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Jeanne Gabel

Denison

Summary

Experienced Registered Nurse with 25+ years of experience licensed in Texas with compact privileges, providing quality care to diverse populations with 4+ years management experience included. Strong people skills and critical thinking abilities. Adaptive person with flexibility and capability to adapt and embrace change within today’s healthcare environment. Nursing has provided a strong, determined work ethic and character which functions well within a team to reach a common goal. Possession of strong enthusiasm for learning new skills to grow while being an asset for an enthusiastic employer.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered nurse and charge nurse

Paris Regional Health
02.2023 - Current
  • Registered nurse and charge nurse in the Women’s & Children’s Labor and Delivery. Charge RN and primary nurse for obstetric patients and their families in the ante, intra, and postpartum periods on the unit. Triage of obstetrical patients. Function as primary nurse in vaginal and cesarean section deliveries. High functioning with in-depth knowledge of stabilizing and caring for newborns, thus currently orienting to newborn nursery. Flexible ability to float within the unit to Postpartum and Nursery.

Private duty pediatric RN

Angels of Care Pediatrics
06.2020 - Current
  • Private duty pediatric RN in client private home. Maintain care of the pediatric patient on a full-time basis with autonomy and minimal supervision. Provide care to cardiorespiratory and immune deficient history patient maintaining Mic-Key G-tube, maintaining supplemental oxygen via tank and concentrator, monitoring SpO2 and titrating appropriately, administration monitoring effectiveness of multiple medications, maintaining airway, skin, mouth, and diaper care, provide age-appropriate interaction/engagement daily, provide ADL, maintain passive and active movement daily. Interdisciplinary professional collaboration between client parent, physician, clinical team, therapists, scheduling, DME department to ensure patient needs, promoting maximum health to keep patient well and at home as much as possible, within reason, and out of inpatient care.

Contract travel registered nurse

TotalMed
09.2023 - 12.2023
  • Contract travel registered nurse on the Labor and Delivery unit at Ascension Seton Medical Center, Austin, providing care for obstetric patients and their families ranging in a variety of acuities from low to high risk. Primary nurse in vaginal deliveries, circulating cesarean section deliveries, and recovery period for both procedures.

Registered nurse

Medical City HCA
09.2022 - 03.2023
  • Registered nurse on the Mother Baby unit. Primary nurse for postpartum patients after vaginal and c/section deliveries, their newborn infants, and families. Assist with breastfeeding in Texas Ten Step Facility. Other responsibilities require performing 24-hour newborn testing such as newborn screens, CCHD testing, transcutaneous bilirubin testing, neonatal and maternal serum blood draws, hyperbilirubinemia management, hypoglycemia management of the newborn, and management of standard medications such as po and IV antibiotics. High functioning with in-depth knowledge of stabilizing and caring for newborns, thus volunteered to cross train to newborn nursery to gain knowledge of facility guidelines and workflow in that area.

Registered nurse

North Texas Medical Center
11.2017 - 05.2019
  • Registered nurse in the Women’s & Children’s unit. Primary nurse for obstetric patients and their families in the ante, intra, and postpartum periods. Function as primary nurse in vaginal and cesarean section deliveries. High functioning with in-depth knowledge of stabilizing and caring for newborns, thus currently orienting to newborn nursery to gain knowledge of facility guidelines and workflow. Flexible ability to float within the facility to the general Med-Surge floor and ICU.

Registered nurse staff and charge nurse, PRN

East Texas Medical Center (ETMC-Athens)
10.2016 - 02.2018
  • Registered nurse staff and charge nurse, PRN, on the obstetrics unit providing care for a variety of obstetric patients, newborns, and their families ranging in a variety of acuities from admission to discharge.

