Emma Herold

Registered Nurse, 2023-present

MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, LABOR AND DELIVERY, Baltimore, MD

• Advanced from new graduate to a Clinical Nurse II over 2 years. Cared for patients in all perinatal stages: antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum recovery. Managed many acute conditions and complications including, but not limited to, preterm labor/birth, preeclampsia, shoulder dystocia, placental abruption, stat c-sections, postpartum hemorrhage, shoulder dystocia, blood transfusions, and sepsis, FDIU. Served as circulator nurse in operating room for c-sections, dilation and curettage, and cerclages, as well as the PACU nurse for procedure recovery. Served as alternate chair on Quality Council and represented the unit at Quality Improvement Summit, presenting data on SCD compliance on the unit.

Student Nurse Practicum, 2023

SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, NICU, Washington, D.C.

• Observed acute care and provided clinical support both at deliveries and on the NICU floor for 120 hours.

Nursing Student Technician, 2022-2023

MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, ICU/IMC, Baltimore, MD

• Served as nursing student technician under CNA license at mixed medical and surgical ICU/IMC floor.

Volunteer Doula, January 2023 - May 2023

JHUSON BIRTH COMPANIONS PROGRAM

• Trained through JHUSON and DONA International. Supported local birthparents in creating birth plans, provided physical comfort measures during and after labor, and monitored postpartum wellbeing.

Vice President, May 2022 - May 2023

JHU NURSING PUBLIC HEALTH NETWORK

• Co-chair of the Health Network Mentorship Program, pairing undergraduate students with graduate student mentors to work on a community-based public health project. Coordinate and facilitate meetings, elections, and learning and networking opportunities.

Executive Board Member & Co-Chair, January 2020 - May 2021

DUKE STUDENT COLLABORATIVE ON HEALTH POLICY, Service and Advocacy Committee

• Launched collaborations for health access in Durham, NC: Helped create and maintain community resource directory for the Durham Department of Public Health during the COVID-19 outbreak and worked with Duke Cancer Center's Office of Health Equity.

Federal Navigator & Project Lead, September 2019 - December 2020

DUKE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT NAVIGATOR PROGRAM

• Served as federal Affordable Care Act navigator with Legal Aid of NC during the ACA open enrollment period to help NC enrollees understand their health insurance options and enroll/re-enroll. Led the Duke volunteers in the 2020 enrollment period.

• S. Hallur, S. Sandhu, E. Herold, A. Trejo, D. Rasmussen, N. Riggs, H. M. Ali, & J. P. Bettger. Embedding Student Volunteer Affordable Care Act Navigators In A Primary Care Clinic. Annals of Family Medicine, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2794
• E.O. Cheung, PhD, A. Hernandez, PhD, RN, E. Herold, and J. Moskowitz, PhD, MPH. "Positive Emotion Skills Intervention to Address Burnout in Critical Care Nurses." AACN Advanced Critical Care, 2020, https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2020287

• Electronic Fetal Monitoring
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program
• Basic Life Support, CPR