Autumn Tyler
Saint Paul,MN
Summary
Patient focused, compassionate, and integrity driven Registered Nurse with 8 years experience seeking a position within a healthcare facility offering a challenging position to utilize my skills and knowledge in the medical field to further advance my career. Experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise in labor and delivery as a primary charge nurse.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Primary Charge Nurse-Labor and Delivery
Regions Hospital
05.2022 - Current
- Support a team of nurses in a large birth center to provide compassionate care to a diverse population.
- Act as a resource to all nurses on shift by providing guidance, support, and feedback.
- Promote a culture of teamwork within the unit by fostering open communication, encouraging collaboration, and recognizing contributions made by each team member.
- Work as a liaison between management, nursing staff, and patients/families. Advocate for all parties as needed.
- Perform interdisciplinary team huddles.
- Help navigate challenging situations.
- Remain calm and focused in emergent situations, while providing skilled and timely interventions to optimize outcomes.
- Possess excellent critical thinking skills and an ability to make decisions quickly using professional judgment.
- Lead teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.
- Manage staffing schedules to maintain appropriate nurse-to-patient ratios.
- Quickly respond to situations impacting safety and security to unit.
Staff Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Regions Hospital
05.2017 - Current
- Work as charge RN, preceptor, maternal assessment center RN, circulating RN for cesarean deliveries and tubal ligations, PACU RN monitoring frequent vital signs, aldrete scores, pain assessments, fundal checks, and incision assessments following OR delivery, and scrub RN.
- Provide care in all stages of labor and delivery
- Collaborate with providers to ensure highest quality of care to all patients.
- Provide assessment and management of triage, low and high risk antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients.
- Management of patients experiencing conditions including, but not limited to hypertension, diabetes, multiple gestations, preterm labor, and fetal loss.
- Provide care and monitoring for patients utilizing fetal and maternal monitoring equipment; maintaining both maternal and fetal well being throughout the labor process..
- Manage patients pain including epidural, narcotic, and PCA administration.
- Assist physicians and midwives during delivery/other procedures.
- Care for patients who are on pitocin, magnesium sulfate, insulin drips, antibiotics, etc. while following facilely protocols.
- Recognize complications and act quickly in order to stabilize the situation before, during, and after delivery.
- Monitor patient's vital signs, strength and timing of contractions, and cervical dilation.
- Communicate with the patient, the patient's family, and the appropriate providers and specialists in order to ensure a safe and healthy delivery.
- Improve patient satisfaction scores by providing empathetic, compassionate care to diverse populations.
- Exhibit strong critical thinking skills when assessing complex medical situations and determining appropriate interventions.
- Act as a patient advocate, ensuring their needs were met and their rights protected.
Infusion Nurse
Twin Cities IV
04.2021 - Current
- Provide high quality in-home infusions, ranging from fluid hydration to vitamin replenishment
- Start IV infusions per protocol
Staff Nurse
Hennepin County Medical Center
08.2017 - 04.2018
- Follow physician orders and report change in patient conditions throughout shift.
- Educate patient and families regarding current medical condition.
- Follow hospital protocols, regulations, and infection prevention Coordination of nursing care, including direct patient care, patient/family education and transition of care.
- Support professional nursing scope of practice across the continuum to meet the needs of the patient and family.
- Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans for optimal outcomes.
- Exhibited strong critical thinking skills when assessing complex medical situations and determining appropriate interventions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Presentation College
Aberdeen, SD05.2017
Associate of Arts - Pre-Nursing
University of Wisconsin-Richland
Richland Center, WI05.2013
Skills
- New Hire Preceptor
- Primary Charge RN
- Scrub RN
- Experience with EMTALA workflow
- Patient support and education
- Neonatal Resuscitation
- Peripheral IV Insertion
- Medication and IV administration
- Proficient in using EPIC, MyLearning, and MyTime
- Certified in CPR/AED
Certifications and Trainings
- State of Minnesota Registered Nurse, Expires 8/31/2025
License Number 2458542
- American Heart Association BLS, Expires 8/2025
- NRP Certified, Expires 8/2024
- STABLE certification
- Advanced Fetal Monitoring
- 20 hours of breastfeeding education
- SANE certified
Timeline
Primary Charge Nurse-Labor and Delivery
Regions Hospital
05.2022 - Current
Infusion Nurse
Twin Cities IV
04.2021 - Current
Staff Nurse
Hennepin County Medical Center
08.2017 - 04.2018
Staff Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Regions Hospital
05.2017 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Presentation College
Associate of Arts - Pre-Nursing
University of Wisconsin-Richland