Lupita Fry
Durham
Summary
Seeking opportunity to work in organization that promotes excellence in patient care, teaching, collaborative team approach, continuing education, and professional growth opportunities. Possess keen understanding of community and professional referrals, patient care plan development, project quality, cost controls, and scheduling supervision. Committed to maintaining highest quality of care, treatments, and patient coverage. Experienced in handling change and transition management and initial organizational development from specification to implementation of projects with well-defined and appropriately divided roles. Strong believer in communication at source to resolve problems and build team unity. Skilled in working and communicating with all personnel, patients, nurses, physicians, and all administrative levels. Wide-ranging and solid experiences as aRegistered Nurse encompassing project management, personnel management, and extensive nursing skills. Highly motivated, results-oriented, and quality-focused individual who thrives in dynamic, team-oriented environment. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Please consider credentials for current position with your team.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Nurse, Operating Room
Veterans Health Administration
07.2023 - Current
- Applying critical thinking skills to provide patient care
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Researching quality improvements
- Precepting new staff members
- Radiation safety nurse for the department
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Assisted in complex surgeries with precise execution of tasks, ensuring optimal outcomes for patients.
- Evening charge nurse
Internal Traveler, Staff Nurse Operating Room
Durham Regional Hospital
01.2023 - 06.2023
- Circulate a variety of surgical cases
- Scrub relief for breaks and lunches
- Charge nurse relief for breaks and lunches
- Applying critical skills, providing patient care
- Chart Audits
- Assisted with onboarding new staff members, providing orientation and support.
- Adapted quickly to changing situations in the operating room, utilizing problem-solving skills under pressure.
- Assisted in complex surgeries with precise execution of tasks, ensuring optimal outcomes for patients.
Joint Commission Readiness - Supervisor
WakeMed Health and Hospitals
05.2021 - 11.2022
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows
- Handled customer complaints, resolved issues, and adjusted policies to meet changing needs
- Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas
- Maintained compliance with company policies, objectives and communication goals
- Worked with management team to implement proper division of responsibilities
- Set overall vision and provided team leadership
- Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts
- Developed training, task and process guidelines and communicated clear and concise directions to employees
- Created successful work schedules for each team member to maintain deadlines and fully staff shifts
- Interviewed, hired, and trained new employees for production positions
- Identified individual employee's unique work styles and adapted management methods
- Performed annual evaluations and reviews for large staff of employees
- Proficient in all services including Cardiac
- Directed staff and managed annual capital budget
- Supervise over 100 FTE's
- Successful Joint Commission and State inspections
- Supervised scheduling for 11 operating rooms
- Managed Perioperative 101 course (new to the OR nurses)
Operating Room Charge Nurse CNIV
University of North Carolina Hospitals
07.2011 - 05.2021
- Evenings, nights, and weekends supervisor
- Process improvements for flow management
- Motivated and supervised 60 FTE's in delivering quality patient care
- Monitored surgical patients and delivered quality level of care before, during and after operations to promote positive outcomes
- Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care
- Coordinated nursing care to be carried out according to facility guidelines and regulations
- Provided direct support to surgical team during procedures by facilitating the daily schedule and being a resource
- Preceptor for new personnel
- Member of recruit and retention committee
- Promote healthy team building
- Charge Nurse for 32 Operating rooms, assist with staffing case assignments, breaks, and reliefs
- Collaborative team approach with medical director to implement surgical case classifications for posting
- Manage OR scheduling and liaison for schedule leveling triage to optimize utilization
- Evaluated staff performance regularly to ensure high-quality service delivery within the operating room setting.
- Enhanced team communication by conducting regular meetings, fostering collaboration, and sharing best practices among staff members.
- Reduced surgery wait times by streamlining the scheduling process and optimizing staff assignments.
- Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in perioperative care techniques.
Operating Room Nurse
Carolins Center for Medical Excellence
07.2010 - 06.2011
- Educated and supervised patients and family members regarding prevention strategies, self-care techniques and nursing care needs
- Coordinated and collaborated with various multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care and promote patient safety and health
- Updated and developed care plans to establish goals based on patient's nursing diagnosis
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions
- Liaison with various state agencies for compliance
Director of Nursing
St. Mary's Homecare
02.2010 - 08.2010
- Audit Charts for Review
- Direct Liaison between Agency and State Representatives
- Identified department issues to recommend corrective actions
- Initiated a Compliance Officer to maintain and oversee all documents
- Provide Independent Assessments in client's home
- Schedule staff for home care visits
- Supervise RN's, CNA's, PCA's and office Personnel
- Conduct in-services and training for caregivers
- Established new policies and updated existing policies to improve the standard of care for patients
- Participated in management team meetings to discuss resident status, census changes, and resident complaints or concerns.
- Oversaw and approved recruitment, hiring and orientation of new nursing staff.
- Ensured regulatory compliance by staying current on industry standards and updating policies accordingly.
