MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS GENERAL DUTY CORPSMAN, UROLOGY DEPARTMENT, DIRECTORATE FOR SURGICAL SERVICES, NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA FROM APRIL 2010 TO JUNE 2013. HM3 CUCCINIELLO'S SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WAS VITAL TO THE SUPPORT OF 19 PROVIDERS DELIVERING CARE TO 15,000 BENEFICIARIES ANNUALLY. WITH TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND PROFESSIONALISM, SHE ASSISTED IN OVER 120 INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS AND OVER 100 CATHETER CHANGES AND CATHETER PROCEDURES RESULTING IN EXPEDITIOUS AND FLAWLESS PATIENT CARE. SHE CROSS TRAINED AS A SURGICAL AND UROLOGICAL TECHNICIAN PERFORMING AS FIRST ASSISTANT IN OVER 100 SURGICAL CASES AND 100 UROLOGICAL PROCEDURES. ADDITIONALLY, THE SUPPORT PETTY OFFICER CUCCINIELLO PROVIDED DURING THE ANNUAL UROLOGY PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING WAS PIVOTAL IN SEEING 220 PATIENTS WITH APPROXIMATELY 10 PERCENT BEING IDENTIFIED AS HAVING PROSTATE CANCER OR NEEDING FURTHER CARE. FURTHER, SHE METICULOUSLY SURVEYED AND ENTERED OVER 10,000 DATA SEGMENTS, GENERATING 21 ACCURATE REPORTS FOR THE UROLOGY DEPARTMENT MEPERS ANCILLARY REPORT. PETTY OFFICER CUCCINIELLO'S PERSONAL EXAMPLE AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS UROLOGY TECHNICIAN FOR UROLOGY CLINIC NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO FROM OCTOBER 2012 TO MARCH 2015. AS A PRUDENT MANAGER OF RESOURCES AND A HIGHLY MOTIVATED UROLOGY TECHNICIAN, HIS INNOVATIVE AND INDEPENDENT WORK ETHIC MADE HIM A HIGHLY RELIABLE AND TRUSTED MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIRECTORATE. DURING THIS PERIOD, HE DEMONSTRATED UNMATCHED DILIGENCE, ASSISTING OVER 30,000 PATIENTS IN THE UROLOGY CLINIC AND MAIN OPERATING ROOM WITH SCHEDULED EXAMINATIONS, RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING, LAPROSCOPIC AND OPEN SURGICAL PROCEDURES, AND EMERGENT CASES. DEPLOYING AS THE SOLE UROLOGY TECHNICIAN WITH THE USNS MERCY ON PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2013, HE LED 18 SAILORS AS ASSISTANT LPO AND WATCHBILL COORDINATOR FOR THE MAIN OPERATING ROOM AND PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE ACQUISTION OF $200,000 WORTH OF NEEDED SURGICAL EQUIPMENT. AS SUPPLY TECHNICIAN FOR THE MOR AND UROLOGY CLINIC, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF $500,000 AND DILIGENTLY MANAGED INVENTORY CONTROL, FINANCES, AND A PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, PETTY OFFICER RIVERA WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE JOINT COMMISION/OSHA INSPECTIONS WHERE HE CONDUCTED SAFETY TRAINING AND PREVENTATIVE MEASURES FOR CIDEX SYSTEMS AND ENSURED ALL SATELLITE LAB SOPs WERE UP TO DATE. PETTY OFFICER RIVERA'S TECHNICAL SKILL, PERSERVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS SAFETY PETTY OFFICER AND CLINIC LAB MANAGER. HN SIMMONS LED MONTHLY EDUCATIONAL SAFETY PROGRAMS FOR OVER 60 EMPLOYEES RESULTING IN ZERO ON-THE-JOB INJURIES OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS. AS CLINIC LAB MANAGER, HN SIMMONS MANAGED A ROSTER OF 13 ARMY AND NAVY PERSONNEL CREDITED WITH OVER 500 TRAINING HOURS, ENSURING EVERY MEMBER WAS COMPETENT AND QUALIFIED TO WORK THE UROLOGY LAB INDEPENDENTLY AT 100% COMPETENCY, A 20 PERCENT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, HN SIMMONS IMPLEMENTED A NEW SPECIMEN PROCUREMENT LOG TO IMPROVE SPECIMEN DOCUMENTATION ACCURACY AND PATHOLOGY LAB TURNOVER WHICH REDUCED CLERICAL ERRORS TO ZERO AND ENHANCED PATIENT CARE. BY HER EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, HOSPITALMAN SIMMONS REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.