DNP, CRNA, FNP

Tanya Smith, DNP, CRNA, FNP-c

***** ********* *** #****, ****** del Rey, California 90292

Phone: 504-***-**** Email: adch3q@r.postjobfree.com

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Profile

Doctorate of Nursing Practice / Master of Nursing / Registered Nurse / B.S. Biology

Sole Provider / Pre & Post Op Assessment / Chart Review / Case Cancelation / Patient Discharge

Induction / Maintenance / Extubation / Post Procedural Care / Pain Management

Surgery / Recovery / PACU / OB / ER / Radiology / Pulmonology / Cardiac Catheterization / GI

Chief CRNA / Staff CRNA / Contract CRNA / Adjunct Instructor / High Risk Patients

SUMMARY OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Amsurg, Nashville, Tennessee (Los Angeles County, City of Torrance)

Contract CRNA, November 2014 – Present

Contracted through Amsurg as CRNA in Los Angeles County for Endoscopy Center of South Bay (ECSB), and Surgical Center Torrance, California.

Independent Sole Provider with full accountability for patient outcomes, including cancelation of cases, pre-op assessments, utilizing anesthesia phases of induction and maintenance, post procedural care, transport to Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), reporting to Accepting Nurse, pain management, and patient discharge.

Manage high-risk patients, acquiring patient data ahead of procedure, creating list of “flagged” items for staff review prior to patient admittance to facility, and assessment of file for additional patient needs, rescheduling, or transferring patient to hospital for procedure.

Pre-op assessment, encompasses chart review, interview and physical assessment of patient, obtaining complete medical history, evaluating difficulties with anesthesia in the past, and determination of fitness for surgery or procedure.

Currently using Provation MultiCare Giver electronic charting program

Attend all staff meeting, and quarterly facility meetings.

Assisted at local Los Angeles surgery center on temporary basis, prior to full-time placement at ECSB.

Ochsner Kenner Medical Center (contracted through LSU), Kenner, Louisiana

Chief CRNA, April 2011 – October 2014

Staff CRNA, July 2008 – April 2011

Coordinated scheduling for seven CRNA’s in 10 departments, including Surgery, Recovery, OB, PACU, ER, Radiology, Pulmonology, Cardiac Catheterization, and GI, for departmental assignments and staff breaks.

Provided additional assistance for surgery suite or as designate CRNA for emergency situations.

Tracked and manually reported weekly schedules, inclusive of overtime, PTO, hours worked consecutively without lunch, and forwarded to Human Resources for payroll, and distributed checks to staff.

Completed pre-op assessment, inclusive of chart review, patient interview and physical assessment, medical history, anesthesia difficulties, and verification of fitness for surgery or procedure.

CRNA for daily surgery or procedure, including pre-op assessments, three phases of anesthesia: induction, maintenance, and extubation, transport to PACU, reporting to Accepting Nurse, pain management, and CRNA or physician discharge of patient.

Selected for JCAHO Committee: For accreditation process, ensuring anesthesia department was prepared for committee walk-throughs, and consistently updating department based on newest guidelines while ensuring all CRNA’s were following procedures.

Chosen for Clinical Patient Outcomes Committee: Anesthesia Department Representative for multi-disciplinary committee tracking readmissions, anesthesia issues, missed antibiotics, patients without flu vaccine, MRSA, C. diff, and staph infections.

Managed clinical rotation students (senior and junior level), including tracking procedure types and numbers, assigning to CRNA, performance evaluations (daily, semi-daily, and weekly), teamwork ability, issues and clinical skill level, and acted as contact for questions. Supervised students personally three days a week.

Attended staff meetings, including Surgical Department (anesthesia, surgery, pre-op and post-op), regularly monthly meetings, and offsite LSU departmental meetings.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

General Surgery Rotations (locations and emphasis), March 2006 – April 2008

Ochsner Kenner, Kenner, Louisiana, Precept, January 2008 – March 2008.

Slidell Memorial Hospital, Slidell, Louisiana, OB/GYN specific.

Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, OB/GYN specific.

St. Jude’s, Memphis, Tennessee, Pediatric Anesthesia emphasis.

