ELISABETH STRANGE

Working as a Registered Nurse on the Delivery Team

Attend all deliveries from 24 weeks gestation and above and care for the infant from birth through 2 hours of life

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, resuscitated when necessary, and determined next course of action.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Assessed, evaluated, and cared for neonate
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Communicated with family members and loved ones to provide information about patient care, treatments and medical options.
• Administered medications and fluids and checked vital signs on critically ill newborns.

• Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
• Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
• Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
• Safely administered vaccinations, providing education to customers on vaccines, dosage, indications, precautions, contraindications and potential side effects.

• Worked as a registered nurse in the newborn nursery
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• My duties include attending deliveries and caring for the newborn immediately after birth which includes but is not limited to neonatal resuscitation , caring for newborns who require further medical management such as oxygen administration, IV starts, administering IV meds, lab draws, NG feeds, gastric lavage, managing NAS infants, and charting accurately among other nursing duties.

• Worked as a registered nurse, on our women's health medsurg/pediatric unit
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• My duties include assessing and caring for medsurg patients and pediatric patients, routine lab draws, managing central lines and picc lines, passing medications, performing treatments and dressing changes, recording strict I&O, and charting accurately among many other nursing duties

• Worked as a registered nurse on the postpartum unit
• My duties include assessing and caring for both mother and baby as a couplet, taking vital signs, performing routine lab work on infants, helping with breastfeeding, assisting families with the transition of the newborn into their family, and proper documentation of all care.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.

• Duties included teaching a 6 week course to expectant parents
• Subject matter covered was the last six weeks of pregnancy, health and nutrition, labor and delivery, natural childbirth and breathing techniques, anesthesia options, c-section, postpartum recovery, and care of the newborn in the home.
• Contributed expertise to educational resource in community establishments such as public health clinics and hospitals.
• Delivered objective childbirth information and resources for birthing facilities and methods.

• Conducted clinical simulations and provided feedback for each individual student.
• Instructed students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in medical emergencies.
• Delivered individualized instruction on observation, assessment, decision-making and patient health teaching.

• Worked as a registered nurse on a long term care and subacute unit
• My duties included patient assessments, passing medications, performing treatments and dressing changes, and teaching patients about their conditions
• Also served as a charge nurse at times supervising the unit, assisting nurses and techs, and managing the schedule when an employee called in sick.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.

• Worked as a staff LPN on a geriatric unit
• My duties included assessing and caring for intermediate and skilled nursing home patients, medication administration, dressing changes and treatments, and proper charting and documentation
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.