JAMIE MCCLAIN
Long Beach,CA
Summary
Hardworking nursing professional bringing 10+ years of experience delivering exceptional care to labor and delivery patients. Knowledgeable about mother and baby requirements and skilled at maximizing patient comfort and safety while meeting strict cost control standards. Well-organized and forward-thinking in managing patient needs. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and assignments. Organized and dependable candidate.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN Staff Nurse
Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach
10.2005 - Current
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Conducted comprehensive physical assessments and assisted with pain management.
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care, and discharge instructions.
- Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
- Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies, and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
- Participated in hospital committees to recommend quality improvement initiatives.
- Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Reported findings to quality departments after conducting routine restraint audits and worked with team to devise corrective actions for deficiencies.
- Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT2018
Associate of Science - Nursing
Long Beach City College
Long Beach, CA2012
High School Diploma -
Woodrow Wilson High School
Long Beach, CA06.2001
Skills
- Patient Education
- Family Education
- Care Planning
- Patient Management
- Newborn Care
- Critical Care
Additional Information
I have been working at LBMMC and MCH Long Beach for 17 years and have loved it. I started off as a CNA, doing wound care, Ortho and Nero well going to school to get my RN license. Once I became an RN I joined the adult float pool at LBMMC for about a year tell a position became available in Labor and Delivery. Which is were I always dreamed of working. I wanted to delivery babies since I was five years old, and now I get to do that every day at work. I love being a L&D nurse. I am sad to leave my work family but I need achieve better for my three little boys.
Certification
RN License -829163
Timeline
RN Staff Nurse
Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach
10.2005 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Long Beach City College
High School Diploma -
Woodrow Wilson High School
RN License -829163
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