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• Provide circulating RN coverage for 20-25 scheduled and urgent cases weekly across orthopedic, general, vascular, and robotic service lines in a fast-paced surgical department.
• Improved first-case on-time starts by 12% over 9 months through tighter room readiness checks, equipment coordination, and preoperative communication with surgeons and anesthesia.
• Maintained 100% compliance with surgical counts, specimen handling, and timeout documentation during internal audits, supporting zero retained-item events across assigned rooms.
• Precepted 4 newly hired perioperative nurses on sterile technique, Epic documentation, and perioperative workflows, helping all complete orientation within projected timelines.
• Collaborated with sterile processing and anesthesia teams to reduce procedure delays by 15% by proactively resolving instrument, implant, and turnover issues before incision.

• Supported 18-22 inpatient and outpatient procedures weekly in multispecialty OR settings, including ENT, urology, gynecology, and general surgery cases.
• Completed comprehensive preoperative assessments and verified consent, allergies, implants, and site marking, contributing to zero wrong-site or wrong-patient events.
• Reduced average room turnover time by 10 minutes through standardized supply staging, preference card review, and closer coordination with surgical technologists.
• Educated patients and families on perioperative expectations, postoperative precautions, and discharge readiness, helping increase patient satisfaction scores on surgical units.
• Assisted charge nurse with daily staffing adjustments and case prioritization, ensuring safe coverage during add-on cases, late starts, and high-census periods.

Graduated with clinical training in acute care, perioperative support, adult health, and patient safety practices.