Jennifer Griffith
Bankston,AL
Summary
Experienced Registered Nurse with a proven record of mentoring and leading teams to deliver outstanding care. Highly skilled in fostering positive patient and staff relationships and implementing organizational policy. Dedicated to improving patient care through evidence-based practice. Excited to utilize nursing background, commitment to healthcare, and desire to serve others.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Baylor Charge Nurse
Ascension St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
02.2023 - Current
- Effective leadership on a 60-bed LDRP unit, promoting evidence-based practice, and striving to achieve High Reliability.
- Excellent collaborative teamwork skills, strong desire to promote unit safety, and awareness of potential complications to achieve the highest quality of patient care.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to prioritize, delegate, and serve as a team leader during emergent situations.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- Strong organizational, prioritization, and critical thinking skills.
Charge Nurse, Labor & Delivery Unit
NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER
Tupelo, MS
03.2017 - 06.2023
- Consistently displays the ability to manage patients and perform the role of charge, OBED Triage RN, and staff nurse on a 15-bed L&D, High-Risk transfer facility.
- Ensures compliance with organization's regulatory agencies.
- Skilled in creative problem solving, critical thinking, patient satisfaction, and problem analysis.
- Collaborates with Maternal Fetal Medicine and Obstetricians to ensure the highest quality of care is provided to women experiencing high-risk pregnancies.
- Skilled preceptor for new employees and students.
- Extensive education related to the benefits of skin-to-skin in the immediate postpartum period.
- AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Instructor for Labor and Delivery Unit.
Team Leader, Labor & Delivery/Postpartum
DCH HEALTH SYSTEM
Tuscaloosa, AL
06.2016 - 03.2017
- Managed front line operations of the Labor and Delivery, and Postpartum Units.
- Ensured compliance with all quality and regulatory agency requirements.
- Performed daily leadership rounds with a focus on patient safety and patient satisfaction.
- Assisted the leadership team with department interviews, progressive discipline, and new employee orientation.
- Served as a clinical resource for staff, providing excellent critical thinking, sound judgment, and problem-solving skills.
- Promoted efficient patient flow, including timely admissions and discharges, with consistent adherence to the productivity and expense goals.
Registered Nurse, Birthing Center
PALMETTO HEALTH TUOMEY
Sumter, SC
09.2011 - 06.2016
- Performed the role of a staff and charge RN on a Labor and Delivery Unit consisting of 9 labor and 4 triage beds.
- Experience working as a staff and charge RN on a twenty-four-bed unit consisting of Antepartum, Postpartum, and Medical-Surgical patients.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare team members regarding patient care plans.
- Educated patients on labor process expectations and provided emotional support throughout labor.
Education
Master of Science Nursing (MSN) - Leadership in Organizational Environments
University of North Alabama
Florence, AL12.2024
Bachelor of Science, Nursing (BSN) -
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT02.2016
Associate Degree in Applied Science, Major in Nursing (ADN) -
Central Carolina Technical College
Sumter, SC08.2011
Skills
- Team Leadership
- Staff Supervision
- Plan of Action Implementation
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Performance Management
- Issue Resolution
Certification
- National Certification Corporation for the Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Specialties: Electronic Fetal Monitoring
- AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitor Instructor: AWHONN member ID 36762682
- Advancing U Courses: Progressive Discipline, Labor Law, Root Cause Analysis
- ACLS Certified
- NRP Certified
- BLS Certified
- Basic Arrhythmia Monitoring
- Advanced Life Support for Obstetrics
License
- State Board of Nursing for Alabama, Registered Nurse, 1-154410
- California Board of Nursing
- Connecticut Board of Nursing
Awards
- 2022 NMMC Nurse Mentor of the year
- Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses
- Service Star, Palmetto Health Tuomey
- Press Gainey Improvement Council member
- Central Carolina Technical College Associate Degree Nursing Distinguished Honor Graduate/Valedictorian
Timeline
Baylor Charge Nurse
Ascension St. Vincent’s Birmingham
02.2023 - Current
Charge Nurse, Labor & Delivery Unit
NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER
03.2017 - 06.2023
Team Leader, Labor & Delivery/Postpartum
DCH HEALTH SYSTEM
06.2016 - 03.2017
Registered Nurse, Birthing Center
PALMETTO HEALTH TUOMEY
09.2011 - 06.2016
- National Certification Corporation for the Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Specialties: Electronic Fetal Monitoring
- AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Heart Monitor Instructor: AWHONN member ID 36762682
- Advancing U Courses: Progressive Discipline, Labor Law, Root Cause Analysis
- ACLS Certified
- NRP Certified
- BLS Certified
- Basic Arrhythmia Monitoring
- Advanced Life Support for Obstetrics
Master of Science Nursing (MSN) - Leadership in Organizational Environments
University of North Alabama
Bachelor of Science, Nursing (BSN) -
Western Governors University
Associate Degree in Applied Science, Major in Nursing (ADN) -
Central Carolina Technical College
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