Irma Darlene Cambio

Background

Cambio, Irma Darlene was born on July 23, 1936 in Belleville, Kansas, United States. Daughter of James and Agnes Marie (Morehead) Dooley.

Education

Associate of Arts, East Los Angeles College, 1960. Student continuing educational courses, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969. Student College Nursing, University Maryland, 1985.

Career

Nurse operating room Beverly Community Hospital, Montebello, California, 1960-1963. Director of Nursing Pico Rivera (California) Community Hospital, 1963-1964, Burbank (California) Convalescent Hospital, 1964-1966. Staff nurse operating room, then head nurse, in-service instructor Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California, 1966-1968.

Staff nurse operating room Sunrise Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1969-1971. Supervisor operating room Valley Hospital, 1971-1972. Head nurse medical/surgical floor Chino (California) General Hospital, 1972-1973.

Staff nurse emergency room Doctor's Hospital Montclair, California, 1972-1973. Head nurse medical floor Boulder (Nevada) Community Hospital, 1973. Staff nurse recovery room Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1973.

Float nurse, then house shift supervisor Imperial Point Hospital, 1973-1974. Staff nurse operating room Lauderdale Lakes (Florida) Hospital, 1973-1974. Patient care coordinator operating room, recovery room Imperial Point Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, 1974-1978.

Assistant head nurse level IV open heart surgery/transplant surgery department and transplant division St. Anthony's Hospital, Denver, 1978-1980. Operating room consultant, equipment planner international division National Medical Enterprises, 1980-1985. Member operating room staff, float nurse Rocky Mountain Hospital, Denver, 1985.

Member operating room staff St. Joseph Hospital, 1985-1986. Head nurse level IV operating room King Faisal Specialty Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1986-1993. Consultant operating room, recovery room and central sterile supply management Denver, since 1993.

Consultant Gortex Graft Company, 1978-1980. On-call staff nurse Nursefinders Nurses' Registry, Los Angeles, 1984-1985, Olsten Nurses' Registry, Denver, since 1985. Travel nurse operating room Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, 1994, Penrose/St. Francis Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1994-1995.

Past member commissioning team for start-up operations of 5 new acute care hospitals Taif, Dhahran and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1 acute care hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Compiler book for new hospitals detailing equipment, instrumentation and supplies necessary for operating suite and recovery room, 1982. Researcher/developer policy and procedure manuals for nursing services several hospitals, Saudi Arabia, 1983.

Consultant commissioned hospitals and Royal Family Private Medical Clinics, Saudi Arabia, 1986-1987. Consultant equipment purchase for expansion, consultant materials flow and management services various hospitals, Saudi Arabia, 1986-1991, NME New Hospital, Malaysia, since 1991, member commission team., Oxford University, England, 1997. Private practice, since 1999.

Achievements

• Irma Darlene Cambio has been listed as a noteworthy nursing consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Participant Health Volumes Overseas, Washington. Member Association Operating Room Nurses (president Las Vegas chapter 1978-1979, member management specialty assembly/division since 1994, researcher new products, developer plan for presentation and integration to hospitals).

Interests

• Avocations: skiing, hiking, knitting, photography.

Connections

Married Anderson Cambio (divorced). Children: Jim, Connie Rae.

Father:

James Dooley

Mother:

Agnes Marie (Morehead) Dooley

Spouse:

Anderson Cambio

child:

Jim Cambio

child:

Connie Rae Cambio