Ms. Hammant has been a Registered Nurse for over 31 years. She has specialized in Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery and is currently the Team Lead of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, Peripheral Vascular Surgeries and HYBRID OR procedures at East Jefferson General Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States. She also has been a CNOR for over 25 years.

She has had oversight for positioning and leading OR staff in Cardiac, Thoracic, Abdominal and Peripheral Surgeries. She was instrumental in leading the OR nursing staff in supporting the addition of Hybrid OR Surgeries, including Endoluminal AAA and TAG Stenting, Pulmonary Embolectomy, Convergent MAZE, Cardiac Ablations , and TAVR procedures.

Ms. Hammant has been a contributing member of AORN for over 28 years and was a speaker at the 2019 AORN Congress, where she spoke on safe positioning for prolonged procedures.

 

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