Labor Delivery staff nurse in a community hospital.
Extensive emergent IV insertion experience, including neonates. Performed venipuncture procedures for blood draws or IV starts as needed by patients requiring infusion services.
Assess patients to determine their physical condition, health status and monitored patient vital signs, hydration levels, and infusion sites for any adverse reactions or complications.
Charge and Staff Nurse at a Community Hospital OB Unit. Triage, admission, and direct medical care of well and ill antepartum, intrapartum, post-operative, and postpartum patients and neonates, and non-obstetric surgical patients. Extensive experience in IV insertions and infusions. Directly supervise and coordinate nursing and ancillary staff and patient workflow. Use critical thinking and evidence-based care for problem remediation. Supervise interdepartmental partnerships to achieve positive patient outcomes. Mentor and precept new employees and students in appropriate application of facility policies and procedures, current practice guidelines, and evidence-based care.
Staff nurse at a Level 2 Community hospital. Triage, assess, admit, and provide direct medical care for the childbearing family antepartum through postpartum. Extensive IV insertion and infusion experience.
13 Week travel nurse assignment at a Level 3 Tertiary Care Hospital. Care of complicated and routine antepartum, intrapartum. and postpartum patients.
Staff nurse and Charge Nurse at a Level 2 NICU Community Hospital. Care for antepartum through postpartum patients, well and ill neonates, and select post-operative surgical patients. Cross-trained in Mother/Baby, NBN, Step-Down NICU, L&D, Circulate OR, and PACU. Extensive IV insertion and venipuncture experience for neonates and adults. Direct supervision and coordination of 15 to 20 nursing and ancillary staff daily. Serve as departmental resource for patient care and concerns, daily staffing, and safety compliance in lieu of management.
New Graduate nurse position transitioned to Staff Nurse position at a Level 3 Tertiary Care Hospital. Care for high-risk antepartum through postpartum well and critically ill patients.
AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring, NRP, STABLE, ALSO, BLS, ACLS