PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline

ELISABETH WAGNER

Ascension and Aurora Healthcare Systems
Milwaukee,WI
1
Certification
14
years of professional experience

Compassionate graduate nurse with over 10 years of experience supporting women and families through labor, birth, postpartum, and newborn care. Brings strong skills in maternal assessment, labor support, patient education, advocacy, newborn care, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Seeking a Labor & Delivery RN position to provide safe, compassionate, evidence-based care while continuing to develop expertise in fetal-maternal assessment and obstetric emergencies.

Work History

Nursing Student

1 Year 9 Months
Ascension and Aurora Healthcare Systems | 01.2025 - Current

Postpartum Unit:

  • Performed comprehensive maternal and newborn assessments, identifying changes in vital signs, uterine tone, lochia, and newborn adaptation requiring intervention.
  • Monitored postpartum patients for hemorrhage and infection, facilitating timely escalation of abnormal findings.
  • Supported breastfeeding and newborn care education, and participated in discharge planning to promote safe transitions home.

Emergency Department:

  • Performed focused assessments on patients presenting with acute medical, traumatic, and behavioral health complaints.
  • Supported procedures including wound care, splinting, cardiac monitoring, substance use management, and IV insertion.
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment.
  • Administered prescribed medications through multiple routes and reassessed patients for therapeutic response and adverse effects.
  • Enhanced clinical judgment and critical thinking while managing patients across varying acuity levels.

Telemetry/Medical-Surgical Unit:

  • Conducted comprehensive assessments and provided direct nursing care for patients with acute/chronic medical conditions while implementing evidence-based safety and infection prevention practices.
  • Administered medications and evaluated therapeutic response and adverse effects following medication-safety principles.
  • Performed wound care, mobility assistance, oxygen therapy, and other nursing interventions based on individualized patient findings and plan of care.
  • Reassessed patients following interventions and communicated changes in condition to supervising RN and interdisciplinary team.

Certified Birth Doula

14 Years
Private Clients | Priscilla Project | 07.2012 - 07.2026
  • Provided continuous labor support, patient advocacy, and evidence-based education throughout childbirth and postpartum recovery.
  • Utilized positioning, ambulation, breathing techniques, counter-pressure, hydrotherapy, and other nonpharmacologic comfort measures to support coping through labor.
  • Advocated for client preferences and collaborated with nurses, physicians, and midwives to support safe maternal outcomes.
  • Supported clients through spontaneous, induced, augmented, epidural-assisted, cesarean, birth-center, and planned home-birth experiences.

Business Management

6 Years
Glen's Plumbing | 05.2020 - 05.2026
  • Oversaw quality improvement and safety initiatives, licensing requirements, workflow management, employee accountability, and customer relations.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction through effective conflict resolution and service quality improvement.
  • Led cross-functional teams in executing large-scale plumbing projects, ensuring timely completion and quality standards.

Physical Therapist Assistant

3 Years
Phoenix Physical Therapy | 02.2017 - 02.2020
  • Implemented treatment plans and monitored patient progress across orthopedic, sports, neurologic, and degenerative conditions to improve mobility and functional independence.
  • Performed manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, neuromuscular re-education, gait training, and functional mobility interventions according to individualized plans of care.
  • Monitored patient response to treatment and communicated changes to supervising physical therapists while maintaining patient safety.

Education

Masters of Science in Nursing

Marquette University | Milwaukee, WI | 08-2026
  • Honoree of Sigma Theta Tau National Honors Society - Delta Chapter
  • 3.8 GPA

Bachelor of Science - Biology

Buffalo State University | Buffalo, NY | 05-2024
  • 4.0 GPA

Associate in Applied Science - Physical Therapist Assistant

Genesee Community College | Batavia, NY | 05-2016
  • 4.0 GPA

Skills

Patient advocacy
Clinical judgment
Compassionate care
EPIC documentation
Adaptability
Detail-oriented

Certification

  • Registered Nurse License Pending - Conferral September 2026
  • BLS – American Heart Association: November 2026
  • Certified Birth Doula - DONA

Timeline

Nursing Student

Ascension and Aurora Healthcare Systems
01.2025 - CurrentRead More

Business Management

Glen's Plumbing
05.2020 - 05.2026Read More

Physical Therapist Assistant

Phoenix Physical Therapy
02.2017 - 02.2020Read More

Certified Birth Doula

Private Clients | Priscilla Project
07.2012 - 07.2026Read More

Marquette University

Masters of Science in Nursing
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Buffalo State University

Bachelor of Science from Biology
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Genesee Community College

Associate in Applied Science from Physical Therapist Assistant
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ELISABETH WAGNER