1. Amanda Buchanan, RN
27416 Riverside Lane, Valencia, CA 91354
310-420-6940 amabuchanan@gmail.com
Registered Nurse
Operating Room - Research - Case Management - Direct Care - Hospital Settings - Outpatient
Dedicated, skilled RNwith a broad range of healthcareexperience in both inpatientand outpatient settings.
Caringprofessional with superior communication and management skills.
Summary of Qualifications
 Nineteen years of nursingexperience in varied clinical settings
 Over eight years of experience as circulatingnursein surgical servicesata level II trauma center
 CaseManagement experience for Independent Physician’sAssociations,Research Protocolsand patient
carein outpatient/inpatient settings
 Proficientin MicrosoftOfficeWord,Excel, and Windows Applications
 Critical thinker,ableto multitask and prioritizework to completion in a timely manner
SKILLS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Supervisory
 Performed as Charge Nurse to Surgical Department on evening and night shifts
 Performed as Charge Nurse to 45 bed NICU
 Supervised Surgical Techs,Clinical Nurses,NursingAssistants I and II and clerical staff
 Performed as Charge Nurse for inpatientclinical trials
Clinical
 Circulated and Scrubbed for Vascular,Trauma,General Adult and Pediatric,Transplantand Orthopedic
Surgical Procedures
 Responsiblefor Quality Control duringsurgical procedures
 Developed educational curriculumon maintainingnormothermia and prevention of unintentional
hypothermia in the perioperativepatient
 Participated in Quality Management project addressingPrinciples of Hand Washing,Sterility and
OperatingRoom Organization
 Coordinated schedulingof surgical cases
 Responded to traumas in the Emergency Department
 Provided care to critical term and pre-term infants in a Level III NICU
 Participated in specialty trainingfor Extremely Low Birth Weight infants
 Member of Neonatal TransportTeam
Case Management/Research
 Facilitated appropriateutilization of medical services based upon current contractual agreements and
appropriateness of requested services
 Actively participated in dischargeplanningof hospitalized patients
 Concurrent review of inpatientcare
 Managed patients on phase II Clinical Trial Protocols for Neurosurgical and Psychiatricindications
 Collected and documented study data
 Managed reporting of serious and non-serious adverseevents to sponsors,ethics committees and IRB
 Trained clinical trial staff on study protocol requirements and patient safety standards for inpatient
clinical trials
 Coordinated care of patients with complex diagnoses between different specialties

2. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Registered Nurse in OR, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital 04/2007 - Current
Registered Nurse in Pediatric Nephrology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 05/2006-04/2007
Registered Nurse in NICU, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 10/2002-05/2006
Charge Nurse, Inpatient Clinical Trials Program, California Clinical Trials05/2002-09/2004
Research Nurse I, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 07/2001-10/2002
Registered Nurse in OR, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 03/2001-07/2001
Case Manager, Medical Pathways 01/2000-03/2001
Registered Nurse in OR, Cross Country Staffing09/1999-01/2000
Registered Nurse in OR, Wake Forest University BaptistMedical Center 10/1997-08/1999
Registered Nurse on Neurology Unit, 01/1997-10/1997
EDUCATION
MBA/MSN/HCA, University of Phoenix 7/2015
Bachelors Degree, Nursing, San Diego State University 05/1996
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
Registered Nurse, State of California
American Heart Association HealthcareProvider,CPRand AED, Current