Registered nurse

Texas Health Resources
10.2010 - 01.2017
  • Registered nurse on the Labor and Delivery unit providing care for obstetric patients and their families ranging in a variety of acuities from low to high risk. Primary nurse in vaginal deliveries, circulating scrub cesarean section deliveries, and recovery period for both procedures. Volunteered and cross trained to scrub cesarean sections. Also, cross trained and functioned in newborn admission nursery to allow flexibility when needed to benefit the unit. Often volunteered to float to postpartum and high-risk antepartum units when needed. Nurse Supervisor with excellent rapport between fellow management, staff, and myself. Nursing supervisor for 90+ FTE perinatal unit.

Registered nurse staff

East Texas Medical Center (ETMC-Athens)
06.1999 - 10.2010
  • Registered nurse staff on the Medical-Surgical Unit for one year, providing care to pediatric and adult patients with a variety of diagnoses, disease processes, and needs.
  • Registered nurse staff and charge nurse on the obstetrics unit providing care for obstetric patients, newborns, and their families from admission to discharge.
  • Assistant Unit Director of Obstetrics Assisted unit director for four years, supervising, leading, and managing staff on the obstetrics unit. Responsible for staff scheduling, ensuring unit productivity, compliance with AWHONN and ACOG standards, compliance with organizational goals and policies, ordering, capital requests, arranging staffing for unit needs, arranging continued education for staff, assisting with performing evaluations, coaching and disciplinary action of staff, and encouraging leadership by other staff. Performed benchmarking to obtain and maintain best nursing and medical practices for our patients.

Education

Bachelor’s degree - Nursing

University of Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
01.2011

Associate degree - Nursing

Trinity Valley Community College
Athens, Texas
01.1999

Skills

  • Areas of clinical experience include stabilization and ongoing care of well and high-risk newborns in the delivery room and/or nursery, care and understanding of high and low risk antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum women requiring a variety of needs and procedures, pre-op preparation, circulating and scrubbing cesarean section deliveries Assisted in managing obstetrics unit (NSY, L&D, PP) consisting of 40 FTEs for four years while supporting organizational professional mission and goals
  • Nursing supervisor for 90 FTE unit
  • Experienced charge nurse for 18 years
  • Comprehensive understanding of the birthing process utilizing problem solving and critical thinking skills and communication to provide quality perinatal care with utmost safety and patient satisfaction
  • Transformational leadership abilities, initiating and serving on Shared Governance Committee
  • AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certification and membership
  • BLS and ACLS certifications
  • Research, bench marking, and implementation of care utilizing evidence-based practice
  • Able to educate and assist with breast feeding according to Baby Texas Ten Step guidelines
  • Collaboration with physicians and other team members to plan and maintain quality patient care
  • Established policy for patient discharge phone call protocol and initiated service recovery as needed
  • Ensure charting accuracy through precise documentation using the Obix Perinatal Charting System, QS STORK perinatal charting, EPIC, PeriGen, Centricity perinatal charting and Meditech with ability to transition to hand documentation when necessary
  • Compliance with organizational, JCAHO, and AWHONN standards
  • 100% chart audits for accuracy to ensure compliance and correct reimbursement
  • Provided quarterly reports to infection control, risk management, safety management, and nursing administration
  • Training of new nurses on the unit to ensure consistent quality care and understanding of policy and procedures

Timeline

Contract travel registered nurse

TotalMed
09.2023 - 12.2023

Registered nurse and charge nurse

Paris Regional Health
02.2023 - Current

Registered nurse

Medical City HCA
09.2022 - 03.2023

Private duty pediatric RN

Angels of Care Pediatrics
06.2020 - Current

Registered nurse

North Texas Medical Center
11.2017 - 05.2019

Registered nurse staff and charge nurse, PRN

East Texas Medical Center (ETMC-Athens)
10.2016 - 02.2018

Registered nurse

Texas Health Resources
10.2010 - 01.2017

Registered nurse staff

East Texas Medical Center (ETMC-Athens)
06.1999 - 10.2010

Associate degree - Nursing

Trinity Valley Community College

Bachelor’s degree - Nursing

University of Phoenix