Faizan Ashraf

Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (BSN, PHN) seeking to leverage a strong clinical foundation in critical care, acute specialty, and perioperative settings to deliver exceptionally high-quality, patient-centered care. My goal is to advance clinical excellence within a dynamic healthcare team, continuously expanding my critical care skills while advocating for diverse patient populations through culturally responsive, evidence-based nursing practice.

Senior Capstone Preceptorship – Operating Room at UC Davis Medical Center (2025-09 – 2025-12)

Completed an intensive 216-hour senior clinical preceptorship focused on circulating and scrub nurse responsibilities within a high-volume Level I trauma center operating room.

• Collaborated directly with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and perioperative staff to set up sterile fields, manage surgical instrumentation, position patients safely, and maintain strict aseptic technique across complex surgical specialties.
• Preceptor Project / Clinical Focus: Focused on perioperative patient safety, intraoperative EPIC clinical documentation, patient advocacy during anesthesia induction, and managing safe, seamless post-operative transfers to the PACU.

Public Health Clinical Rotation at Alice Birney Waldorf Public School (2025-09 – 2025-12)

• Delivered community health assessments, student health education, and routine pediatric wellness care in a public-school setting.

Pediatric & Maternal Rotations at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento (2025-02 – 2025-04)

• Provided specialized care across PICU, Pediatric Oncology, Labor & Delivery, Maternal Newborn, and High-Risk Maternity units.

Acute Care & Specialty Rotations at UC Davis Medical Center (2024-10 – 2024-12)

• Rotated through procedural and step-down units including Operating Room, Interventional Radiology (IR), Medical ICU, Med-Surg Specialty, and Cardiothoracic PCU.

Psychiatric Clinical Rotation at Sierra Vista Hospital, Sacramento (2024-09 – 2024-10)

• Conducted mental status exams, therapeutic communication, and milieu management in an inpatient behavioral health setting.

Acute Care Medical-Surgical at UC Davis Medical Center (2024-02 – 2024-04)

• Provided direct adult medical-surgical nursing care, comprehensive assessments, medication administration, and wound care management.

Medical ICU Volunteer at UC Davis Medical Center (2025-01 – 2025-08)

• Supported clinical staff in high-acuity MICU environment; assisted with patient positioning, safety monitoring, and observed complex bedside critical care procedures.

Community Health Clinic Volunteer at Paul Hom Asian Clinic (2021-11 – 2022-12)

• Provided primary care intake, health screenings, and patient navigation in a free community clinic serving medically underserved populations.

COVID-19 Testing Kiosk Staff / Volunteer at UC Davis Campus (2020-10 – 2021-11)

• Facilitated campus-wide COVID-19 screening, sample collection, infection control protocols, and HIPAA-compliant health intake operations.

Research Lab Assistant (Epigenetics) at UC Davis - Epigenetics Lab (2021-10 – 2022-11)

• Assisted PhD researchers with agricultural genetics research focusing on crop shelf-life and biological enhancements.

Nursing Student Mentor & Ambassador at CSU Sacramento / UC Davis (2021-01 – 2025-12)

• Provided academic guidance, peer mentorship, and transitional support for incoming nursing and undergraduate students.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) – California State University, Sacramento (2025-12)

Bachelor of Science in Plant Biology – University of California, Davis (2022-07)

Associate of Science in Biology – Sacramento City College (2020-06)