Brandi Berg
Yakima,WA
Summary
Motivated and dedicated new Certified Nurse Midwife offering 14 years of labor and delivery nursing experience. Looking to provide evidence-based, patient centered care to women throughout their lives including during pregnancy and birth. Detail-oriented, responsive and proficient in routine care and emergency response. Committed to provide high quality care to women in our community.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN
Multicare Yakima Memorial Hospital
Yakima , WA
07.2009 - Current
- Delivery of antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum management at a 250 delivery/month facility.
- Oversaw labor by coaching women, assisting with complications, interpreting fetal monitor strips, and administering medications during birth.
- Cared for a variety of medical conditions experienced by pregnant women including preterm labor, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, diabetes mellitus, intrauterine growth restriction, and placental abruption.
- Performed newborn assessments such as APGAR scores at one minute and five minutes after birth.
- Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches.
- Provided patient education regarding labor and delivery process.
- Trained and mentored new staff members in obstetrics nursing and care.
- Initiated breastfeeding support for mothers in the immediate post-delivery period.
- Served as charge nurse by coordinating staffing, nursing assignments, responding to emergencies and facilitating patient admissions and outpatient testing.
- Triage nurse and OR circulating for cesarean sections and postpartum tubal ligations.
Assistant Nurse Manager-Labor and Delivery
Multicare Yakima Memorial Hospital
Yakima , WA
07.2020 - 01.2023
- Assisted in monitoring nursing staff performance standards.
- Built work schedules and staff assignments, taking staff requests into consideration.
- Monitored staffing levels to ensure appropriate coverage of patients' needs.
- Assisted with interviewing, hiring, training, disciplinary actions and dismissals.
- Received and investigated complaints from families, patients and clinical staff, devising solutions to multifaceted challenges.
- Provided ongoing education to nursing staff on new procedures, policies and techniques.
- Conducted regular meetings with nursing staff to discuss challenges, successes and potential solutions.
- Maintained collaborative relationships with other departments within the hospital system.
Education
Master of Science - Nurse Midwifery
Frontier Nursing University
Versailles, KY12-2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Washington State University
Yakima, WA05-2006
Associate of Arts - Science
Yakima Valley Community College
Yakima, WA06-2004
Skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Routine gynecological care
- Family planning
- Antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum management
- Breastfeeding support
- Compassionate and empathetic
- Participates in continuous professional development
Certification
- Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Midwife License
- RN License
- Certified Nurse-Midwife
- Inpatient Obstetric Certification
- Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification
- BLS/ACLS
- NRP
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Assistant Nurse Manager-Labor and Delivery
Multicare Yakima Memorial Hospital
07.2020 - 01.2023
RN
Multicare Yakima Memorial Hospital
07.2009 - Current
Master of Science - Nurse Midwifery
Frontier Nursing University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Washington State University
Associate of Arts - Science
Yakima Valley Community College
- Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Midwife License
- RN License
- Certified Nurse-Midwife
- Inpatient Obstetric Certification
- Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification
- BLS/ACLS
- NRP
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