Elizabeth Welty
Dawsonville
Summary
Experienced nursing professional with a strong advocacy for patient safety and a commitment to high-quality care. Skilled in facilitating surgical workflows and mentoring new staff, contributing to improved clinical competencies and patient outcomes.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse Charge Preceptor
Northside Hospital Forsyth
Cumming, GA
07.2023 - Current
- Assumes key responsibilities of orthopedic coordinator on a weekly basis to ensure continuity of care and operations.
- Facilitates direct communication and coordination with surgeons and vendors to optimize surgical workflow.
- Participates in developing and executing evidence-based practice projects aimed at advancing nursing skill development.
- Promotes a culture of safety, collaborating with leadership to implement protocols to reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired infections on the surgical floor.
- Assists in the training and mentorship of new nursing staff members, contributing to a improved clinical competencies and high-quality patient care.
Surgical Registered Nurse
Northside Hospital Forsyth
Cumming, GA
10.2015 - 07.2023
- Collaborated with surgical teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes and safety protocols.
- Maintained sterile surgical environment and secured confidential data to protect patients' health and privacy.
- Maintained a sterile operating environment through strict adherence to infection control guidelines, minimizing risk of contamination.
- Applied critical thinking skills for effectively managing crisis situations or unexpected complications during surgeries, ensuring patient safety and wellbeing.
- Provided skilled, timely, and level-headed emergency response care to critically ill patients.
- Showcased adaptability in handling multiple complex cases simultaneously while prioritizing patient needs according to urgency level.
- Enhanced patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing practices and adhering to surgical protocols.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Georgia College And State University
Milledgeville, GA05-2014
Skills
- Fierce advocate for patient safety
- Acute attention to creating and maintaining a sterile surgical field
- Experience-driven clinical decision-making
- Expert reference for peers in various specialties with a focus on orthopedics
- Complex and creative problem-solving skills
- Easily adapts to new specialties and unexpected situations
- Able to perform in the roles of both circulating and scrubbing general cases both open and laparoscopic as well as high-complexity orthopedic cases
- Trained in general, orthopedic, gynecological, neurologic, plastic, oncology, and robotic services
Certification
BLS
Timeline
Registered Nurse Charge Preceptor
Northside Hospital Forsyth
07.2023 - Current
Surgical Registered Nurse
Northside Hospital Forsyth
10.2015 - 07.2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Georgia College And State University