Nursing, Lora Lee Grutkowski's Curriculum Vitae

Education:

• Case Western Reserve University, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing Degree (MSN) and advanced practice Clinical Specialist in Medical-Surgical Nursing, January 2000.
• Post-Master's Family Nurse Practioner Certificate Program, Sonoma State University beginning Fall 2006.
• 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

• January 1994 to Present. Perioperative Clinical Nurse Specialist-Surgical First Assistant. Working in an advanced practice role as the first assistant to the surgeon providing aid in exposure, hemostasis, tissue handling, use of instrumentation and suturing. Current active staff privileges at most Sonoma County hospitals and surgery centers.
• April 2001 to Present. Instructor and Program Coordinator. School of Nursing, University of California at Los Angeles- Extension Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) post-nursing graduate program.
• September 2000 to Present. Nursing Consulting Expert. Expert nurse consulting services for clinical practice issues, legal nurse consulting, testifying expert, legislative and regulatory issues.
• June 1985 to Present. Registered Nurse working at Healdsburg General Hospital in the Operating Room, scrubbing and circulating surgical cases.
• June 2001 to October 2003. Registered Nurse working at Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa in the Operating Room scrubbing and circulating surgical cases.
• November 1996 to June 2001. Registered Nurse working at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in the Operating Room as a lead and staff nurse supervising, scrubbing and circulating general, vascular, orthopaedic, and trauma surgeries.
• 1981 to 1987. Registered Nurse working at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital on the Critical Care-Special Care Telemetry Unit and in the Angiocardiography Department.
• 1977-1981.Licensed Vocational Nurse working at Community Hospital of Sonoma County and Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital on the medical-surgical units.
• 1973-1982. Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) and Medical Records Clerk working at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Santa Rosa General Hospital in Administration and in the Medical Records Department.

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Licensure and Credentials

• California Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), August 2000, #1381.
• California Registered Nurse (RN), August 1983, #365475.
• State of California, Public Health Nurse (PHN), April 1996, #55461.
• Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), April 1979, #17378.

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Certifications

• American Nurses Credentialing Center, advanced practice RN Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Medical-Surgical Nursing (CS), September 1, 2005 to August 31, 2010.
• Competency and Credentialing Institute, Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA), March 2002 to March 2007, #970679.
• Competency and Credentialing Institute, Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR), March 2002 to March 2007, #930017.
• Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, (CLNC), October 2008.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), July 2008.

Professional Affiliations

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

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Speaking Engagements

• Contra Costa County, Association of peri-Operative 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.