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, Pediatric Anesthesia emphasis.

University Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana (three rotations total), Trauma, OB, General Surgery.

Ochsner Foundation Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, General Surgery.

Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, General Surgery.

Lalliekemp Hospital (two rotations), Independence, Louisiana, General Surgery.

Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, General Surgery.

Tenet Memorial Medical Group, New Orleans, Louisiana

NICU Registered Nurse, January 2004 – July 2005

Provided NICU, Acuity Section assessment, care, monitoring, and intervention for one to four patients nightly in 12-hour shifts.

Rotated as Charge Nurse, coordinating scheduling, acting as precept for new nurses, and instructing new nursing staff in specialized medication administration, IV insertion, and the contrast between traditional patient management and NICU patients.

Communicated with prior shifts on patient status, and provided status to following shift.

Admitted infant patients directly from birth, partnering with Respiratory, Anesthesia, and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner to stabilize infant. Stable infant assessed for physical characteristics, administration of required medications, and prioritization of orders.

Interacted with patient visitors, ensuring patient safety, and utilizing visitation list for approved guests.

Involved parents immediately in bonding with child, encouraging consistent contact.

Coordinated with physicians performing after-hours rounds and collaborated with multiple disciplines including respiratory therapy, IV, radiology, phlebotomy, and laboratory.

Administered additional medications via IV, Nasogastric tubes, and orally, and measured oxygen levels, lung capacity, breaths per minute, utilized jet vents and other specialized equipment for infant needs.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

Clinical Nursing Rotations (locations), May 2000 – October 2003

Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana

Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana

Tulane, New Orleans, Louisiana

Hotel Dieu (became University), New Orleans, Louisiana

Baptist Hospital (became Tenet), New Orleans, Louisiana

University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana

Adjunct Instructor, August 2000 – December 2000

Graduate Assistant, August 1999 – May 2000

Instructed undergraduate Biology 100 three times weekly and accompanying Lab (with two groups/sections), averaging 50 students per class.

Utilized textbook for creation of lesson plans, lectures, tests and lab assignments, and maintained grades and attendance.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & PUBLISHED WORK

LSU Nurse Anesthesia School

Preceptor: 2008 – 2014

Malignant Hypothermia Presentation (one-hour) 50 attendees per year: 2009 – 2013

Vanderbilt University

Doctoral Dissertation

The Need of Handoff Documentation in Operative Suites at Ochsner Kenner Medical Center

Created handoff procedure document as dissertation for patients to mitigate risks. Process was implemented into EPIC System for Ochsner Kenner Medical Center facility. Research included LANA and AANA surveys to determine current facilities with handoff documentation, obtaining copies, and development of handoff procedures specific to OKMC facility encompassed within a 40-page document.

TECHNICAL PROFILE & FORMATTING/STYLE

Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10, Mac 10.12, Epic EMR, Provation

Programs: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, Epic Ordering, Epic Intraoperative, Epic Preoperative, Epic Postoperative, Pixys, Cerner PowerChart, eClinicalWorks, SPSS (statiscal software), Provation Multicare Giver

Formatting and Style: MLA, APA

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

American Association of Nurse Anesthesia (AANA): Member: 2008 – Present

California Association of Nurse Anesthesia (CANA): Member: 2014 - Present

Louisiana Association of Nurse Anesthesia (LANA): Member: 2008 -Present

American Heart Association: Volunteer Community Testing: 2009 – 2013

Participant: 2009 – 2013, 2015

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network: Participant: 2017

EDUCATION

George Washington University, Washington, D.C.: Nurse Practitioner Certificate, May 2019

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee: Doctorate of Nursing Practice, 2013

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

Master of Nursing, Anesthesia, 2008

B.S. Nursing, 2003

Honors

Sigma Theta Tau: Nursing Honor Society, 2007

Nightingale Award and Scholarship: Recipient, 2003 – 2005

University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana: B.S. Biology

LICENSING

National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetist

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), 2008 (current)

California State Board of Nursing: CRNA, NP, RN 2014 (current)

Louisiana State Board of Nursing: RN 2003 (current); CRNA 2005 (current)

American Heart Association

ACLS and BLs (current)

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