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Amanda Chaffold, RN, BSN

Amanda Chaffold, RN, BSN

Registered Nurse
Menifee,CA

Summary

Motivational Postpartum Nurse with experience caring for newborns and mothers through childbirth process. Energetic and friendly professional certified in BLS, ACLS, STABLE, NRP, and telemetry monitoring. Polished in educating new parents on infant care, administering therapeutics and promoting maternal-infant bonding. Commended for successfully caring for high-risk patients and assisting to emotional needs of mothers during postpartum period. Also trained in nursery, tending to neonates and stabilizing them after birth until discharged home.

Overview

2
2
years of post-secondary education
9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Postpartum and Nursery Registered Nurse

Corona Regional Medical Center
Corona , CA
07.2019 - Current
  • Provide care to women postoperatively, assuring they will meet their desired health goal.
  • Coordinated and consulted with health care team to plan, implement and assess both mother and infant care plans.
  • Educated new parents on how to properly care for infants by instructing parents on breast or bottle feeding, bathing, circumcision care and breastfeeding.
  • Monitored and assessed mother and newborn after delivery to ascertain proper healing and recovery.
  • Assessed, evaluated, fed, bathed and checked vital signs on newborns less than 4 days old.
  • Took records of birthdates and times, baby weights, lengths, head circumferences and APGAR scores.
  • Coached new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood.
  • Counseled families and patients through postpartum issues.
  • Trained new nurses on hospital policies and procedures, patient care protocols, medical procedures and patient interventions.

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit

Victor Valley Global Medical
Victorville, CA
11.2018 - 07.2019
  • Adapting to what is available and providing patient care in any circumstance.
  • Providing customer service skills to make the patient feel at home in the hospital setting encouraging a low stress experience and enhancing healing.
  • Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
  • Developed strategy to target nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response and patient care quality and suggest actionable improvements to promote hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives .
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.
  • Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
  • Performed ongoing assessments to evaluate mental health needs, working with multidisciplinary team to develop, initiate, manage and modify individualized plans of care.

Massage Therapist

Independent Contractor
Hesperia, CA
01.2005 - 01.2012
  • Dedicated to making the client comfortable and providing a relaxing experience from the moment the appointment is made until the time that they leave.
  • Performed massage for clients with wide range of therapeutic methods, including hot stone, Swedish, deep tissue, sports and pregnancy.
  • Created marketing advertisements to increase sales.
  • Provided safe, effective and appropriate massage therapy techniques with professionalism and enthusiastic attitude to maintain customer satisfaction rates.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

WEST COAST UNIVERSITY
Ontario, CA
06.2016 - 10.2018

Work Availability

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Skills

    Women's health exams

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Quote

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Walt Disney

Timeline

Postpartum and Nursery Registered Nurse

Corona Regional Medical Center
07.2019 - Current

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit

Victor Valley Global Medical
11.2018 - 07.2019

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

WEST COAST UNIVERSITY
06.2016 - 10.2018

Massage Therapist

Independent Contractor
01.2005 - 01.2012

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