Registered Nurse with 5 years of nursing experience with the last 2.5 years in Maternal
child. Specializing in the care of patients before, during and after child birth. Educated
patients about the birthing process, medication administration, infant care, breastfeeding
and lactation. Desire to expand my skills in nursing.
Overview
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Certification
Work History
Staff Nurse ortho/surgical floor
Houston Medical Center
Warner Robins, United States, Georgia
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Managed care for up to six patients on a busy medical surgical floor that specialized
in orthopedics and abdominal surgeries.
Conducted assessments, medication administration and teaching, monitored vital
signs and lab values, wound care, preoperative and postoperative teaching and
management, as well as admission assessments and discharge teaching.
Practiced nursing skills such as IV starts, Nasogastric tube placements, Catheter
placement and management.
Delegated care to patient care technicians.
Staff Nurse Labor and Delivery
Houston Medical Center
Warner Robins, United States, Georgia
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Managed care of up to 2 intrapartum patients, 4 antepartum patients, and up to 8
mother and baby couplet postpartum patients.
Conducted assessments, administered medication, assisted with pain
control, monitored mother and fetus during child birth and
cesarean sections, monitored lab results, provided teaching through all aspects of pregnancy; antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum, assisted with mother infant bonding and breastfeeding. Monitored infant vital signs, feedings, and intake and output. Relayed information to the doctors and took orders as needed.
Practiced nursing skills such as; IV starts, blood draws, collecting vaginal swabs for lab cultures, placing fetal scalp monitors and intrauterine pressure catheters, assessed cervical changes and labor advancement.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Ashland University Dwight Scar College of Nursing
2012
Skills
Great interpersonal skills
Avid patient advocate
High level of autonomy
Fast Learner
Nursing Skills such as: IV sticks, medication administration, assessments, monitoring vital signs