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Amanda Buchanan Resume 2016
- 1. Amanda Buchanan, RN 27416Riverside 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 Nursein 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