Steven Firestine

Background

About Steven Firestine

I'm a Registered Nurse with 19+ years of experience in the Operating Room. I have worked at a number of Hospitals and Trauma Centers in California and in the Southeast. • Experienced Charge Nurse, Specialty Coordinator, and Acting Assistant Manager. • Experienced Nurse Educator. Rebuilt one orientation and training program. Long-time preceptor at multiple facilities for new hires across multiple service lines. • Experienced with fast paced settings, able to multi-task and change direction “on-the fly”. • Knowledge resource for nursing and medical staff across multiple service lines. • Experienced with EMR charting systems. Certified Epic Trainer. • Working with OR leadership to facilitate increase of percentage of cases in-room on time for first cases of the day by identifying and communicating barriers to achieving desired goals. • Working with OR leadership to identify barriers to achieving desired turnover times between cases based on the nature of the cases. • Working with Medical Staff on properly identifying efficient case scheduling for the day to optimize OR utilization and decrease unnecessary OR turnover delays I have additional creative and 'geeky' interests ranging across writing, photography, and design creation. I have managed small scale merchandise and design projects for Fan Groups and Interested Individuals.