- Monitored and evaluated nursing staff performance, providing feedback and guidance to support standards of care.
- Collaborated with staff, management, and external groups to coordinate patient care.
- Facilitated continuing education and training programs to drive staff competency and professional development.
- Managed budgets effectively, identifying cost-saving measures while maintaining high-quality patient care standards.
Independent Assessment Nurse
St Mary's Home Care
02.2010 - 07.2010
- Provide Independent Assessments in client's home to develop plan of care for patient's
- Assess client's health condition and capability in their home
- Assisted in management of patient utilization of health care system and provided patient education relative to health care needs, use of community resources and responsibilities of membership in managed care
- Scheduled appointments for patients not requiring emergency services but needing examination from provider and consulting directly with provider
- Obtained case history and gathered triage information to determine appropriate avenue for care
- Liaison with state agencies for compliance
- Contributed to the development of evidence-based policies and procedures related to nursing assessments, fostering a culture of clinical excellence within the organization.
- Enhanced quality of care for patients through meticulous documentation and regular communication with healthcare teams.
- Maintained accurate and up-to-date medical records, ensuring seamless continuity of care across multiple providers.
Home Care Nurse
Hendrick Home Care
07.2009 - 02.2010
- Provide Independent Assessments in client's home
- Supervise CNA's and PCA's
- Conduct in-services and training for caregivers
- Develop Care Plans for clients
Quality Control Nurse
Cirrus Medical Staffing
07.2008 - 07.2009
- Perform chart audits with Joint Commission Accreditation of Health Organizations standards to ensure compliance of policies and procedures
- Generate reports for discrepancies
- Verify Nursing professional's credentials
- Render professional nursing care to peri-operative patients including review of patients' charts, administration of medications, catheterization, defibrillation, and other complex or routine treatments as prescribed by physician or as required by patient's condition
- Initiates or participates in life-saving procedures to include administering cardio-pulmonary resuscitation as necessary
- While operating on a circulating schedule, participate in the planning and implementation of nursing care plan for assigned patients
- Utilize professional judgment to evaluate appropriateness of planned or prescribed treatment given patient's current condition; modify treatment or contacts physician as circumstances require
- Performed accurate documentation of patient assessments, interventions, and outcomes in compliance with regulatory standards.
- Review patient chart assuring pertinent information readily available such as lab reports, and operative permits and assures all pre-operative medications and orders have been carried out
- Verifies patient's identity prior to surgical procedure
Operating Room Nurse
University of North Carolina Hospitals
01.2008 - 07.2008
- Render professional nursing care to perioperative patients including review of patients' charts, administration of medications, catheterization, defibrillation, and other complex or routine treatments as prescribed by physician or as required by patient's condition
- Initiates or participates in life-saving procedures to include administering cardio-pulmonary resuscitation as necessary
- Utilize professional judgment to evaluate appropriateness of planned or prescribed treatment given patient's current condition; modify treatment or contacts physician as circumstances require
- Review patient chart assuring pertinent information readily available such as lab reports, and operative permits and assures all preoperative medications and orders have been carried out
- Verifies patient's identity prior to surgical procedure
- Maintain records and charts, reporting pertinent information regarding patient's condition, medication given, treatments administered and so forth
Operating Room Nurse
Whittier Presbyterian Hospital
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Render professional nursing care to perioperative patients including review of patients' charts, administration of medications, catheterization, defibrillation, and other complex or routine treatments as prescribed by physician or as required by patient's condition
- Initiates or participates in life-saving procedures to include administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation as necessary
- While operating on a circulating schedule, participate in the planning and implementation of nursing care plan for assigned patients
- Utilize professional judgment to evaluate appropriateness of planned or prescribed treatment given patient's current condition; modify treatment or contacts physician as circumstances require
- Review patient chart assuring pertinent information readily available such as lab reports, and operative permits and assures all preoperative medications and orders have been carried out
- Verifies patient's identity prior to surgical procedure
- Maintain records and charts, reporting pertinent information regarding patient's condition, medication given, treatments administered and so forth
Operating Room Nurse
Carolinas Medical Center
05.2004 - 11.2006
- Render professional nursing care to perioperative patients including review of patients' charts, administration of medications, catheterization, defibrillation, and other complex or routine treatments as prescribed by physician or as required by patient's condition
- Initiates or participates in life-saving procedures to include administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation as necessary
- While operating on a circulating schedule, participate in the planning and implementation of nursing care plan for assigned patients
