competency assessment through simulation. Urologic Nursing, 31(2), 113-120.
• Contributer: Pfeiffer, L. D. (2011). Words of wisdom: Nursing (1st ed.). Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse. 3/26/2009

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• Member - AMSN - Academy of Medical Surgical Nursing
• Member, Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing
• Member, International Nurses Association
  

• Member, Rank and Tenure committee, 2024-present
• Chair, Social committee, LLUSN, 2024 - present
• co-chair, Patient placement Professional Governance committee, Troesh Med Center (formerly LLUMC), 2024- present
• Member, Patient Placement Professonal Governance, LLU Medical Center, 2023-present
• Member, 15A Professional Governance, LLU Medical Center, 2023 - present
• Member, LLUSN Alumni association 2000 - 2023
• Member - University Faculty Council (UFC) - 2021-2024 - (start as alternate, then faculty 1, then faculty 2 to complete 3 years)
• Co-chair, Social Committee - LLU School of Nursing - 2022-2024
• Member, Rank and Tenure Committee - LLU University, representative, LLU School of Nursing, 2020-2022
• Co Chair, Rank and Tenure Committee - Loma Linda University School of Nursing, 2020 - 2022
• Co-Chair, Diversity Committee - Loma LInda University School of Nursing, 2020-2022
• Member, Evidenced Practice Team, Loma Linda University Medical Center. Establishing standardized protocol for enteral feeding flushes, 2019
• ASN sponsor, Loma Linda University School of Nursing - Sponsor of student association assisting with planning student events, 2000 - 2020
• Member - University Committee - Representative from the School of Nursing with Dean Ninan, 2017-2019
• Chair, ad hoc Medical-Surgical Committee, Loma Linda University School of Nursing - Looking at Med-Surg content throughout the whole program, 2010 - 2018
• Member, Social Committee - planning events for LLU School of Nursing, Loma LInda University School of Nursing, 2016 - 2018
• Member, LLUSN Alumni Association, 2007 - present
• Past president, LLUSN Alumni Association, 2018-2020
• President, LLUSN Alumni Association coordinating Homecoming events for Alumni weekend, 2008-2018

• 2017 - to current: Reviewer, Nurse Education Perspectives - review prospective articles for the online and printed nursing journal Nurse Education Perspectives
• 2009 - Reviewer, Auschland - Pharmacology in Nursing, ed. Reviewed specific chapters for pharmacology book
• 2005 - 2006 - Embracing Diversity - Homestudy on Heart Disease in Women: Women are not Little Men - Participated in workshops and CEU meetings every 3 months from July 2005 - June 2006.

• Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board (MSNCB): Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Assessment-based Certificate Program Item Writer; August 2022
• February, 2021 - May 2021 - Volunteered time and hours to Drayson Center, Loma Linda, CA to provide Covid-19 vaccinations to the communities of San Bernardino and surrounding counties. Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccinations given
• October, 2020 - January 2021 - Volunteered hours and time to Covid-19 Vaccination clinic in LLU Medical Center for employees and staff
• February, 2020 - Loma Linda University School of Nursing - Academy students from the community - teaching students to give injections to oranges and speaking about Nursing
• April, 2019 - Loma Linda University School of Nursing - Academy students from the community - teaching students to give injections to oranges and speaking about Nursing
• June, 2019 - Loma Linda University, Centennial Complex - Japanese students - speaking about Nursing Pharmacology to students from Japan, sponsored by Riverside Community College. Two different groups - total of 120 students
• May, 2012 - Upland Day School - Career Day - talking to students about Nursing as a career - 2 different groups = 130 students. Students representative from under-served communities
• March, 2012 - present: French Horn player, Pomona Concert Band, Pomona, CA - perform quarterly concerts and a summer series to the Pomona community year round
• January, 2012 - present: French Horn Player, Ontario Chaffey Community Showband, Ontario, CA - perform monthly concerts to Ontario Community from September to July
• September, 2004 - present: Tuba player, Loma LInda University Church brass band - perform for 2 church services for the Loma Linda community

• 2020 - Promoted to Associate Professor, Loma Linda University School of Nursing, Loma Linda, CA
• 2020 - Awardee - Loma Linda University - Spiritual Life and Wholeness Faculty Award
• 2016 - International Nursing - Awardee
• 2016 - Inclusion in annual yearbook "Worldwide Leaders in Healthcare" 2016 Edition - Inclusion is limited to individuals who have demonstrated leadership and achievement in the field of nursing.
• 2012 - Alumni of the Year, 25 years - Loma Linda, CA

• RN License - Exp 11/2025
• BLS - Exp 8/2025
• ACLS - Exp 8/2025
• PALS - Exp 8/2026