Ann M Birka
Nursing in Arlington, TX

Cardiothoracic Surgery
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) ICU, PACU, OR
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)

University of Texas at Arlington - Arlington, TX
Certificate, RN First Assistant University of Texas at Arlington - Arlington, TX
Masters in Acute Care Nurse Practitioner University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT
Master of Science in Physiological Nursing

First assist in surgery: tissue/organ handling, providing exposure, instrumentation, saphenous vein graft harvesting (open & endoscopic), hemostasis, sternal and leg wound closure by sternal wires and suturing of subcutaneous and subcuticular tissue. First assist with Robotic surgery: Thoracic robotic lung resection surgery, Urology robotic prostatectomy and nephrectomy surgeries. Insertion of pleural chest tubes Insertion of pleurex drainage systems Insertion of internal jugular, subclavian, and femoral central venous catheters Insertion of radial and femoral arterial catheters Endotracheal intubation Thoracentesis Bronchoscopy Removal of pleural and mediastinal chest tubes, intraaortic balloon pump catheters, epicardial pacer wires, pericardial drainage tubes, Jackson-Pratt drainage tubes, On Q pleural analgesia catheters, pleurex catheters, and pleural empyema tubes. Debridement of wounds Incision and drainage of infected wounds