Chapter President, Staff Nurse
Grand Canyon Chapter of AORN, 0310, Barrow Neurological Institute of St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Summary
Champion of nurse advocacy through involvement with our National Legislative Forum, actively participated in passage of Arizona's smoke evacuation legislation, speaker/educator of the dangers of surgical smoke, current Grand Canyon Chapter 0310-chapter president. Advocates for patients and employees through years of clinical ladder work.
Staff Nurse, RN
Barrow Neurological Institute of St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center - Phoenix, AZ, 10/2009 - Present
Championed patient care and operating room needs to assure safe patient care throughout the flow of surgery. Nurse educator by precepting around three to four nurses or scrub techs per year. Influenced our neurosurgeons to adopt a smoke evacuation system for all cases prior to legislation. Clinical Level Three Nurse in our hospital's Clinical Ladder Program. Participating in two quality improvement projects, research project, in-services, committees, and special projects.