COMMITTEE MEMBER AND TEAM LEADER
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.”
–John Quincy Adams
TAVR Operating Room Team Lead 2015-present
Coordinate patient care between inpatient setting, anesthesia, cardiology, perfusion and operating room staff
Coordinate instrumentation and surgical supplies for TAVR procedures and logistics
Preceptor for operating room nurses for TAVR procedures
Supporting an increase in procedures for a high risk patient population.
Being a part of a new and advanced surgical-cardiology procedure!
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Veteran Affairs Hospital Committee Memberships
Patient Safety 2012-2014: Focus was on operating room patient safety concerns brought to the committee by staff members or operating room management.
Staffing methodology 2014: Quantifying and evaluating staffing needs for RN and Surgical Tech staff working in the operating room
Shared Governance Quality Assurance Committees-2016: Focus was on creating patient education materials to assist patients in their hospital stay
Pain Clinic Coordinator- RN Team Lead 2011-2013
Coordinate patient care at Canton satellite clinic site with Ann Arbor Pain Clinic
Coordinate patient care and staffing for Peri-operative care and clinic care
Coordinate and order instrumentation and supplies for procedures
Provide conscious sedation for procedures
Order MD prescribed diagnostic exams and obtain health insurance approval
Preceptor for clinic and operating room nurses