- Utilize professional judgment to evaluate appropriateness of planned or prescribed treatment given patient's current condition; modify treatment or contacts physician as circumstances require
- Review patient chart assuring pertinent information readily available such as lab reports, and operative permits and assures all preoperative medications and orders have been carried out
- Verifies patient's identity prior to surgical procedure
- Maintain records and charts, reporting pertinent information regarding patient's condition, medication given, treatments administered and so forth
Staff Nurse
Carolinas Medical Center
05.2005 - 05.2006
- Serve as a Staff Nurse in a medical surgical unit in support of the hospital's primary purpose - to provide inpatient care to preoperative and postoperative patients, to restore them to an optimal level of functioning, and discharge them home
- Other important hospital functions are to promote teaching, education, and counseling of patients in a one and one setting
- Multi-task supervisory and direct responsibilities include:
- Render professional nursing care to preoperative and postoperative patients including assessments, review of patients' charts, administration of medications, starting IV's, hanging blood, tube feedings, dressing changes, electrocardiography, venipuncture, catheterization, defibrillation, and other complex or routine treatments as prescribed by physician or as required by patient's condition
- Initiates or participates in life-saving procedures to include administering cardio-pulmonary resuscitation as necessary
- Perform 12-lead EKG;
- Work with patients of all types including (chemical dependence and psychiatric diagnoses), also education and management of various medical diagnosis
- Duties include counsel patients as necessary, monitor physical and emotional status of clients
- Help develop programs and processes that increase effectiveness and assuring quality of overall healthcare
- Build programs and communication systems that assisted with staff development
- Complete patient rounds, asking about nursing care, pain management, needs or ideas that would enhance the patient's care
Surgical Technologist
Carolinas Medical Center
08.1999 - 05.2004
- Scrub and Circulate various procedures in the operating room suite
- Prepare equipment for and supplies for surgery
- Facilitate readiness for surgical procedures
- Liaison between Surgeon and Circulating Nurse
- Update Surgical Preference Cards
- Create specialty instrument sets
- Decontaminate and process instrument sets for surgical procedures
- Preceptor for new Surgical Technologist
- Responsible for on-call procedures
Surgical Technologist
United States Navy
06.1989 - 07.1999
- Scrub and Circulate various procedures in the operating room suite
- Prepare equipment and supplies for surgery
- Facilitate readiness for surgical procedures
- Liaison between Surgeon and Circulating Nurse
- Update Surgical Preference Cards
- Create specialty instrument sets
- Decontaminate and process instrument sets for surgical procedures
- Preceptor for new Surgical Technologist
- Performed military duties, customs, and traditions
- Leading Petty Officer in the Surgical Services department
- Responsible for schedules and Reports
- Worked in clinics and medical records
Education
Master of Science - Nursing, Nurse Executive Leadership
Walden University
Minneapolis, MN05.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Winston Salem University
Winston Salem, NC05.2016
Associate of Science - Nursing
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, NC05.2004
Certified Surgical Technologist - undefined
United States Navy, Naval School of Health Sciences
San Diego, CA02.1990
Skills
- Operations management
- Quality improvement projects
- Budget oversight
- Efficiency in performance
- Effective leadership
- Performance assessment
- Coordinating schedules
- Optimizing block schedule management
- OR Utilization
- Teaching
- Clinical expertise
- Healthcare compliance expertise
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of 6 in the development of case leveling policy (triage for surgery postings)
- Collaborated with team of 10 in the development of safe patient handling policy utilizing the hover matt.
Successful state inspections and Joint Commission inspections. During this process, I identified fire risks in the surgical suite and addressed them by implementing flammable cabinets for the storage of all combustible materials.
As the CNIV/Assistant Nurse Manager at a 32-room Level 1 trauma hospital, I assisted with operating room scheduling, maximizing OR utilization and optimizing block schedules. I set scheduling standards to ensure timely delivery of patient care.
Certification
- CNOR
- ACLS
- BLS
Timeline
Staff Nurse, Operating Room
Veterans Health Administration
07.2023 - Current
Internal Traveler, Staff Nurse Operating Room
Durham Regional Hospital
01.2023 - 06.2023
Joint Commission Readiness - Supervisor
WakeMed Health and Hospitals
05.2021 - 11.2022
Operating Room Charge Nurse CNIV
University of North Carolina Hospitals
07.2011 - 05.2021
Operating Room Nurse
Carolins Center for Medical Excellence
07.2010 - 06.2011
Independent Assessment Nurse
St Mary's Home Care
02.2010 - 07.2010
Director of Nursing
St. Mary's Homecare
02.2010 - 08.2010
Home Care Nurse
Hendrick Home Care
07.2009 - 02.2010
Quality Control Nurse
Cirrus Medical Staffing
07.2008 - 07.2009
Operating Room Nurse
University of North Carolina Hospitals
01.2008 - 07.2008
Operating Room Nurse
Whittier Presbyterian Hospital
01.2007 - 01.2008
Staff Nurse
Carolinas Medical Center
05.2005 - 05.2006
Operating Room Nurse
Carolinas Medical Center
05.2004 - 11.2006
Surgical Technologist
Carolinas Medical Center
08.1999 - 05.2004
Surgical Technologist
United States Navy
06.1989 - 07.1999
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Winston Salem University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Central Piedmont Community College
Certified Surgical Technologist - undefined
United States Navy, Naval School of Health Sciences
Master of Science - Nursing, Nurse Executive Leadership
Walden University
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