Erin Robertson RN, BSN, MSN, FNP, IBCLC

• Cross trained to provide high acuity nursing care to high risk and low risk women on a variety of units including: High risk antepartum patients, postpartum patients, gyn oncology patients, breastfeeding women, normal and high risk newborns in Newborn Nursery and NICU, Pediatric inpatients, at UNC Women's and Children's Hospitals
• Serve as a clinical nursing instructor to cohorts of students during their Maternity and Neonatal clinical rotation.

• Counseled on lifestyle approaches to wellness and health maintenance.
• Served as sole women's health GYN provider which included contraception counseling, STD testing, and annual wellness exams.
• Provided comprehensive physical assessments, establishment of medical diagnoses, order/interpret laboratory results, and prescribe medications.
• Performed dermatology and aesthetics assessments and treatments including dermatologic treatments and procedures, laser treatments, neuromodulator injections and dermatologic prescribing.

● Provided medical and lifestyle intervention for diabetes management, lipids/cardiovascular disease, and hypertension with emphasis on behavior change counseling

● Counseled on non-surgical, medical and lifestyle approaches to weight management

● Led care teams, including supervisory role over other direct patient care providers including dietitians, medical assistants and front desk reception staff.

- Provided advanced practice nursing care which included comprehensive physical assessments, establishment of medical diagnoses, ordering and interpreting laboratory results, and prescribing medications and lifestyle modifications to assist in achieving individual patient health goals. .

● Conducted in-home assessments on health plan members, including past medical history, review of symptoms, non-invasive physical examination and medication review

● Identified diagnoses to be used in care management

● Communicated assessment findings that were used to inform the PCP of potential gaps in care

● Educated members on disease process, medication and compliance

• Founded a holistic family practice staffed by myself, a functional medicine PA and a holistic MD.

-Served as women's health and pediatric specialist for the family practice.

• Created a collaborative large wellness practice with acupuncturists, massage therapists, psychologists, lactation consultants and health coaches

• Manage real estate transactions from initiation to closing.
• Serve as a consultant to investor clients, creating redesign plans for historically appropriate renovations.
• Prepare market analysis statistics and bid presentation for buyers and sellers.
• Acquire new customers, counseled clients and identified purchasing needs to deliver relevant real estate investments.
• Negotiate between sellers and buyers over property prices and settlement deals.
• Give buyers physical and virtual tours of properties while offering redesign services to increase the value of their property.

• Provided prenatal care, obstetrical management and gynecologic care to women including but not limited to NSTs, labor triage, managing comorbidities during pregnancy, STD screenings and treatments, annual wellness exams, pregnancy planning counseling, birth control counseling, IUD placements, collaboration with physicians and midwives, as well as postpartum, newborn and lactation care.

• Advised clients about dermatologic and aesthetic products including benefits and contraindications of different neuromodulators, dermatologic, laser and aesthetic treatments.
• Educated clients on additional available services to increase facility revenue and promote client loyalty.
• Answered patient and family questions to educate on optimal treatment procedures appropriate for each individual patient according to medical history and risk stratification.

• Provided risk assessment and nursing care to laboring and birthing women and their families in a freestanding home-like birth center
• Provided extensive discharge teaching and guided parents through at-home care and follow up care.
• Provided postpartum home visits to assess neonatal, maternal health, to perform neonatal metabolic testing, and to assess family wellness and maternal postpartum recovery.

● Provided risk assessment and nursing care to laboring and birthing women and their families in a freestanding non-profit birth and health center.

● Provided postpartum home visits to families to assess neonatal health, perform neonatal metabolic testing, and assess family wellness and maternal postpartum recovery.

● Planned, directed, supervised nursing staff and administrative functions of the birth center.

● Ensured compliance of birth center with local state and federal regulations.

● Assistant to CNM & naturopathic midwife providing home birth services to families.

● Continuous assessment and care of neonates, laboring and postpartum mothers. Postpartum home visits for health assessment, newborn testing and breastfeeding support.

• Lactation services to all practice patients and their newborns.

● Assessment, assistance & support of infant nutrition, particularly breastfeeding.

● Collaborated and provided education as necessary to medical staff and families.

● Lactation consultation for hospital inpatient and outpatient population including patients on postpartum unit, NICU, PICU and members of the outpatient community.

● Provided risk assessment and nursing care to laboring and birthing women in a home-like freestanding birth center.

• Continuously assessed neonates and postpartum mothers prior to extensive discharge teaching followed by home visit and family health assessment on third postpartum day.

• Cross trained to provide nursing care to high risk and low risk laboring women, high risk antepartum patients, postpartum patients, breastfeeding women, normal and high risk newborns on L&D, Postpartum, Newborn Nursery

• Reviewed and tracked progress of mothers in labor, interpreted fetal heart monitor and informed delivering physician or midwife of status.
• Assessed and documented physical condition of mothers and babies and assisted doctors in medical interventions as necessary.
• Consulted with physicians and other members of care team to identify and assist with complications

• Reviewed and tracked progress of mothers in labor, interpreted fetal heart rate patterns and informed delivering midwife of status.
• Explained and demonstrated after-birth care to parents of newborns, answered questions and addressed concerns.
• Discharged mothers and babies after patiently guiding parents through at-home care and follow-up medical care.
• Performed in-home assessments of postpartum mothers and their newborns at 1-3 days after delivery, offering breastfeeding support, neonatal testing and postpartum care.

• Reviewed and tracked progress of mothers in labor, interpreted fetal heart monitoring and informed delivering physicians and midwives of patient status.
• Assessed and documented physical condition of mothers and babies and assisted doctors in identifying and treating preeclampsia.
• Consulted with physicians and other members of care team to identify and assist with complications

• Provided support for physical, emotional and social needs of laboring women.
• On call to assist with labors and postpartum needs of women in three different Medstar Hospital locations.
• Obtained exposure to labor and delivery nursing while still in nursing school program.

• Provided continuous physical, emotional and psychological support to my pregnant and laboring clients and their families.
• Monitored basic health and well-being of pregnant and postpartum clients and counseled clients on the importance of communication with their providers of all important changes during pregnancy and postpartum periods. .
• Assisted clients with basic newborn care and offered breastfeeding support and directed to local postpartum and lactation care resources