Jennifer Letellier
Saint Michael,MN
Summary
Experienced RN in Neonatal Critical Care setting, continuing to achieve and maintain patient goals.
Registered Nurse dedicated to efficient and effective collaboration between care teams, patients and families. Outgoing professional with collaborative and flexible approach to reaching mutually beneficial resolutions.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Patient Care Facilitator, Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
North Memorial Health Care Maple Grove Hospital
09.2016 - Current
- Permanent Charge RN (leadership) in level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. – Leadership position, named as Patient Care Facilitator
- Coordinates daily hospital unit functionality, working directly under unit manager.
- Manages department shift nurses, managing unit specific daily activities.
- Research and undertaking of QMS Projects.
- Deep understanding and knowledge of complex diagnoses of Neonate and Maternal diagnoses.
- Lactation.
- Provides multicultural nursing care.
- Multi-disciplinary care coordination for patients.
- End of life care coordination.
- Creates nursing to patient safe ratio assignments.
- Attends daily and weekly hospital administrative meetings.
- Oversees admissions, transfers, discharges, and assists with patient care.
- Discharge coordination and planning follow up care.
- Provides first level feedback to nurses, to achieve and maintain highest quality of care.
- Training of new nurses and assisting in the advancement of current nurses in new skills and procedures.
- Airway management, IV and nutrition therapy.
- Attending high risk deliveries and neonatal resuscitations of 22-week gestational age and above.
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program provider.
- Data entry of Vermont Oxford Network.
- Provides family centered developmental care and evidence-based practice.
Registered Nurse
Maple Grove Hospital
07.2014 - 09.2016
- · Staff RN and charge RN in level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care.
- · Postpartum Staff RN Cross Trained.
- · Lactation
- · Attended high risk neonatal deliveries and resuscitations of 22-week gestational age and greater.
- · Operating room recovery of newborn c-sections and vaginal birth deliveries of newborn.
- · Managing the critically ill neonate from admission to discharge.
- · Provided and implemented evidence-based practice.
- · Critical patient care delivery, maintaining airway, respiratory status, nutrition, developmental and growth, IV therapy.
- · Collaborated with physicians and nurse practitioners to quickly assess patients to deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- · Provided family centered, exceptional care to the acute and chronic patient requiring complex care: ventilator and airway management, nutrition therapies, developmental care, and critical care assessments.
- · Precepted the less experienced nurse in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
North Memorial Health Care, Robbinsdale Hospital
09.1991 - 07.2015
- Staff RN and charge RN in level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care.
- Post-partum Staff Cross Trained.
- Lactation Educator, Certified
- Attended high risk neonatal deliveries and resuscitations of 22-week gestational age and greater.
- Managing the critically ill infant from admission to discharge.
Nursing Assistant, OB/GYN & NICU
North Memorial Health Care, Robbinsdale Hospital
07.1990 - 09.1991
- Routine Nursing Assistant duties in large OB/GYN hospital setting.
- Maximized patient satisfaction by helping individuals carry out personal tasks such as dressing and walking.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Moorhead State University
Moorhead, MN05.2020
Associates Degree of Science - Nursing
North Hennepin Community College
Brooklyn Park, MN06.1991
Skills
- Greater than 30 years of experience in Neonatal Critical Care level 3 NICU
- Lactation
- 11 years in current leadership position
- Caesarian Section operating room, infant recovery
- NICU complex diagnoses
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Newborn Deliveries of all 22 week gestational age neonates
- High levels of effective problem solving
- Ability to work in fast-paced environment
- Time management
- Strong communication skills
- Highly adept at working under acutely stressful environment
- Works well both in teamwork and independently
- Attention to detail, highly organized
- EMR EPIC
- Microsoft
Certification
- Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor (NRP)
- S.T.A.B.L.E Certified
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)
- Healing Touch Level 3 Certification
- NICU Bereavement Committee
- NICU Policies and Procedures Committee
- NICU Developmental Care Committee
- Lactation Educator
Timeline
Patient Care Facilitator, Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
North Memorial Health Care Maple Grove Hospital
09.2016 - Current
Registered Nurse
Maple Grove Hospital
07.2014 - 09.2016
Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
North Memorial Health Care, Robbinsdale Hospital
09.1991 - 07.2015
Nursing Assistant, OB/GYN & NICU
North Memorial Health Care, Robbinsdale Hospital
07.1990 - 09.1991
Associates Degree of Science - Nursing
North Hennepin Community College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Moorhead State University
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