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Nursing, Lora Lee Grutkowski's Curriculum
Vitae
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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
- California Nurse Practitioner (FNP) #18178
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May 2008 |
- California Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) #1381
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August 2000 |
- State of California, Public Health Nurse (PHN) #5546
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April 1996 |
- California Registered Nurse (RN) #365475
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August 1983 |
- Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) #17378
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April 1979 |
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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
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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.
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