For today’s Transition Tea podcast, Mary and Yellow Brick Consulting CEO and Founder Kelly Guzman talk about Mary’s career over Breakfast Blend tea, and how it has come full circle with her current role as an educator for nurses interested in surgical nursing. Mary and Kelly discuss healthcare design and transition planning, which both hold close to their hearts. Mary also shares how she continues to apply her experiences and lessons learned from previous nursing roles and as a facilitator for Yellow Brick to be the “voice of calm” and advocate for inclusivity for her students and the staff executing a Dress Rehearsal or a Move. We hope you watch the podcast and bring home some practical takeaways.

Mary Rivera is an operating room nurse and educator with over 30 years in Perioperative Services, including Pre-Op, OR, PACU, Endoscopy, and Hybrid Cardiac Cath Labs. Mary started in healthcare as a surgery scheduler and went back to school to pursue Nursing as a second degree. Since then, she has worked as a staff nurse, gradually ascending to leadership positions as a charge nurse, Unit Manager, and Perioperative Director in charge of five departments at USC Keck University Hospital, USC/Verdugo Hills Hospital, El Camino Hospital, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital. At Yellow Brick Consulting, Mary joins our project teams as a Facilitator/Project Specialist for transition and activation milestone events at our client partners.

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