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Overview
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Pre Nursing Career Employment
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Nursing Experience
Community Service And Charities
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Sahara Chowyuk

Santa Monica

Summary

Dedicated perioperative nurse with surgical experience in orthopedic, general, urology, and gynecology procedures. Strong in infection control and patient assessment, ensuring compliance and safety in high-pressure environments.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Perioperative Nurse

UCLA Santa Monica Surgery Center
Santa Monica
09.2024 - Current
  • Circulating and scrubbing ambulatory care cases, including orthopedic, general, urology, gynecology, and pain.
  • PM charge backup
  • Resource and preceptor to new graduate nurses and student nurses and student techs

Perioperative Nurse

UCLA Santa Monica Main OR
Santa Monica
09.2023 - 10.2024
  • Circulating and scrubbing ambulatory care cases, including orthopedic, general, urology, gynecology, and pain.
  • Collaborated with physicians and anesthesiologists on pre-surgical planning and implementation of anesthesia plans.
  • Ensured compliance with hospital policies related to infection control practices within the perioperative environment.

Travel nurse

AMN healthcare + Flexcare Staffing
01.2017 - 09.2023
  • Perioperative Rn Circulator
  • Worked at over 12 facilities around the country, including Level 1 trauma, such as (Emory, VCU, Tenet), surgery centers, such as (UCLA, Evergreen) and main ORs, such as (UCLA, St Johns) to name a few.
  • Quickly learns and adapts to new environments while maintaining facility policy and patient safety

Perioperative Nurse

Kaiser San Francisco
San Francisco
11.2020 - 03.2022
  • Circulating and scrubbing ambulatory care cases, including orthopedic, general, urology, gynecology, and pain.
  • Collaborated with physicians and anesthesiologists on pre-surgical planning and implementation of anesthesia plans.
  • Ensured compliance with hospital policies related to infection control practices within the perioperative environment.

Perioperative Nurse

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Norfolk
01.2014 - 12.2016
  • Level 1 Trauma, Teaching, Magnet Facility
  • Perioperative Circulating nurse
  • Manage and lead staff as mid-shift Charge Nurse

Registered Nurse Medsurg/Tele Staff Nurse

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Norfolk
01.2013 - 12.2014
  • Medical surgical – 42 bed med surgery unit. Patient ratio 1:6 – 1:9
  • Performed Basic nursing skills
  • Perform patient assessments, maintained interdisciplinary team communication, interventions as appropiate

Sales Associate

Sally Beauty Supply and Equipment
05.2010 - 12.2013
  • Retail sales associate.
  • Excellent customer service
  • Ordering and maintaining inventory
  • Balancing and reconciling the register/cash

Education

Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences

Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA
05.2013

High School -

Tallwood High School
Virginia Beach, VA
01.2009

Skills

  • Surgical procedures
  • Infection control
  • Preoperative planning
  • Patient assessment
  • Patient monitoring
  • Compliance management
  • Clinical documentation
  • Critical thinking
  • Leadership development
  • Team collaboration
  • Effective communication
  • Problem solving
  • Advanced lifesaving procedures
  • Patient safety
  • Surgical treatment planning

Pre Nursing Career Employment

Sally Beauty Supply and Equipment, Sales Associate, 05/2010 - 12/2013

Achievements And Awards

  • Dean’s List, School of Health Science, 2009 - present
  • Recipient of Institutional Scholarship, 2009 - 2013
  • Recipient of L.P Whitehead Scholarship, 2011 - 2012
  • Recipient of Mary Marshall Nursing Scholarship, 2011 - 2012

Personal Information

Title: RN BSN CNOR

Certification

  • BLS certified
  • ACLS certified
  • California nursing license (active)
  • CNOR (active)

Nursing Experience

  • Perioperative Nursing - RN Circulator, VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 01/2017 - 39-week assignment, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, 10/2017 - 26-week assignment, VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, 04/2018 - 39-week assignment, Emory St Joseph Hospital, Atlanta, GA, 01/2019 - 8-week assignment, UC Health Memorial Hospital Center, Colorado Springs, CO, 03/2019 - 8-week assignment, Kaiser Baldwin Park Medical Center, Baldwin Park, CA, 05/2019 - 13-week assignment, Tenet Doctors Medical Center, Modesto, CA, 08/2019 - 13-week assignment, Evergreen Medical Center, Kirkland, WA, 11/2019 - 22-week assignment, Kaiser Fremont Medical Center, Fremont, CA, 04/2020 - 1-week assignment (early cancellation due to Covid-19 by facility), Kaiser San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 06/22/20 - 10/20/20 (became staff at this facility until 03/07/22), St John’s Hospital, Santa Monica, CA, 09/2021 - 12/2021, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, 12/2021 - 11/2022, Provident St Johns, Santa Monica, CA, 11/2022 - 02/2023, UCLA Westwood, Los Angeles, CA, 02/2023 - 05/2023, Providence St Johns, Santa Monica, CA, 05/2023 - 09/2023, UCLA Santa Monica Main OR, Santa Monica, CA, 09/2023 - 10/2024, UCLA Santa Monica Surgery Center, Santa Monica, CA, 09/2024 to present
  • Perioperative Nurse, Kaiser San Francisco, 11/01/20 - 03/07/22, 12 suite operating room (permanent staff position). Specialties included Ortho, vascular, plastics, urology, general, gyn, optometry, pediatrics.
  • Perioperative Nurse, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, 2014 - 2016, Level 1 Trauma, Teaching, Magnet Surgical Specialty: Neurosurgery, Ortho Surgery, ENT surgery, General Surgery, Plastic surgery, Trauma Surgery, Gynecology surgery, Urology surgery.
  • Registered Nurse Medsurg/Tele Staff Nurse, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, 2013 - 2014, 1.5 Years of Medical Surgical/Tele Nursing Experience at Unit 4K: Medical surgical – 42 bed med surgery unit.

Community Service And Charities

  • 5K Run/Walk Ribbons of Hope Event
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • Salvation Army
  • Black Jaguar White Tiger Foundation
  • American Heart Association
  • Harvest Solutions Farm (2022 to Present)

Timeline

Perioperative Nurse

UCLA Santa Monica Surgery Center
09.2024 - Current

Perioperative Nurse

UCLA Santa Monica Main OR
09.2023 - 10.2024

Perioperative Nurse

Kaiser San Francisco
11.2020 - 03.2022

Travel nurse

AMN healthcare + Flexcare Staffing
01.2017 - 09.2023

Perioperative Nurse

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
01.2014 - 12.2016

Registered Nurse Medsurg/Tele Staff Nurse

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
01.2013 - 12.2014

Sales Associate

Sally Beauty Supply and Equipment
05.2010 - 12.2013

Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences

Old Dominion University

High School -

Tallwood High School

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