Elizabeth Brock

I work per diem at the Birthing Center at Copley Hospital.

• Labor and Delivery Staff nurse
• Collaborate with physicians and midwives to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
• Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
• Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
• Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
• Delegated staff nurse duties.
• Strong leader for nursing personnel assigned to the unit/shift.

Cared for Women and newborns during pregnacy and throughout the birthing process.

Cared for pediatric patients.

• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
• Was the Clinical Nurse Coordinator. Managed the schedule for the unit. Did employee evaluations. Was the permanent charge nurse for the unit. Interviewed new hires. Managed the orientation process for new hires.

• Provided emotional support and guidance to new mothers and families during labor, delivery and postpartum.
• Coached new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood.
• Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor, and fetal distress.
• Assisted physicians and midwives during delivery, examination and surgical procedures by anticipating needs, encouraging patient, and attending to baby after birth.
• Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
• Coordinated care of low and high-risk laboring women of childbearing age and immediate stabilization of newborn following delivery.
• Worked closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.
• Assessed infant health directly after birth using APGAR and monitored health for specified amount of time for any changes in status.
• Managed epidural analgesia infusions and monitored vital signs during labor and delivery.
• Conducted comprehensive physical assessments and assisted with pain management.
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
• Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Worked pre-op, circulated and recovered patients undergoing cesarean sections.

• Provided emotional support and guidance to new mothers and families during labor, delivery and postpartum.
• Coached new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood.
• Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor, and fetal distress.
• Assisted physician during delivery, examination and surgical procedures by anticipating needs, encouraging patient, and attending to baby after birth.

Provided home visits for Postparum women and their newborns.

Lactation support

Care for chronically ill pediatric patients.

• Provided emotional support and guidance to new mothers and families during labor, delivery and postpartum.
• 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.
• Coordinated care of low and high-risk laboring women of childbearing age and immediate stabilization of newborn following delivery.
• Assessed infant health directly after birth using APGAR and monitored health for specified amount of time for any changes in status.
• Performed vital signs checks and administered vaccinations to infants following birth.
• Managed epidural analgesia infusions and monitored vital signs during labor and delivery.
• Aided with induction of labor for women suffering from complications such as preeclampsia.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.