Corinne Schuttler
Sturgeon County,AB
Summary
Dynamic nursing professional with extensive experience at Alberta Health Services, excelling in clinical leadership and patient advocacy. Proven expertise in advanced cardiac life support and compassionate care, ensuring high-quality outcomes in post-operative settings. Adept at identifying procedural gaps and implementing effective solutions to enhance patient care standards.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Head Nurse - Post Anesthetic Care Unit
Alberta Health Services
05.2015 - Current
- Full time
- Provide clinical leadership
- Supervision of unit consisting of 13 Registered Nurses
- Perform frontline registered nursing assessments and care
- Ensurance of quality patient care with adherence to policies, procedures, and standards
- Identify unit areas of inadequacy and adjust procedures to close gaps and improve policies.
- Advocate for nursing unit as well as for our post operative patients
Staff Nurse - Post Anesthetic Care Unit
Alberta Health Services
04.2014 - 05.2015
- Regular part time
- Immediate post operative nursing assessment and care to patients having undergone surgery in the specialties of General, Gynecology, Orthopedic, and Postpartum
- Consisted of all shifts including on call status
- Worked effectively with patients and the multidisciplinary team
- Assisted Anesthesia with regional nerve blocks, including blood patches
- Assisted in checking in patients in the pre operative holding area, ensuring preparation of surgery with special consideration to consents, pre operative lab work, and confirmation of fasting status
Staff Nurse - Daysurgery
Alberta Health Services
09.2011 - 04.2014
- Regular part time
- Provided nursing care to patients pre operatively, intra operatively and post operatively through until discharge with focus on General and Gynecology daysurgery patients
- Provided nursing care to patients undergoing cataract surgery and endoscopy procedures
- Nursing care provided both on the nursing unit as well as in the operating room
Staff Nurse - OR & PACU
Alberta Health Services
01.2004 - 09.2011
- Casual and Part time
- Consisted of all shifts including on call status
- Worked effectively and efficiently alongside the multi disciplinary team in both the Operating Room and Post Anesthesia Care Unit providing General, Gynecology, Orthopedic, Postpartum and Plastic surgical care
Staff Nurse - Surgical Nursing Units 43 and 27/28
Alberta Health Services
11.2000 - 01.2004
- Regular part time
- Consisted of Days/Evenings rotation
- Performed pre operative and post operative nursing care in the specialty areas of orthopedic and plastic surgery
- Established positive relationships with patients and other staff members.
- Responded sensitively and competently to patients with diverse cultural backgrounds
Staff Nurse - Operating Room
Interior Health Authority
10.1997 - 11.2000
- Regular full time
- Casual status from spring 1997 - Oct. 1997
- Consisted of Days/Evenings rotation including on call status
- Charge nurse duties - evenings and weekends
- Alternate in charge nurse in specialty areas of Neurology, General, ENT, and Plastics (each a 6 month rotation) with introduction to Cardiovascular surgery
- Performed both scrub and circulating nurse duties
Staff Nurse - Surgical Nursing Unit 3E
Interior Health Authority
03.1996 - 10.1996
- Casual status
- Consisted of all shifts and weekends
- Performed pre and post operative nursing care specifically in the specialty areas of General, Neurology, Thoracic, and Cardiovascular
Staff Nurse
Covenant Health Hospital
06.1995 - 03.1996
- Casual status
- Demonstrated good judgement and decision making in emergency situations and with relation to prioritization and triage
- Application of the nursing process, policy and procedures in providing wholistic care to all emergency, outpatients, pre and post operative patients.
- Worked effectively with patients, the public, and the multidisciplinary team and other departments
Staff Nurse - Operating Room / Nursing Unit
Northern Health
11.1994 - 05.1995
- Regular part time
- Performed scrub nurse and circulatory duties
- Nursing care for all services from Labour and Delivery, Postpartum, Pediatric, Medicine, Surgery, to Long term care. Also included Palliative care, Detoxification & Emergency care.
Staff Nurse - Psychiatry
Caritas Health Group (Covenant Health)
06.1992 - 01.1994
- Full time
- Casual status from June 1992 - Aug. 1993
- Adhered to hospital policy and procedures in providing safe and competent nursing care on inpatient, secure, and outpatient psychiatric units
- Applied effective communications skills in the treatment of various mental health illnesses, both in adults and in adolescents
Unit Clerk
Caritas Health Group (Covenant Health)
07.1989 - 06.1992
- Casual status
- Processed physician's orders
- Booked tests and procedures
- Organized admissions and maintained patient charts
- Worked in conjunction with all professional and support staff
- Performed general desk duties
- Answered unit calls and took messages for healthcare staff to maximize team productivity.
- Handled incoming calls professionally, providing relevant information or transferring inquiries as needed to maintain efficient communication channels within the unit.
Education
Nursing Diploma -
Misericordia Hospital School of Nursing
Edmonton, AB09-1994
Skills
- Current BLS - Canadian Heart and Stroke
- Current ACLS - Canadian Heart and Stroke
- Current annual education and competencies for PACU
- Yearly numerous education in services, workshops, and conferences
- Connect Care super user
- Lead 2 ECF Bootcamp - 2017 Resuscitation Canada
- Simulation Workshop - May 12 & 13th 2015
- Certification in Operating Room Nursing - Jan '94 -March '94 University of Alberta Hospital
- Basic and Advanced Levels in the Intravenous Therapy Program - Sept '94 Misericordia Hospital
- Senior Matriculation Diploma/Business Diploma Sept '85 - June '88 ME LaZerte Composite High School
- HIPAA compliance
- Compassionate care
- Patient education
Timeline
Assistant Head Nurse - Post Anesthetic Care Unit
Alberta Health Services
05.2015 - Current
Staff Nurse - Post Anesthetic Care Unit
Alberta Health Services
04.2014 - 05.2015
Staff Nurse - Daysurgery
Alberta Health Services
09.2011 - 04.2014
Staff Nurse - OR & PACU
Alberta Health Services
01.2004 - 09.2011
Staff Nurse - Surgical Nursing Units 43 and 27/28
Alberta Health Services
11.2000 - 01.2004
Staff Nurse - Operating Room
Interior Health Authority
10.1997 - 11.2000
Staff Nurse - Surgical Nursing Unit 3E
Interior Health Authority
03.1996 - 10.1996
Staff Nurse
Covenant Health Hospital
06.1995 - 03.1996
Staff Nurse - Operating Room / Nursing Unit
Northern Health
11.1994 - 05.1995
Staff Nurse - Psychiatry
Caritas Health Group (Covenant Health)
06.1992 - 01.1994
Unit Clerk
Caritas Health Group (Covenant Health)
07.1989 - 06.1992
Nursing Diploma -
Misericordia Hospital School of Nursing
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