Deena Parsons
Cincinnati,OH
Summary
To practice as a Certified Nurse Midwife in a collaborative relationship/practice with fellow midwives/nurse practitioners and physicians committed to providing expert and compassionate care for women, empowering them to make decisions regarding their bodies, minds, and spirits Committed and engaging CNM bringing exceptional lecturing skills and expertise in Nurse Midwifery. Gifted in engagement and guidance of students with no years in postsecondary education. Innovative Assistant Professor bringing proven success in implementing technology-based curriculum delivery and assessment tools. Passionate about fostering academic development and success for every student. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
43
43
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Nurse Midwife
Trihealth Associates In OB/GYN
05.2018 - Current
- Provided high level of quality care to laboring women.
- Assessed individual patient conditions, monitored behaviors and administered medication, injections and intravenous infusions during labor.
- Participated in continuous professional development opportunities to enhance clinical knowledge and skills within field of midwifery practice.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to deliver high-quality care for low-risk pregnancies.
- Advocated for mothers' rights and choices to make informed decisions about care by respecting human autonomy.
- Performed neonatal assessments by checking baby's vital signs and performing physical exams to determine overall health at birth.
- Used massage to increase patient comfort and streamline birthing processes.
- Helped mothers handle realities of labor, childbirth and postpartum recovery through proactive preparation and education.
- Implemented continuous quality improvement processes to optimize patient care outcomes within midwifery practice setting.
- Promoted benefits of breastfeeding and offered education on proper positioning, latching and breast care.
- Provided breastfeeding support and education for new mothers postpartum to ensure successful initiation of lactation process.
- Identified high-risk pregnancies and educated pregnant women on gynecological healthcare.
- Improved birth outcomes by developing individualized birth plans that incorporated patient preferences and medical needs.
- Supported patients through emotional challenges of pregnancy loss or infertility by providing compassionate counseling and resources for coping mechanisms.
- Watched vital signs, checked for comfort levels and monitored emotional states of mothers before, during, and after labor.
- Educated patients on healthy lifestyle choices for optimal pregnancy outcomes through nutritional counseling and exercise recommendations.
- Checked general and mental health and overall comfort of mothers in prenatal appointments.
- Advocated for women''s right to bodily autonomy in healthcare decisions surrounding pregnancy, birth control methods.
- Identified complications in pregnant women or laboring mothers and notified medical doctors to obtain speedy and effective care.
- Educated mothers and families on pregnancy-related topics to inform and prepare for pregnancy, childbirth and newborn care.
- Coordinated care with consulting physicians when necessary for high-risk pregnancies or complicated births.
Certified Nurse Midwife
TriHealth Nurse Midwives
12.2013 - 05.2018
- Provided FULL SCOPE Midwifery Care
- Provided high level of quality care to laboring women.
- Assessed individual patient conditions, monitored behaviors and administered medication, injections and intravenous infusions during labor.
- Participated in continuous professional development opportunities to enhance clinical knowledge and skills within field of midwifery practice.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to deliver high-quality care for low-risk pregnancies.
