Student Ambassador

• Jan 2017 - Present

Registered Nurse

• May 2002 - Oct 2021

Scrub and circulate on surgical cases. Interview and assess patients in pre-operative phase. Assist anesthesia during induction and reversal of patient. Maintain a surgical safe environment. Document all care rendered to patient throughout intra and postoperative period. Scrub and circulate on surgical cases. Interview and assess patients in pre-operative phase. Assist anesthesia during induction and reversal of patient. Maintain a surgical safe environment. Document all care rendered to patient throughout intra and postoperative period.

Nurse Educator

• May 2015 - Sep 2020

Responsible for the education of staff in the Operating Room, which includes inservices, mandatory topics, on boarding new staff, navigating our perioperative fellowship program, assessing our program outcomes, improving staff practices through needs assessment, dialogue and on going staff development in the clinical area. Providing ongoing clinical education through interactive lectures from surgeons, nursing leadership, and senior leadership in support services. Assessing competencies through discussion, teach back, and simulation as clinical skills changes through evidence based practice.Presented PowerPoint "Effective Communication " for leadership conference , "Diversity and Inclusiveness for staff and leadership.

Nurse Manager

• Jul 2001 - May 2015

Manages a staff of over fifty and the department on the evening shift. Coordinates patient throughput in a timely and efficient manner. Responds to clinical and administrative issues effectively with resolve and effective communication.Developed templates to monitor urgent emergent cases performed on the evening shift, monitor the amount of overtime and reasons, and hands-off communication to improve a smooth effective and informed transition.Participates and is responsible for interviewing prospective candidates for open Registered Nurses, Surgical Technologists, and secretarial positions, with recommendations on hiring staff. Liaise between days and evening staff by having a monthly focus group meeting to resolve issues that are important to staff satisfaction and efficiency to the department.Coordinates our monthly management focus group meeting discussing and implementing changes that would improve staff, surgeon, and patient satisfaction with continued follow up.Responsible for collaborating with my management colleagues with regards to our on call and holiday schedule, having the schedules completed in a timely and accurate manner and communicating effectively any necessary changes as deemed necessary.

Clinical Nurse Manager

• Apr 1999 - 2001

Managed the evening shift with over fifty staff members, over 40 operating rooms, with multiple specialties. Managed the evening shift with over fifty staff members, over 40 operating rooms, with multiple specialties.

Clinical Nurse

• Mar 1992 - Apr 1999

RN, scrub and circulate in different specialties. Clinical Nurse Manager operating room evening shift. Managed a staff of > 50, with > 25 rooms in progress at start of evening shift. RN, scrub and circulate in different specialties. Clinical Nurse Manager operating room evening shift. Managed a staff of > 50, with > 25 rooms in progress at start of evening shift.

Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago

• Aug 1979 - Mar 1992

RN, medical, surgery, emergency department, operating room, practiced as a midwife. Managed each specialty on the off shifts on a rotational basis. As a midwife was responsible for teaching patients' the physiology of labor, assessing patients prenatal, during labor and delivery, delivered babies, and cared for mother and baby in the postnatal period. Followed up mother and baby after discharged from hospitals through home and clinic visits, along with teaching new mothers about post natal care and breast feeding.

Registered Nurse

• Apr 1979 - Jul 1979

Worked in the Medical ICU. Cared for patients' with multiple comorbidities. Worked in the Medical ICU. Cared for patients' with multiple comorbidities.