Carly Griswold
Topeka,KS
Summary
Hardworking Registered Nurse with over 9 years of experience in providing individualized patient care for pregnant women who visit triage, are antepartum, laboring and postpartum. Experience with all levels of acuity. Committed to delivering safe and efficient patient care for military families. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient care and satisfaction. Streamline safety protocols for comprehensive patient care. Carried out charge nurse responsibilities for duration of shift. Recognized multiple times by patients for compassionate care. Precepted new nurses in labor and delivery. Looking to continue career and share experience with other families in the Topeka/Kansas City area.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Defense Health Agency - IACH LDRP
Fort Riley, KS
07.2024 - Current
- 36-48 Hours/Week
- $90,000/Year
- Administer medications and treatment to patients and monitor responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Respond to emergency situations such as preeclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.
- Assist with care for expectant mothers from beginning to end of term, including monitoring labs and informing mothers on what to expect in next stages of pregnancy.
- Serve as Obstetrics Triage Nurse, independently or in collaboration with Provider to assess and evaluate obstetrical outpatients 20 weeks gestation or greater presenting for care.
- Carry out inductions and deliveries for 36-week gestation to 40+ week gestation.
- Administer complex medications by any route as ordered within guidelines of nursing practice.
- Support physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
- Assist obstetricians and midwives with deliveries and cared for newborns directly after birth.
- Hold position of charge nurse whenever needed and help lead and guide unit for entire shift.
- Work closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.
- Aid with induction of labor for women suffering from complications such as preeclampsia.
- Assess infant health directly after birth using APGAR and monitored health for specified amount of time for any changes in status.
- Administer antenatal testing and reviewed results with physicians to create focused treatment plans, adjust treatment and plan of care
- Review post-operative orders and continuously monitor patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit to achieve optimal outcomes.
- Partner with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems.
- Provide specialized and comprehensive antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum nursing care to low-risk to high-risk obstetric patients.
- Assist physicians and anesthesia providers with complex procedures such as insertion of internal monitors, placement of epidural catheters, placement of invasive monitoring lines, and induction of general anesthesia.
- Provide patient education.
- Provide care for mothers and newborns in the immediate postpartum period.
- Assist mothers with breast feeding.
- Obtain infant labs as indicated per protocol per patient condition.
- Perform 24-hour care on infants.
- Discharge couplets home in stable condition.
- Work with moderate acuity patients, averaging 50 deliveries per month.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
Registered Nurse
University of Kansas St. Francis Campus, L&D
Topeka, KS
11.2024 - 08.2025
- As needed basis
- Provide specialized and comprehensive antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum nursing care to low-risk to high-risk obstetric patients.
- Provide patient education.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Responded to emergency situations such as preeclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.
- Administer complex medications by any route as ordered within guidelines of nursing practice.
- Aided with induction of labor for women suffering from complications such as preeclampsia, diabetes, etc.
- Assist physicians and anesthesia providers with complex procedures such as insertion of internal monitors, placement of epidural catheters, placement of invasive monitoring lines, and in-use and post-use of general anesthesia.
- Assisted obstetricians and midwives with deliveries and cared for newborns directly after birth.
- Assessed infant health directly after birth using APGAR and monitored health for specified amount of time for any changes in status.
- Supported physicians in emergency Cesarean section procedures.
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, oriented patients to unit to achieve optimal outcomes.
- Worked with moderate acuity, averaging 70 deliveries per month.
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Defense Health Agency - BMACH L&D
Fort Moore, GA
06.2020 - 06.2024
- 36-48 Hours/Week
- $83,000/Year
- Administer medications and treatment to patients and monitor responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Respond to emergency situations such as preeclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.
- Assist with care for expectant mothers from beginning to end of term, including monitoring labs and informing mothers on what to expect in next stages of pregnancy.
- Serve as Obstetrics Triage Nurse, independently or in collaboration with Provider to assess and evaluate obstetrical outpatients 20 weeks gestation or greater presenting for care.
- Carry out inductions and deliveries for 36-week gestation to 40+ week gestation.
- Administer complex medications by any route as ordered within guidelines of nursing practice.
- Support physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
- Assist obstetricians and midwives with deliveries and cared for newborns directly after birth.
- Hold position of charge nurse whenever needed and help lead and guide unit for duration of shift.
- Work closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.
- Aid with induction of labor for women suffering from complications such as preeclampsia.
- Assess infant health directly after birth using APGAR and monitored health for specified amount of time for any changes in status.
- Administer antenatal testing and reviewed results with physicians to create focused treatment plans, adjust treatment and plan of care
- Review post-operative orders and continuously monitor patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit to achieve optimal outcomes.
- Partner with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems.
- Provide specialized and comprehensive antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum nursing care to low-risk to high-risk obstetric patients.
- Assist physicians and anesthesia providers with complex procedures such as insertion of internal monitors, placement of epidural catheters, placement of invasive monitoring lines, and induction of general anesthesia.
