CATHERINE ASANTE

• Hackensack University Medical Center,New Jersey

Labor and Delivery

9/14/2026-Current

• Saint Peters University Hospital,New Jersey

Labor and Delivery

04/07/26 - 07/04/26

• Virtua Voorhees Hospital,New Jersey
  Labor and Delivery

10/27/25 - 01/24/26

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to women throughout the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and immediate newborn periods.
• Assess maternal and fetal status through ongoing vital signs, physical assessments, fetal heart-rate monitoring, and labor progression.
• Monitor and interpret electronic fetal monitoring patterns and promptly communicate concerning findings to the obstetric provider.
• Provide comprehensive nursing care to patients throughout labor, delivery, and the postpartum period.
• Monitor maternal and fetal status, including vital signs, labor progression, and electronic fetal heart-rate patterns.
• Administer obstetric medications and respond promptly to complications and emergencies such as nonreassuring fetal status and postpartum hemorrhage.
• Assist physicians and CNMs with vaginal deliveries, cesarean births, inductions, and other obstetric procedures.
• Educate and support patients and families while promoting safe, respectful, evidence-based, and patient-centered maternity care.

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to high-risk obstetric patients throughout labor, delivery, cesarean birth, and the postpartum period.
• Perform maternal and fetal assessments, including vital signs, labor progression, vaginal examinations, and continuous electronic fetal heart-rate monitoring.
• Administer and monitor obstetric medications while recognizing and responding promptly to changes in maternal or fetal status and obstetric emergencies.
• Assist obstetricians and CNMs with vaginal deliveries, cesarean births, and perioperative care while collaborating with the interdisciplinary maternity team.
• Serve as a charge nurse while providing patient-centered education, labor support, and evidence-based maternity care to promote safe maternal and newborn outcomes.
• Mentored new nursing staff on documentation standards, patient prioritization, and unit procedures.

• Prepared medications for dispensing using pharmacy workflow systems and barcode verification.
• Compounded sterile and non-sterile preparations following safety and quality standards.
• Assisted pharmacists with medication reconciliation, inventory control, and order clarification.
• Monitored expiration dates and removed outdated medications from active inventory.
• Stocked, labeled, and inventoried medication to keep accurate records.
• Increased customer satisfaction by delivering friendly, personalized service during transactions.

• Supported pharmacist in delivering safe, timely services to customers
• Executed pharmacy calculations and interpreted prescriptions accurately
• Communicated directly with doctors offices via telephone, fax and email.
• Trained new pharmacy technicians on dispensing procedures, documentation, and safety protocols.
• Conducted COVID testing for patients in a clinical setting
• Worked with computerized and automated systems for dispensing medications and editing new patient profiles.

• Managed labour and delivered babies using safe birthing practices and timely clinical interventions.
• Documented patient records accurately, maintaining complete maternity notes and continuity of care.
• Provided postnatal care, including maternal observation, breastfeeding guidance, and newborn care education.
• Provided antenatal care, identified complications, and escalated high-risk cases for specialist review.
• Conducted assessments of newborns and mothers to evaluate health status and identify any medical concerns. to support maternal and fetal health
• Collaborated with healthcare providers to coordinate care for high-risk pregnancies, ensuring optimal outcomes for mother and baby.