Emily Rinken
Rochester
Summary
Healthcare professional with strong background in patient care and medical support. Known for collaborative work with medical teams to deliver high-quality care and adapt to evolving patient needs. Expertise in patient assessment and medication administration, along with compassionate care and reliability.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Mayo Clinic
03.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: Labor and Delivery Unit
- Providing compassionate care and labor support for laboring mothers during the arduous labor process, offering pain coping techniques, direct coaching when mothers are pushing, circulating in the operating room during cesarean deliveries, and caring for mothers during the direct postpartum period
- Providing nursing care to antepartum mothers experiencing complex and high-risk maternal conditions
- Demonstrating strong communication skills to collaborate with the interdisciplinary team members in this highly critical and ever changing obstetric field
- Providing bereavement care to families experiences a loss of a child
- Conducting close assessments and performing focused interventions for Obstetric patients during maternal emergencies (ie, Postpartum Hemorrhages, Umbilical Cord Prolapses, Gestational Hypertension, Preeclampsia/Eclampsia, etc)
- Utilizing critical thinking skills to effectively monitor fetal heart rate changes during labor and offering specific interventions based on those changes for better outcomes for patients
- Assessing the newborn immediately after delivery and providing stimulation and immediate resuscitative care to newborns if needed
- Educating expectant families about the complex and always changing birthing process, recovery of vaginal and cesarean deliveries, postpartum care, and teaching essential lessons to effectively care for their newborn
Registered Nurse
Mayo Clinic
03.2022 - 01.2023
- Company Overview: Medical/Surgical Orthopedic Unit
- Provided care for inpatient surgical patients undergoing various orthopedic surgeries, assisting with medication administration, providing wound care, aiding in activities of daily living and immediate mobilization after an orthopedic surgery, worked closely with physical therapists in the setting of direct rehabilitation with these patients, and built a trusting rapport with patients as their bedside nurse
- Cared for medical patients, who were debilitated with a variety of medical morbidities
- Compassionately cared for palliative patients as they were enduring their end of life experiences
- Gained a broader understanding of the specific needs of the geriatric population, cared for them enduring a variety of different chronic illnesses, aided with their more demanding mobilization needs, navigated how to care for and connect with delirious or memory-impaired patients, and understood the complexities around the end of life
Caregiver
Visiting Angels Home Care
01.2020 - 08.2021
- Assisted clients with personal hygiene needs, including bathing, dressing and incontinence care
- Developed strong and trusting rapport with patients and their families to facilitate smooth, quality care
- Aided with mobility and independence for disabled individuals and continually monitored safety
Student Helper
Tiger Time- Stewartville School-Age Child Care
01.2016 - 08.2020
- Gained a broader understanding of the complex pediatric population, seeing different character trends with each cohort of children and assisted them through their different social challenges during this influential time in their lives
- Provided care, entertainment, homework help, and discipline for children ages 5-12 after school and over the summer
- Assisted with sick and injured children, providing first aid and basic medical care
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Nursing
Luther College
05.2022
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Family Nurse Practitioner
Winona State University
Winona, MN05-2028
Skills
- Medical Assessment
- Emergency Response
- Chronic Disease Management
- Lab Result Interpretation
- Newborn Care
- Patient Education and Counseling
- Long-Term Care
- Postpartum Care
Undergraduate Clinical Experience
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN | 2020 to 2021
- General Pediatrics, Mental Health, Gerontology, Obstetrics, Intensive Care, Medical Surgical Units (Including Colorectal, Neurological, Hematology/Oncology, Hepatobiliary, and Cardiac)
Community of Decorah, Iowa | 2018 to 2022
- Public Health, Gerontology (Care Center)
Leadership Positions
Orthopedic Staff Leadership Committee Member | Mayo Clinic- Rochester, March 2022 to March 2023
• Identified trends, provided support, and implemented quality improvement projects related to clinical practice, patient experience, staff education, and leadership improvement.
• Reviewed new practice changes with policies and procedures.
Recognition and Retention Committee Member for Labor and Delivery | Mayo Clinic- Rochester, April 2023 to Present
• Working as a member of a team to recognize different employees and encourage retention on the unit.
Bereavement Committee Member for Labor and Delivery | Mayo Clinic- Rochester, April 2023 to Present
- Assist in developing practice changes that are vital to the workflow for the bereavements patients in Obstetrics.
Capstone Student Preceptor | Mayo Clinic- Rochester, January 2023 to Present
• Provided guidance for a capstone student, teaching the valuable skills of a nurse such as time management, proper medication administration, and how to compassionately care for a vulnerable patient.
• Demonstrated leadership and compassion for a student learner throughout the process of learning a difficult medical-surgical nursing position.
Student Nurses Association Member | Luther College, Decorah, IA, 2020 to 2022
• Assisted in local volunteering and fundraising events. • Served as a leader for incoming and beginner nursing students at Luther College.
Volunteer Experience
Special Olympics Volunteer | Rochester, MN, 2015 to Present
- Effectively communicated with and helped children and adults with various intellectual and physical disabilities to compete in a variety of sporting competitions
Mission Trip Volunteer | Milwaukee, WI, 2016
• Worked with members of my church community to revive a school in inner city Milwaukee
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Mayo Clinic
03.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse
Mayo Clinic
03.2022 - 01.2023
Caregiver
Visiting Angels Home Care
01.2020 - 08.2021
Student Helper
Tiger Time- Stewartville School-Age Child Care
01.2016 - 08.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Nursing
Luther College
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Family Nurse Practitioner
Winona State University
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