- Provide patient education.
- Work with moderate acuity patients, averaging 70 deliveries per month.
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
St. Francis-Emory Healthcare - L&D
Columbus, GA
04.2020 - 09.2020
- 36 Hours/Week to as needed basis
- $25/Hour
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Responded to emergency situations such as preeclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.
- Assisted with care for expectant mothers from beginning to end of term, including monitoring labs and informing mothers on what to expect in next stages of pregnancy.
- Serve as Obstetrics Triage Nurse, independently or in collaboration with Provider to assess and evaluate obstetrical outpatients 20 weeks gestation or greater presenting for care.
- Administer complex medications by any route as ordered within guidelines of nursing practice.
- Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
- Assisted obstetricians and midwives with deliveries and cared for newborns directly after birth.
- Worked closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.
- Aided with induction of labor for women suffering from complications such as preeclampsia.
- Assessed infant health directly after birth using APGAR and monitored health for specified amount of time for any changes in status.
- Administered antenatal testing and reviewed results with physician to create focused treatment plans, adjust treatment and plan of care
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit to achieve optimal outcomes.
- Partnered with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems.
- Provide specialized and comprehensive antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum nursing care to normal to high-risk obstetric patients.
- Assist physicians and anesthesia providers with complex procedures such as insertion of internal monitors, placement of epidural catheters, placement of invasive monitoring lines, and induction of general anesthesia.
- Provide patient education.
- Worked with moderate acuity, averaging 70 deliveries per month.
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Cape Fear Valley Health System - L&D
Fayetteville, NC
07.2016 - 03.2020
- 36-48 Hours/Week
- $60,000/Year
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Responded to emergency situations such as preeclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.
- Assisted with care for expectant mothers from beginning to end of term, including monitoring labs and informing mothers on what to expect in next stages of pregnancy.
- Serve as Obstetrics Triage Nurse, independently or in collaboration with Provider to assess and evaluate obstetrical outpatients 20 weeks gestation or greater presenting for care.
- Administer complex medications by any route as ordered within guidelines of nursing practice.
- Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
- Assisted obstetricians and midwives with deliveries and cared for newborns directly after birth.
- Worked closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.
- Aided with induction of labor for women suffering from complications such as preeclampsia.
- Assessed infant health directly after birth using APGAR and monitored health for specified amount of time for any changes in status.
- Administered antenatal testing and reviewed results with physician to create focused treatment plans, adjust treatment and plan of care
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit to achieve optimal outcomes.
- Partnered with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems.
- Provide specialized and comprehensive antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum nursing care to normal to high-risk obstetric patients.
- Assist physicians and anesthesia providers with complex procedures such as insertion of internal monitors, placement of epidural catheters, placement of invasive monitoring lines, and induction of general anesthesia.
- Provide patient education.
- Worked in high acuity, high number of deliveries, averaging 350-400 deliveries per month.
Certified Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Network Services
Johnson City, TN
06.2008 - 07.2016
- 24-40 Hours/Week
- $25,000/year
- Enter prescriptions into system.
- Speak directly with nurses and doctors about issues or new prescriptions.
- Constantly consider ways to better workflow of department to increase efficiency.
- Converse with pharmacists about concerns with patients and their medications.
- Stocked, labeled and inventoried medication to keep accurate records.
- Calculated dosage, filled prescriptions and prepared prescription labels with absolute accuracy.
- Helped pharmacist clear problematic prescriptions and address customer questions to keep pharmacy efficient.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Tusculum College
Greeneville, TNBachelor of Science - Microbiology
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TNSkills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to quickly learn and perform skills accurately and efficiently
- Hard working
- Multitasker
- Charge nurse
- Care for patients with different cultural preferences
- Highly autonomous
- Preceptor and Mentor
- Patient and Family Advocate
Accomplishments
- AWHONN Member for 9 years & Former Section Co-Leader for Central West Georgia chapter
- Recognized for going above and beyond during the Joint Commission Survey
- Manage/Organize CAFs for all nurses on unit
- Provided education to staff in regards to postpartum hemorrhages.
- Became a preceptor July 2017
- Grateful Patient Award Winner 2018
- Recognized multiple times by patients for exceptional nursing care
Certification
- Registered Nurse in Alabama, License number 1-198325
- Current BLS and ALS
- Current NRP and S.T.A.B.L.E. and ALSO
- Intermediate Fetal Monitoring
- Advanced Fetal Monitoring
- Working towards RNC-OB
Timeline
Registered Nurse
University of Kansas St. Francis Campus, L&D
11.2024 - 08.2025
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Defense Health Agency - IACH LDRP
07.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Defense Health Agency - BMACH L&D
06.2020 - 06.2024
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
St. Francis-Emory Healthcare - L&D
04.2020 - 09.2020
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Cape Fear Valley Health System - L&D
07.2016 - 03.2020
Certified Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Network Services
06.2008 - 07.2016
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
East Tennessee State University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Tusculum College