Andrea Massey
Gainesville,FL
Summary
Patient focused Nurse with 6 years of experience caring for women's health patients. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs. Offering expertise with breastfeeding and newborn care.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Registered Nurse - Mother Baby
UF Health Shands Hospital
07.2017 - Current
- Collaborated with resident physicians to assess and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions in high acuity patients.
- Managed care for up to 8 individuals at a time including Antepartum, Postpartum, and Gynecological patients.
- Educated patients and families on postpartum and newborn care.
- Provided assistance and instruction on breastfeeding as well as numerous other ways to provide breast milk and formula preparation.
- Recognized early signs of postpartum hemorrhage and intervened quickly.
- Participated in Scheduling Committee.
- Precepted and oriented new nurses.
- Assisted with yearly skills check offs.
- Peer interviewed potential new hires.
Nurse Extern - Trauma ICU
St. Mary's Medical Center
06.2016 - 05.2017
- Assisted with specimen collection.
- Assisted nursing staff with personal care (bathing, dressing changes) of intubated patients.
- Monitored and documented patient intake and output levels.
- Obtained hourly blood glucose levels.
- Assisted nursing staff with postmortem care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Palm Beach Atlantic University - West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, FL05.2017
Skills
- Active listener to patient questions and fierce advocate for patient concerns
- Breastfeeding education and assistance
- Assessment and management of magnesium Infusion and Preeclampsia
- PO, IM, IV, and SQ administration
- Newborn Screening (PKU), Critical Congenital Heart Defects (CCHD) Screening, Bilirubin assessment, newborn bath
- Assessment of fetal heart tones using doppler
- Blood draw for labs
- Starting and maintaining IVs
- Management of Phototherapy
- Epic software documentation
- Blood glucose management of diabetic patients
Certification
- BLS, American Heart Association - July 2023-Present
- Certified Breastfeeding Counselor (CBC), Prepared Childbirth Educators - July 2019-Present
- STABLE certified - January 2019-Present
Timeline
Registered Nurse - Mother Baby
UF Health Shands Hospital
07.2017 - Current
Nurse Extern - Trauma ICU
St. Mary's Medical Center
06.2016 - 05.2017
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Palm Beach Atlantic University - West Palm Beach