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JULIE CHRISTOPHERSON

FRESNO,CA

Summary

Accomplished RN Navigator and Staff RN with a proven track record at Community Medical Centers, specializing in perinatal care and bereavement. Expert in coordinating multidisciplinary care and utilizing critical thinking for high-risk OB patients. Holds NCC Certifications and a Bereavement Coordinator Certification, demonstrating both technical proficiency and compassionate patient support.

Overview

43
43
years of professional experience

Work History

RN Navigator for Perinatal Care and Bereavement

Communty Medical Centers
10.2019 - Current
  • Support and Coordinate care for women who have suffered a fetal loss, whether miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death


  • Support and coordinate care for women whose babies have a congenital anomaly or chromosomal abnormality
  • Support and guide surrogate families and their gestational carriers through their birth experience
  • Support and coordinate care for the extremely high risk OB patient who requires a multidisciplinary approach to their birthing experience
  • Work with patients who are transferred to our high risk OB service, to assist the patient's primary OB provider with getting information related to his patient's status and course of care

Staff RN, Labor and Delivery

Community Medical Centers
06.1983 - 10.2019
  • Cared for patients during their labor and delivery and immediate postpartum recovery period.
  • Utilized critical thinking skills to make quick decisions in high-pressure situations, prioritizing patient needs and addressing emergent issues promptly.
  • Monitored vital signs, lab results, and other indicators to detect changes in patients'' conditions promptly.
  • Served as a preceptor for new nurses, sharing knowledge, expertise, and best practices to improve their skills and confidence.
  • Maintained clinical competency through ongoing professional development activities such as workshops, seminars, conferences, and certifications related to nursing practice.
  • Served as a circulator for c/section deliveries and occasionally postpartum tubal ligations
  • Worked in a 10 bed triage unit, assessing patients who presented for labor and/or other OB problems
  • Worked as a relief charge nurse from 2006-2018 when there were gaps in leadership

Staff RN, Labor and Delivery

Utah Valley Hospital, Intermountain Healthcare
01.1982 - 06.1983
  • Cared for patients during their labor, delivery and immediate postpartum care
  • Worked as scrub nurse and circulator for c/s deliveries

Staff Nurse. Medical-Surgical Unit

Sierra Hospital
06.1981 - 12.1981
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
  • Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
  • Supervised nursing assistants with the care of the patients on my team

Education

Associate of Arts - Registered Nursing

Fresno City College
Fresno, CA
05.1981

High School Diploma -

Clovis High School
Clovis, CA
06.1978

Skills

  • Basic Life Support
  • NCC Certification in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing 12/8/1999 to present
  • NCC Certification in Electronic Fetal Monitoring 3/1/2016 to present
  • Resolve Through Sharing Bereavement Training and Bereavement Coordinator Certification 4/2020
  • Certified in Perinatal Loss Care from Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center 7/31/2020-7/31/2024
  • AWHONN Perinatal Bereavement Certificate Program 8/10/2024

Languages

Spanish
Professional Working

Other Interesting Information

  • Married to James for over 44 years
  • Mother of 6, grandmother of 10
  • Chosen as Fresno County Mother of the Year in 2012
  • Has served at numerous leadership positions at church, working with children's groups, young women (12-18) groups, and in the adult women's service organization
  • Served as BSA merit badge counselor for 20 years
  • Served as camp nurse at church's young women's camp for 10 years
  • Enjoys gardening, sewing, fishing, camping and RV Travel with husband and family

Timeline

RN Navigator for Perinatal Care and Bereavement

Communty Medical Centers
10.2019 - Current

Staff RN, Labor and Delivery

Community Medical Centers
06.1983 - 10.2019

Staff RN, Labor and Delivery

Utah Valley Hospital, Intermountain Healthcare
01.1982 - 06.1983

Staff Nurse. Medical-Surgical Unit

Sierra Hospital
06.1981 - 12.1981

Associate of Arts - Registered Nursing

Fresno City College

High School Diploma -

Clovis High School

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