CHEYENNE TOMLINSON
Fort Worth,TX
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse with both L&D and ante/post-partum experience offering comprehensive patient care in inpatient environments. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinates with healthcare team to advance patient care.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Registered Nurse
Parkland Health and Hospital Systems
08.2024 - Current
- Rehired as part of Labor and Delivery CSO/Float Pool team
- Trained to perform role of both intake and charge RN in Labor and Delivery Triage
- Assisted providers in triaging laboring patients, assessing maternal and fetal health, and prioritizing care based on urgency.
- Reviewed and tracked progress of mothers in labor, interpreted fetal heart monitor and informed delivering physician of status.
- Assessed and documented physical condition and vital signs of mothers and babies and assisted doctors in identifying and treating preeclampsia.
- Provided information, guidance and hands-on clinical care to support pregnant women.
- Oversaw patient admission and discharge processes to coordinate related paperwork.
- Leveraged equipment and administered medications, supporting labor, delivery and care of newborns.
- Guided new mothers on recovery and extended care units immediately postpartum and antepartum, assisting provider team in identification of postpartum complications and risks.
- Oversaw labor by coaching women, assisting with complications and administering medications during birth.
- Titrated oxytocin drips in order to ensure best possible birth outcome for laboring mothers and their infants.
- Circulated numerous STAT, ASAP, and scheduled cesarean sections in operating room.
- Participated in variety of obstetric surgeries as surgical technician.
- Assisted in operating room with minor and massive blood transfusions.
- Oversaw care of post-operative patients including monitoring vitals, anesthesia levels, urine output, bleeding, and overall physical condition
- Assisted physicians in operating room with codes, laceration repair, tubal ligation, shoulder dystocia, and cord prolapse.
- Helped patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful time periods.
- Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.
- Leveraged computerized documentation systems to monitor, record and communicate patient condition.
- Worked closely with lactation consultants to formulate plan of care for breastfeeding mothers and assisted with routine and emergent lactation consults.
- Coordinated with new mothers in determining appropriate plans of care as well as educational and emotional needs in transitioning into motherhood.
- Educated both new and experienced mothers on variety of skills ranging from swaddling to breastfeeding techniques.
- Coordinated with pediatric and neonatal ICU teams during labor process regarding necessary level of care for newborns immediately post-delivery
- Assisted in neonatal resuscitation and coordinated with resuscitation teams in order to ensure safe and healthy outcome for newborns in critical conditions.
Travel Nurse, Antepartum/Postpartum Registered Nurse
John Peter Smith Hospital
01.2023 - 07.2024
- Supported pregnant women in healthy labor processes.
- Assisted mothers in establishing breastfeeding relationships with infants through compassionate education and emotional support.
- Optimized care of postpartum mothers with preeclampsia by administering magnesium and closely monitoring for hypertensive complications.
- Performed comprehensive assessments and created individually tailored plans of care for pregnant women within a variety of cultural backgrounds.
- Collected and monitored labs in order to assist healthcare team with forming and optimizing plans of care for each patient.
- Performed electronic fetal monitoring and applied evidence-based interventions following AWHONN standards.
- Oversaw post-operative and post-anesthesia care of mothers following cesarean deliveries.
- Monitored and assessed mother and newborn after delivery to ascertain proper healing and recovery.
- Identified potential risks and/or complications and communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse
Parkland Health and Hospital Systems
10.2021 - 01.2023
- Reviewed and tracked progress of mothers in labor, interpreted fetal heart monitor and informed delivering physician of status.
- Assessed and documented physical condition and vital signs of mothers and babies and assisted doctors in identifying and treating preeclampsia.
- Provided information, guidance and hands-on clinical care to support pregnant women.
- Oversaw patient admission and discharge processes to coordinate related paperwork.
- Leveraged equipment and administered medications, supporting labor, delivery and care of newborns.
- Guided new mothers on recovery and extended care units immediately postpartum and antepartum, assisting provider team in identification of postpartum complications and risks.
- Oversaw labor by coaching women, assisting with complications and administering medications during birth.
- Titrated oxytocin drips in order to ensure best possible birth outcome for laboring mothers and their infants.
- Circulated numerous STAT, ASAP, and scheduled cesarean sections in operating room.
- Participated in variety of obstetric surgeries as surgical technician.
- Assisted in operating room with minor and massive blood transfusions.
- Oversaw care of post-operative patients including monitoring vitals, anesthesia levels, urine output, bleeding, and overall physical condition
- Assisted physicians in operating room with codes, laceration repair, tubal ligation, shoulder dystocia, and cord prolapse.
- Helped patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful time periods.
- Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.
- Leveraged computerized documentation systems to monitor, record and communicate patient condition.
- Worked closely with lactation consultants to formulate plan of care for breastfeeding mothers and assisted with routine and emergent lactation consults.
- Coordinated with new mothers in determining appropriate plans of care as well as educational and emotional needs in transitioning into motherhood.
- Educated both new and experienced mothers on variety of skills ranging from swaddling to breastfeeding techniques.
- Coordinated with pediatric and neonatal ICU teams during labor process regarding necessary level of care for newborns immediately post-delivery
- Assisted in neonatal resuscitation and coordinated with resuscitation teams in order to ensure safe and healthy outcome for newborns in critical conditions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas
Arlington04.2020
Skills
- Epic Systems
- Labor and Delivery Triage
- Epidural Management
- Circulating Nursing
- Post-Anesthesia Care
- Intravenous Catheter Insertion/Management
- Vital Sign Monitoring
- Blood Product Transfusion
- Blood Draw and Sample Collection
- Patient Assessments
- Magnesium Management/Seizure Disorders
- Medication Administration (IV, IM, SQ)
- Maintaining Patient Safety Standards
- Phlebotomy Procedures
- Maintaining Patient Safety Standards
- Critical Thinking
- Phlebotomy Procedures
- Surgical Procedure Support
Certification
- AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring Training
- BLS
- ACLS
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
Languages
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Senior Registered Nurse
Parkland Health and Hospital Systems
08.2024 - Current
Travel Nurse, Antepartum/Postpartum Registered Nurse
John Peter Smith Hospital
01.2023 - 07.2024
Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse
Parkland Health and Hospital Systems
10.2021 - 01.2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas
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