Education Advisor - Laura Beltran

BeltranI am honored and excited about beginning my new role as Education Advisor for the NYSACSP. For those who do not know me, I would like to share a little bit of my history with you so that you have a sense of who I am. I in turn, am looking forward to meeting with you so I have a sense of the same. I have been in healthcare for more years than I care to admit. I started by career in healthcare as a Registered Nurse and in that capacity worked in several areas of the hospital including the Recovery Room, Med/Surg, Psychiatry. I also worked as the program director of a Homemaker Home Health Aide Training Program, helping women transition from welfare to work. I ultimately earned my BS in Health Administration and an MBA in Management so I understand how challenging it is to be an adult learner. I transitioned into sales after 20 years of clinical nursing selling products and services that I believe provide hospitals, patients, staff and the environment with safe and effective methods to sterilize heat and moisture sensitive devices.

It is through my professional affiliation and contact with a myriad of Central Sterile Departments in the Greater New York area, that I’ve become acutely aware of the breadth and scope of the Central Sterile environment. I am continually amazed, impressed, and in awe of the many intricacies and facets of the work you do each and every day. I believe the Central Service team is truly the core of the surgical team because it starts and stops with you. Improper technique, gaps in practice, missing instrumentation in trays and containers and more importantly non adherence to AAMI standards and guidelines can wreak havoc on the surgical team and ultimately the patients they serve. Thankfully, the majority of you who work in Central Sterile Processing are dedicated, conscientious, and committed to the duties you perform. Many of you are certified or are on the road to certification because you know how imperative it is to stay current in the fast paced and ever changing healthcare environment.

As Education Advisor I am reaching out to you, to assist and guide me in the development of next year’s NYSACSP Seminar in Rochester, NY. We want to have topics that are new, exciting and of interest to you. In the past several weeks, I have reached out to some of your peers and asked them what topics would be of interest to them.

Some of the topics that have been identified are:

Lap  Choly Sets and other devices; How are they used in the OR? The thought is by seeing how surgical instruments are used in the body would provide a greater understanding of the importance of the various components of the sets.

Career Ladders: What is the path to management? What education, certification, experience is needed to transition from CS Technician - Lead Tech- Supervisor-Manager?

Certification: Test Taking Techniques, Overcoming the Fear of Testing, What courses are available? What’s involved in the 400 hours of post classroom training?

I know each and every one of you have topics you would like to learn more about. Please let me know your thoughts and we will try to incorporate some of your ideas into next year’s program. The NYSACSP seminar is all about you. Let’s commit to making the 2012 NYSACSP Educational Seminar the best yet!    

Best Regards,

Laura Beltran, MS, RN

E mail: lbeltran@its.jnj.com
Cell: (516) 972-4514

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