Adjunct Professor Nursing Program
Cincinnati state
Certified Nurse Midwife
Obstetric & Gynecology Associates, Inc
02.2010 - 06.2013
- Full scope midwifery care - practice average births/month 170 (average 15 CNM births/month)
- Daily hospital rounds (average 10-15) – pp, antepartum, gynecological, postoperative, ER consults, provider for hospital triage unit
- Office Practice – Full scope midwifery Laborist – 200 CNM attended births first year (personal #) RN First Assistant for all surgical procedures
Staff Nurse Operating Room, RN First Assistant
Mercy Mt. Airy
04.2000 - 01.2011
- Circulating, scrubbing and first assisting on all surgical cases, certification/re certification of anesthesia personnel in NRP
Certified Nurse Midwife Faculty Midwifery Practice
Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
05.2007 - 02.2010
- Independent Full Scope Midwifery Practice – Mary Breckinridge Hospital Adjunct Faculty Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing RN First Assistant on Cesarean Deliveries
Certified Nurse Midwife/Nurse Practitioner
Oncology/Hematology Care, Inc
09.2007 - 06.2009
- Well woman gynecological care for women recovering from gynecological cancers/abnormalities Surgical rounds with attending gynecologic/oncologist Office hours
Certified Nurse Midwife
Peggy A, Heis, MD
01.2004 - 03.2006
- Office hours On-call Patient rounds
Instructor perinatal programs
tri-health, Bethesda oak & Bethesda North Hospitals
09.1981 - Current
Staff nurse labor and delivery
01.1989 - 01.2001
- Level ii perinatal unit with 12 labor and delivery suites, 20 post partum beds, and 25 bassinets
- And an 8 bed level ii newborn special care nursery scheduling all staff – run, technicians, disciplinary counseling, procurement of supplies, budget and finance evaluation, hiring, and oversight of obstetrical suites teach surgical obstetrics – 8.5 cue
Nurse manager mom (multiple options maternity) center
mercy hospital Mt. Airy
01.1989 - 01.2001
- Responsibilities included managing 47 fte including rn, unit clerks, patient care assistant, housekeeping, neonatal nurse practitioner, budget and finance, clinical education of all staff (l&d, level ii nursery, post partum, & surgical obstetrics, interviewing and hiring, disciplinary actions, development and implementation of unit based self-scheduling policy, ob quality assurance, , monitoring and assessment of staff skills, development and implementation of competency based orientation plan
- Clinical instructor for labor and delivery, mother/baby, special care nursery, and surgical obstetrics
- Member/chair unit based self-scheduling committee, operations committee, mercy regional material management task force, qi committee and nurse manager forum
Unit based educator mom center
01.2000 - 04.2000
- Responsibilities included coordinating all educational needs, including Mandatory Education Day, NRP, CPR, CEU, Point of Care Testing, Orientation of RN, Patient Care Assistants, Scrub Technicians, and Unit Coordinators, Quality Monitoring, Tracking of Incident Reports Licensure Sur, Payroll, Regional Women’s Health Services Committee, Ohio Department of Health Survey, Physician Relations
Staff nurse, level ii labor and delivery unit, Bethesda oak
02.1990 - 11.1996
- Staff nurse, 14 bed, level ii, labor and delivery clinical ladder ii, unit preceptor Responsible for surgical obstetrics – orientation of all staff nurses to circulating and scrubbing on cesarean sections, tubal ligations, and d&c procedures
- Developed competencies for rn and scrub techs based on aorn recommended standards and practices
- Developed and taught surgical obstetrics, an 8 hour, 8.,5 ceu, encompassing the fundamentals of surgical obstetrics – circulating and scrubbing additional duties included: relief charge nurse, member unit based self scheduling committee, instructor cesarean childbirth class
Staff nurse prn, level ii special care nursery, Bethesda oak hospital
05.1989 - 02.1990
- Charge nurse, October, 1986 – may, 1989 35 bed, level ii newborn special care nursery delivery room resuscitation, head hood oxygen, umbilical arterial and venous line maintenance, short-term ventilator management relief charge prn duties included: management of the evening shift, delivery room resuscitation and stabilization of the critically ill newborn – including preparation for transport to level iii facility as appropriate
