Pediatric Surgery- Nursing Professional Development Practitioner
UCSF Medical Center
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I have been an operating room nurse for over 19 years, and a member of AORN since 2001. I am an active member of the San Francisco/ Marin chapter as well. I have been a clinical nurse educator in the operating room for the past 5 years. I have been a certified operating room nurse since 1999 and completed my certificate as a Surgical Services Educator through CCI in 2013. I currrently work at the University of California, San Francisco as the Clinical Nurse Educator for Pediatric Surgery. As an educator for this institution, I also participate in hospital-wide nursing education and orientation. I provide classes for various aspects of nursing education, as UCSF is a recognized provider of education through the California Board of Registered Nurses. I serve as the coach for the Professional Development Council at UCSF to encourage nurses to become certified in their specialty areas. I have completed training at the Joanna Briggs Institute for comprehensive systematic review training. I am also coach for the Evidence Based Practice Fellowship program.