Kelli Menousek
Lehi,Utah
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse with over 10 years of specialized experience in women's health, including labor and delivery and postpartum care. Additionally, proficient in leadership roles as Director of Nursing at an Assisted Living facility, overseeing staff management and geriatric patient care. Quality-driven and efficient with strong interpersonal abilities. Passionate about women's health, research and improved quality of life using modern and holistic practices.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
RN - Labor and Delivery
Lone Peak Hospital
Draper, UT
10.2016 - 12.2021
- Provided patient education regarding labor and delivery process.
- Assisted in labor, delivery, and recovery while collaborating with the MD, anesthesiologists, and ancillary staff.
- Assessed and monitored labor progress, fetal heart tones, and maternal vital signs.
- Ensured safety of both mother and baby during labor, delivery, and before discharge from hospital.
- Implemented therapeutic techniques to ensure patient comfort during labor.
- Managed emergency situations requiring rapid assessment, stabilization, resuscitation, or intervention for mother or infant according to established protocols.
- Cared for a variety of high risk medical conditions experienced by pregnant & post-partum women such as preeclampsia, preterm labor, diabetes mellitus, vbac, hemorrhagic emergencies.
RN LABOR AND DELIVERY/POST PARTUM/WOMENS SERVICES
ALTA VIEW HOSPITAL
03.2012 - 10.2012
- Majority of shifts filled as Post-Partum nurse, rotating to Labor and Delivery and post-op as needed
- Care for post-op patients recovering from hysterectomies, and other gynecological-related surgeries.
- Assist and educate mothers during the postpartum period about mother/infant care, assist with breastfeeding
- Monitor/assess patients while in labor; monitor fetal heart tones and maternal contraction patterns, and intervene as necessary
- Provide integrative care of patients in the labor process and assist with deliveries of infants, assuring all necessary staff/equipment available for deliveries
RN LABOR AND DELIVERY/POST PARTUM
OGDEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
05.2007 - 03.2012
- 2 years’ experience post-partum/well baby nursery, followed by 3 years’ experience L&D
- Assisted in delivery of hundreds of babies with routine and emergent deliveries, including high risk mom's and c-sections
- Circulated in operating room assisting with hundreds of c-sections and occasional emergent hysterectomies
- Used fetal monitors to evaluate fetal heart rate in labor and provide necessary interventions to assure fetal well-being
- Care of high risk maternal patients on bedrest for prolonged duration
- Monitor, assess and treat mother/baby immediately following delivery/recovery, administer post-op care to C-section patients; monitor vitals, assess and treat pain, provide wound assessment/treatment, educate patients on expected course of recovery
- Collaborate care of mothers and babies with physicians, anesthesiologists, lactation specialists, and pediatricians.
- Perform newborn assessments including APGAR scores at one minute and five minutes after birth and provide necessary treatment to stabilize infants and/or transfer to NICU
- Provide discharge instructions/education to mothers and coordinate discharge plans with physicians, pediatricians, and social work.
DIRECTOR OF NURSING
LEGACY HOUSE ASSISTED LIVING
03.2005 - 05.2007
- Experience in managing an assisted living facility specializing in a geriatric population with a variety of medical conditions including Alzheimer’s disease
- Supervision of CNA’s/Med Techs; routinely interviewed, hired, scheduled, educated, and disciplined staff
- Provide in-service meetings and training for staff on a routine basis
- Responsible for a Utah Department of Health State Survey with zero deficiencies
- Integration of resident cares by coordinating with staff, families and physicians
- Perform many nursing skills, including medication administration and evaluation, wound assessment and treatment, IM injections, end-of-life care, and patient/family education.
- Analyzed trends in patient care activities such as medication errors or falls within the facility.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Weber State University
Ogden, UT05-2005
Skills
- Health Promotion
- Women's Health
- Compassion and Empathy
- Nursing staff leadership
- Multidisciplinary team collaboration
- Care Planning
- Case Management
Education and licensure
ASSOCIATE’S OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN NURSING, 05/2005, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah
BLS, NRP, ACLS, STABLE
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
RN - Labor and Delivery
Lone Peak Hospital
10.2016 - 12.2021
RN LABOR AND DELIVERY/POST PARTUM/WOMENS SERVICES
ALTA VIEW HOSPITAL
03.2012 - 10.2012
RN LABOR AND DELIVERY/POST PARTUM
OGDEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
05.2007 - 03.2012
DIRECTOR OF NURSING
LEGACY HOUSE ASSISTED LIVING
03.2005 - 05.2007
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Weber State University
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