Diane Molina Chavez

My job in Ambulatory Surgery is primarily in the pre-op area. I do float to PRE and POST GI, and I work in an RHC Charge Nurse role every week. My duties change depending on my role for the day, but do include intake assessments, medication reconciliation, drawing lab work, starting intravenous lines, obtaining accurate consents, EKG, education for the patients and their families, and reporting significant findings to the Anesthesia team and/or Surgical staff. As Charge Nurse, I coordinate the workflow between Ambulatory Surgery, OR, PACU, IR, Radiology, and the Cardiac Cath Lab. I work closely with my managers to problem-solve issues on the unit.

• While in GI, I worked as a Sedation Nurse, Relief Charge Nurse, and Technician. I assisted with ERCP, EUS, EMR, colonoscopy, endoscopy, and bronchoscopy. As relief Charge Nurse, I coordinated procedures with the Anesthesia Department, organized coverage for the procedure rooms, and made staff assignments based on skill set. Also, as a Staff Nurse IV, I precepted new employees and precepted existing staff members in Advanced Endoscopy Procedures.

• I completed Kaiser's Surgical Training Program. I then worked in various operating rooms as a circulation nurse and surgical tech. My duties included ensuring policies and procedures were followed to maintain a sterile environment and surgical field, working with the Surgical Tech to assure accurate counts of equipment, specimen labeling, making sure accurate consents were signed and dated, assuring TIME OUTs were performed, and assisting when in the role of Surgical Scrub Tech.
• Collaborated with surgical teams to ensure patient safety during procedures.

• I worked in all areas of Maternal Child Health as a Staff and Relief Charge Nurse. I worked in Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, Antepartum, and Nursery levels I and II. I was a preceptor, and when working as the charge nurse, I assured staffing for all the units, made assignments according to skill set, and organized precepting assignments.