Staff Nurse
Pediatric Consultants
05.1987 - 02.1990
- Clinical Manager for one of Cincinnati’s largest pediatric practice
- The practice included 8 pediatricians, 1 psychologist, 1 OT/PT, and 1 Speech Therapist Duties included managing chronically ill children and their homecare, i.e., home ventilators, trachs, G-tubes, etc
- Additional related duties included: telephone triage, arranging homecare, negotiating with insurance companies for out of contract coverage
- Caseload included approximately 50 children – ages newborn – 18 years, management of office staff (schedulers, receptionists, billing clerks), back office staff (RN, LPN, technicians, maintenance of in office pharmacy and lab service)
Staff nurse, ob float pool
11.1983 - 10.1986
- Duties included functioning as full unit staff nurse in labor and delivery, post partum, special care nursery, and regular nursery
Education
Master of Science in Nursing Administration -
Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH01.2001
Master of Science in Nurse Midwifery -
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH01.2003
Certificate RN First Assistant -
Lakeland Community College
Kirtland, OHBachelor of Science - Nursing
Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, IN05.1999
Diploma in Nursing -
Bethesda Hospital School of Nursing
Cincinnati, OH05.1983
Skills
- Performance Assessment
- Technology-based curriculum
- Differentiated Instruction
- Interdisciplinary Approach
- Student Evaluation
- Classroom oversight
Affiliations
- Sigma Theta Tau International, Inc. – Omicron-Omicron Chapter at Large, Professional Honor Society of Nursing
- Association of Certified Nurse Midwives
Teaching Accomplishments
- Member Faculty Practice Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
- Adjunct Faculty Cincinnati State University
- Instructor VBAC Class
- Regional Planning for Competency Based Perinatal Orientation – Mercy Health Partners
- Development & Implementation Curriculum- Cesarean Childbirth Class
- Preceptor, Special Care Nursery – Bethesda Oak Hospital
- Preceptor , Labor and Delivery – TriHealth
- Preceptor, Mother/Baby – TriHealth
- Preceptor/Instructor - Patient Care Assistants – TriHealth
- Preceptor, Surgical Scrub Technicians – TriHealth
- Instructor, NRP/CPR
- Perinatal Surgical Obstetrics Curriculum – TriHealth, Bethesda Oak and North Hospitals – 8.5 CEU
- Instructor, Obstetrical Recovery Room Course – TriHealth 5 CEU
- Instructor, Hypovolemic Shock in the Obstetric Patient – 1 CEU
- Pregnancy Care Center – Instructor Post-Partum Care and Labor and Delivery
References
Available Upon Request
Volunteer Experience
- Childbirth Educator
- NRP Instructor
- Women’s Relief Society The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Timeline
Certified Nurse Midwife
Trihealth Associates In OB/GYN
05.2018 - Current
Certified Nurse Midwife
TriHealth Nurse Midwives
12.2013 - 05.2018
Certified Nurse Midwife
Obstetric & Gynecology Associates, Inc
02.2010 - 06.2013
Certified Nurse Midwife/Nurse Practitioner
Oncology/Hematology Care, Inc
09.2007 - 06.2009
Certified Nurse Midwife Faculty Midwifery Practice
Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
05.2007 - 02.2010
Certified Nurse Midwife
Peggy A, Heis, MD
01.2004 - 03.2006
Staff Nurse Operating Room, RN First Assistant
Mercy Mt. Airy
04.2000 - 01.2011
Unit based educator mom center
01.2000 - 04.2000
Staff nurse, level ii labor and delivery unit, Bethesda oak
02.1990 - 11.1996
Staff nurse prn, level ii special care nursery, Bethesda oak hospital
05.1989 - 02.1990
Staff nurse labor and delivery
01.1989 - 01.2001
Nurse manager mom (multiple options maternity) center
mercy hospital Mt. Airy
01.1989 - 01.2001
Staff Nurse
Pediatric Consultants
05.1987 - 02.1990
Staff nurse, ob float pool
11.1983 - 10.1986
Instructor perinatal programs
tri-health, Bethesda oak & Bethesda North Hospitals
09.1981 - Current
Adjunct Professor Nursing Program
Cincinnati state
Master of Science in Nursing Administration -
Xavier University
Master of Science in Nurse Midwifery -
University of Cincinnati
Certificate RN First Assistant -
Lakeland Community College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Indiana Wesleyan University
Diploma in Nursing -
Bethesda Hospital School of Nursing
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