Christina Chuchuru
Certified Nurse Midwife
Walkertown,NC
Summary
Compassionate Midwife with both inpatient and clinic experience. Expert in providing thorough healthcare to people and committed to individualized patient care. My objective is to utilize my passion for healthcare, my education, and experience to help advance a medical systems practice and grow as a provider.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Certified Nurse Midwife
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Winston-Salem, NC
02.2021 - Current
- Independent clinician seeing 25-30 patients a day.
- Obtained patient health histories through careful questioning and effective communication.
- Explained preparation and anticipated effects of such procedures as IUD insertion and Nexplanon insertion to keep patients educated and informed
- Provide gender affirming hormone therapy, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, post abortion care, and family planning
Certified Nurse Midwife
Montrose Memorial Hospital, 75 Bed Hospital
Montrose, CO
09.2019 - 02.2021
- Small Size – 4 Birth Suites – 5 Post-Partum Suites
- Management of antepartum, intrapartum, and post-partum patients
- Assisted in over 150 successful births and provided post-partum counseling for struggling families to increase happiness and health of newborns and mothers.
- Including high risk patients with close physician collaboration
- Cesarean First Assist on planned and emergent surgeries
- Precept student nurse midwives and medical students
- Advocate and collaborate with migrant farm workers coalition to coordinate care.
Student Nurse Midwife/Labor and Delivery & OR RN
Montrose Memorial Hospital
Montrose, CO
01.2018 - 05.2019
- Small Size – 4 Birth Suites – 5 Post-Partum Suites
- Over 400 hours of direct patient care
- Took care of patients in triage, labor management, delivery, cesarean section first-assist, and post-partum care in hospital
- Administered close patient care, checked vital signs and monitored telemetry.
- Completed over 40 successful deliveries with supervision
- Completed over 400 clinical patient appointments
- Fertility management, family planning, and complex gynecological conditions
- Diagnose and treat peri-menopause and menopausal women
- Fitting pessary devises, inserting IUD’s, Nexplanon implantation all done in clinical rotation.
Operating Room Officer
United States Air Force
San Antonio, TX
05.2012 - 05.2017
- Large Size – 28 Operating Rooms – 425 Bed Hospital
- Intra-Op Ratio 1:1
- Led Lean Six Sigma Teams to streamline OR and turnover process, cut turnover times by over 20 minutes a day, leading to a savings of $1.2 million a month
- Responsible for managing a multidisciplinary team in a level I trauma center, maintain Officer readiness for deployments, process improvement and quality control for a 28 bed OR and 250+ employees
- Service Team Lead, Neurosurgery – Managed $2.4M equipment/supply; 9 Neurosurgeons, 5 Nurses, and 7 Technicians, updated 453 surgical preference cards
- Circulate an average of 260 cases a year, multispecialty, all age patients, and shift coordinator on nights and weekends
- Alternate dayshift OIC during Operation Enduring Freedom; supervised 61 shifts led 17 personnel/22 emergencies/12 surgeons/8 specialties
- Led Afghan Women’s clinic with NATO Forces
- Education and training Officer for 20 Air Force RN’s, maintaining training, certifications, and coordinating training for deployment readiness.
Operating Room and PACU Nurse
Kingman Regional Medical Center
Kingman, AZ
08.2009 - 05.2012
- Medium Size – 8 Operating Rooms – 235 Bed Hospital
- Intra-Op Ratio 1:1
- Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Ratio 1:2
- Responsible for managing many levels of care for surgical patients from infants to elderly, including coordinating care from pre-op to PACU
- Initiate emergency resuscitative measures according to Basic Life (BLS) and Advanced Care Life Support (ACLS) protocols
- Manage care for adult, pediatric, and infant patients experiencing life-threatening conditions
- Organize and coordinate care for surgical patients from pre-op to PACU
- Responsible for management of operating room supplies, case supplies, and pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative counts
- Provide continuous leadership in the operating room during positioning of patient, maintaining safety procedures, and assisting all operating room staff
- Super-user for new computer charting system SIS, trained and was a resource person for other nurses in the operating room, PACU, and pre-op
- Conduct nursing care in a non-discriminatory manner that is customized to every patient and family while preserving their autonomy, dignity, and rights.
Duke University Medical Center, Birthing Center
02.2009 - 09.2009
- Intra Partum, Post-Partum, Nursery
Education
Master of Nursing - Midwifery
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 09.2016 - 05.2019
Masters of Business Administration -
University of Phoenix
09.2014 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 08.2007 - 12.2008
Masters of Arts - Adult And Continuing Education
Distance Learning – University Of Phoenix
09.2002 - 03.2004
Bachelors of Science - Business Administration
University of Nevada
Las Vegas, NV 08.1996 - 05.2001
Skills
Family planning
Routine gynecological care
Antepartum and intrapartum management
Comprehensive patient care
Analytical and Critical Thinking
Prenatal care
Patient education
Labor delivery
Accomplishments
- Air Force Achievement Medal for extraordinary nursing service while in a combat theater
- Awarded Student Service Award for ACNM advocacy work with the Midwives Political Action Committee
- Graduated Suma Cum Laude from Northern Arizona University Nursing program
Additional Information
- NC APRN - CNM789, RN 229518 (Expires 12/2022)
- CO APRN – APN.0994717-CNM and RXN.0104026-CNM, nursing license RN1652773, with multi-state privileges (Expires 9/2023)
- NPI: 1558915439
- DEA Certificate on request
Affiliations
Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society member – BSN & MSN
Certification
CPR
Timeline
Certified Nurse Midwife
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
02.2021 - Current
Certified Nurse Midwife
Montrose Memorial Hospital, 75 Bed Hospital
09.2019 - 02.2021
Student Nurse Midwife/Labor and Delivery & OR RN
Montrose Memorial Hospital
01.2018 - 05.2019
Master of Nursing - Midwifery
Georgetown University
09.2016 - 05.2019
Masters of Business Administration -
University of Phoenix
09.2014 - 06.2016
Operating Room Officer
United States Air Force
05.2012 - 05.2017
Operating Room and PACU Nurse
Kingman Regional Medical Center
08.2009 - 05.2012
Duke University Medical Center, Birthing Center
02.2009 - 09.2009
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Northern Arizona University
08.2007 - 12.2008
Masters of Arts - Adult And Continuing Education
Distance Learning – University Of Phoenix
09.2002 - 03.2004
Bachelors of Science - Business Administration
University of Nevada
08.1996 - 05.2001