DeJa Vercher
Grand Prairie,TX
Summary
Dedicated registered nurse with experience in women and infant services, specializing in labor and delivery, OB triage, postpartum, and well-newborn care. Comfortable planning and executing quality care for a wide-ranging population of patients. Demonstrates excellent communication and team work skills through cooperation and delegation with support staff. Proven leader focused on developing clinically competent, patient-centered care teams.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, LDRP
Baylor Scott & White Health- Waxahachie
01.2024 - Current
- Coordinated care of low and high-risk laboring women of childbearing age and immediate stabilization of newborn following delivery. Patient-centered nursing care of laboring and postpartum women, neonates and their families
- Educate women, and their families, and provide discharge teaching and planning by collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of clinicians
- Manage vaginal and cesarean births with specialized knowledge in the care of high-risk conditions including: Gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and eclampsia, gestational diabetes, multiple gestations, postpartum hemorrhage and placental complications
- Coached new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood
- Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
Patient Care Technician, Pre-Op/PACU
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
05.2023 - 01.2024
- Organized and replenished unit supplies to maintain team readiness for expected demands.
- Collected and transported specimens to prepare for lab testing.
- Answered patient assistance calls, assessed needs, and offered qualified support.
- Applied oxygen via nasal cannula, simple masks and nebulizer masks under direction of nurse in charge.
- Assisted in transferring patients, beds and patient care equipment to other rooms adhering to necessary safety precautions.
- Maintained patient stability by checking vital signs and weight and recording intake and outtake information.
Medical Assistant
Baylor Scott & White Health
09.2021 - 05.2022
- Called and faxed pharmacies to submit prescriptions and refills.
- Kept medical supplies in sufficient stock by monitoring levels and submitting replenishment orders before depleted.
- Completed clinical procedures and gathered patient data for interpretation by physician.
- Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions, and prepared for physician examinations.
- Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
- Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight.
- Taught patients about medications, procedures, and care plan instructions.
- Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms, and allergies.
- Completed EKGs and other tests based on patient presentation in office.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Baylor University
Waco, TX12.2023
Master of Science - Biology
Mississippi College
Clinton, MS12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Kinesiology
Louisiana State University And A&M College
Baton Rouge, LA08.2018
Skills
- Well-Newborn care
- OB Triage and Advanced Fetal Monitoring
- OR and PACU care
- Bereavement care after perinatal loss
- Blood and blood product administration
- Magnesium administration and monitoring
- Adult and neonatal specimen collection
- Lactation education and assistance
- Vaccine Administration
- Postpartum Care
Interests
- Registered Nurse in Texas, License number RN.1147378, 2024 - Present
- AHA Basic Life Support Certification (BLS), 2018 - Present
Skills
clinical experience, critical thinking, delivery, documentation, mental health, nursing, patient care, pediatrics, primary care, quality, rehabilitation, teaching, plan of care, women's services
Timeline
Registered Nurse, LDRP
Baylor Scott & White Health- Waxahachie
01.2024 - Current
Patient Care Technician, Pre-Op/PACU
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
05.2023 - 01.2024
Medical Assistant
Baylor Scott & White Health
09.2021 - 05.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Baylor University
Master of Science - Biology
Mississippi College
Bachelor of Science - Kinesiology
Louisiana State University And A&M College
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