Nursing, Lora Lee Grutkowski's Curriculum Vitae

Education:

• Sonoma State University -
  Post Masters' Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certificate Program, May 2008.
• Case Western Reserve University
  The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing Degree (MSN) - Advanced Practice Clinical Specialist in Medical-Surgical Nursing, January 2000.
• California State University Dominguez Hills - Statewide Nursing Program
  Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree (BSN) and Public Health Nurse (PHN), December 1995.
• University of California at Los Angeles -
  Extension UCLA School of Nursing, Registered Nurse First Assistant Program-Certificate of Completion September 1993.
• D and D Associates in Nursing Inc.
  Operating Room Course for Registered Nurses November 21, 1988 through March 30, 1989 at Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California
  Certificate of Completion 1989.
• University of the State of New York
  Associate of Applied Science in Nursing Degree (AAS), June 1983.
• Santa Rosa Junior College
  Associate of Science, School of Vocational Nursing Degree (AS), January 1979.
• American Medical Record Association,
  Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), December 1978.

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Experience

• Perioperative Clinical Nurse Specialist-Surgical First Assistant - Advanced practice role as the first assistant to the surgeon. Active staff privileges Sutter Medical Center, most Sonoma County Hospitals and Surgery Centers. 1994-to present
• Instructor and Program Coordinator for Post-Nursing Graduate Program - University of California at Los Angeles - Extension Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) Program. April 2001 to Present. Nursing Consulting Expert - Expert nurse consulting services for legal nurse consulting, testifying expert, legistlative and regulatory issues. September 2000 to present.
• Registered Nurse Work Experience
• Healdsburg District Hospital: Operating Room
  June 1985 to Present
• Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa: Operating Room
  June 2001 to October 2003
• Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital: Operating Room Nursing Leader, Supervisor, circulating and scrubnurse for General and Trauma.
  November 1996 to June 2001
• Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital: Critical Care-Special Care Telemetry Unit and in the Angiocardiography Unit.
  1981 to 1987
  
• Licensed Vocational Nurse
• Community Hospital of Sonoma County: Medical Surgical Unit and Telemetry
  Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital: Medical Surgical Unit and Telemetry
  (employes simultaneously at both hospitals) 1977-1981
• Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) and Medical Records Clerk - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Medical Records Department. 1973-1982.

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Licensure and Credentials

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Certifications

• American Nurses Credentialing Center, advanced practice RN Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC) - #2008005771, 2008-2013.
• American Nurses Credentialing Center, advanced practice RN Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Medical-Surgical Nursing (CNS-BC) - #347922, 2005- 2010.
• Competency and Credentialing Institute, Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA) - #970679, 2007-2012.
• Competency and Credentialing Institute, Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) - #930017, 2007-2012.
• Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, (CLNC), October 2008.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), July 2008-July 2010

Professional Affiliations

• National Academy of Nurse Practitioners 2007.
  
• Member of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS).
  Legislative Regulatory Committee member 2002
National Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants-Medical Legal Consulting Institute 2000.
• Association of peri-Operative Registered Nurses (AORN) 1990.
• Clinical Nurse Specialists -Educator and RN First Assistant Specialty Assemblies 2000.
• Registered Nurse First Assistant Specialty Assembly Committee (AORN) 2004-2006.
• Vice Chair of the National Legislative Committee and State Legislative Coordinator National Legislative Committee, 1998-2004

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Community Service: Keynote Speaker Presentations

• Contra Costa County, Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses, The Role of the Registered Nurse First Assistant. October 28, 1995, Concord, California.
• Association of peri-Operative Registered Nurses, Registered Nurse First Assistant Forum, Contracting and Reimbursement Issues. June 24-27, 1998, San Francisco, California.
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON) meeting, Legislative Issues-Barriers to Practice. February 28-March 2, 2001, San Francisco, California.
• Association of peri-Operative Registered Nurses, AORN Congress 2002, Advanced Practice Opportunities and the Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA), April 22, 2002, Anaheim, California.

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Awards

• 1996. Johnson and Johnson award for Registered Nurse First Assisting (RNFA) nursing excellence presented at the AORN RNFA Forum in Williamsburg, Virginia.
• 2000. The Nurse in Washington Internship Award (NIWI) presented at the 2000 Policy and Politics for Nurses: Action and Change in the Workplace, Government, Organizations and Community by the National Federation of Specialty Nursing Organizations (NFSNO), in Washington, DC.
• 2000. The Preoperative Nursing Educational Award presented by the Operating Room Nursing Council of California (ORNCC).

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Publications

• Contributor to the Association of Peri-operative Registered Nurses (AORN) 2005 publication The RN First Assistant Guide to Practice, second edition Chapter 1, The Standards for RN First Assistant Education Programs.