Operating Room Staff Nurse Expert Witness

Summary of Qualifications

• Over 35 years of perioperative nursing experience
• 17 years experience working as a private scrub nurse for a cardiothoracic surgeon
• Clinical experience in a variety of OR procedures including cardiac, thoracic, vascular, general, spinal, orthopedic, advanced laparoscopic, and robotic.

Professional Experience

2000-present
Skokie Hospital /NorthShore University Health System
Staff nurse/Operating Room-Team Leader General Surgery

• Responsible for quality patient care before, during, and immediately after a full spectrum of surgical procedures including cardiac, advanced laparoscopic, orthopedic, spinal, and robotic

1998-2000
Rush North Shore Medical Center, Skokie, IL
On Call Staff Nurse/Cardiac O.R.

• Took call for all cardiac cases after hours to supplement the cardiac team

1993-1994
Rush North Shore Medical Center, Skokie, IL
Staff Nurse/Cardiac O.R.

• Circulated/scrubbed on all types of cardiac, thoracic, and vascular cases

1977-1994
C. J. Tatooles, MD & Associates, SC, Evanston, IL
Private scrub nurse

• Scrub and assist on cardiac, thoracic, and vascular procedures, including complex pediatric congenital open heart cases in a variety of major Chicago hospitals
• Responsible for pre and post-operative patient and family teaching
• Assisted with preparing research papers
• Helped with development of a turn-key cardiac surgery program at Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights

1975-1977
St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL
Staff Nurse/O.R.

• Staff nurse for general, orthopedic, and cardiac services

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN
• Diploma, St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, Evanston, IL

Professional Certifications

• Certified Nurse Operating Room-CNOR-Competency & Credentialing Institute

Memberships

• Association of periOperative Nurses-AORN