Katherine Dunleavy
McMurray,PA
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Labor and Delivery RN
West Penn Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
06.2021 - Current
- Supervised nursing staff in providing quality care to laboring mothers in accordance with standards of practice.
- Educated patients about postpartum care including breastfeeding support and newborn care basics.
- Identified any potential complications during labor that may require intervention from a physician.
- Assisted physicians with medical procedures such as amniocentesis, forceps deliveries, cesarean sections, and vacuum extractions.
- Provided patient education on labor progression and delivery techniques.
- Cared for neonates immediately after birth, providing necessary resuscitation efforts when necessary.
- Assessed and monitored fetal heart rate, maternal vital signs, and uterine contractions during labor.
- Provided emotional support to laboring women throughout the birthing process.
- Collaborated with healthcare team members regarding patient assessment data and plan of care implementation.
- Served as a liaison between the family and patient and other healthcare professionals involved in the patient's care.
- Initiated IV lines for administration of fluids or medications prior to delivery.
- Performed initial assessments on newly admitted patients to determine level of care needed.
- Monitored maternal-fetal health through the use of ultrasound technology.
- Reviewed and tracked progress of mothers in labor, interpreted fetal heart monitor and informed delivering physician of status.
- Oversaw labor by coaching women, assisting with complications and administering medications during birth.
- Explained and demonstrated after-birth care to parents of newborns, answered questions and addressed concerns.
- Assessed and documented physical condition of mothers and babies and assisted doctors in identifying and treating preeclampsia.
Senior Professional Staff Nurse Mother-Baby
UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
09.2019 - 06.2021
- Delivered high quality nursing care to post-partum mothers and infants
- Provided care for high risk post-partum conditions such as mothers with pre-eclampsia on Magnesium Sulfate therapy, mothers with gestational hypertension and pre-existing cardiac conditions requiring close monitoring, and mothers with Type 1 DM and Type 2 DM
- Provided care for high risk late preterm (35-37 weeks gestation) newborns requiring blood sugar monitoring, close monitoring for issues with thermoregulation (newborns in heated beds, and/or weaning or weaned from the heated bed), and newborns requiring phototherapy for jaundice
- Provided care for newborns born to mothers with addiction requiring scoring and care for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
- Functioned as Newborn Assessment Nurse (NAN) in Labor and Delivery, which included thoroughly assessing every healthy late-preterm and term newborns within the first two hours of life, administering protocol medications (Vitamin K injection and Erythromycin eye ointment), and taking footprints
- Functioned as OR Newborn Assessment Nurse (OR NAN), which included “catching babies” during C-Sections, assigning APGARS, resuscitating newborns requiring resuscitation, providing skin to skin in the OR to facilitate early bonding with the mother, as well as the tasks listed above
- Chaired the Mother/Baby Unit Quality and Safety Committee
- Precepted new nurses on orientation
- Functioned as charge nurse.
Professional Staff Nurse Floors 4D/5D (Cardiology)
UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
10.2017 - 09.2019
- Delivered high quality nursing care to patients with a variety of cardiac issues, including CHF, electrophysiology issues, pre-heart transplant, and post-MI (post-catheterization)
- Hung and monitored high-risk cardiac drips, including diltiazem, milrinone, heparin, amiodarone, etc
- Monitored telemetry and completed EKG strips for each monitored patient each shift
- Maintained central lines by redressing and changing caps per UPMC protocol using sterile technique
- Collaborated with fellow nursing and support staff, as well as physicians.
Education
School of Nursing-Accelerated 2nd Degree Program -
University of Pittsburgh
08.2017
College of General Studies -
University of Pittsburgh
04.2014
Certification
- Inpatient Obstetric Nursing Certification
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certified by American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Timeline
Labor and Delivery RN
West Penn Hospital
06.2021 - Current
Senior Professional Staff Nurse Mother-Baby
UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital
09.2019 - 06.2021
Professional Staff Nurse Floors 4D/5D (Cardiology)
UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
10.2017 - 09.2019
School of Nursing-Accelerated 2nd Degree Program -
University of Pittsburgh
College of General Studies -
University of Pittsburgh
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