Dedicated and skilled Labor and Delivery Nurse with over 2 years of experience providing exceptional care to mothers and newborns during labor, delivery, and postpartum. Experienced in assisting in Cesarean sections, and offering comprehensive support to families. Seeking to contribute my clinical expertise and compassionate care in a progressive healthcare environment.
Hi, I’m
Leah Thompson
Summary
Overview
20
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Baptist Hospital
Registered Nurse in Labor and Delivery
10.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Monitored maternal and fetal well-being during labor using electronic fetal monitoring and frequent assessments.
- Worked closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.
- Educate patients and families on procedures, recovery, and newborn care in both vaginal and surgical deliveries.
- Triage patients in the OBED, assessing maternal and fetal health, and determining urgency of care for various conditions such as labor progression, preterm labor, bleeding, and fetal distress.
- Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor, post partum bleeding, and fetal distress.
- Assisted physician during delivery, examination and surgical procedures by anticipating needs, encouraging patient, and attending to baby after birth.
- Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
- Developed and implemented strategies to improve labor and delivery processes and patient outcomes.
- Provided emotional support and guidance to new mothers and families during labor, delivery and postpartum.
- Managed epidural analgesia infusions and monitored vital signs during labor and delivery.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Circulate in the operating room for cesarean sections, ensuring sterile field, coordinating with surgical team, and managing surgical instruments
- Ensured patient safety and comfort during the surgical procedure, and provided post-operative care and monitoring in the recovery room.
- Proficient in managing patient documentation and care plans using Electronic Health Records (EHR), ensuring accurate and timely input of patient information, labor progress, and assessments.
Baptist Hospital
Registered Nurse Mother Baby Unit
03.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Provide personalized care and education to new mothers and their infants, addressing their medical, emotional, and breastfeeding needs.
- Monitor vital signs of postpartum patients and assist in the management of complications such as hemorrhage, infection, and hypertension.
- Offer support and counseling on newborn care, including feeding, diapering, sleep patterns, and recognizing signs of distress.
- Coached new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood.
- Collaborate with doctors, lactation consultants, and other healthcare providers to ensure optimal care.
Winn-Dixie
Customer Service Lead
09.2005 - 07.2021
Job overview
- Supervise Front End, including delegation
- Train new employees
- Provide customer service interaction with satisfactory results
- Handled credits, refunds, and payments of merchandise in all forms
- Completed accurate transactions including balanced cash drawers, received money, and balanced safe at close of shift
- Answered customer questions and concerns
- Provide prompt and efficient responses to customers at all times
- Responsible for solving customer complaints
- Greet customers and determine their needs and wants
- Perform daily recovery to ensure neat, clean, and organized store
- Demonstrates respect, friendliness, and professionalism at all times
- Trained, oversaw, and mentored new team members to strengthen performance and job expertise.
- Resolved customer service issues using company processes and policies and provided updates to customers.
- Greeted customers and listened closely to problems described to determine solutions.
Baptist Hospital
Registered Nurse Med/Surge
02.2019 - 03.2021
Job overview
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Worked with healthcare team to develop new dialysis treatment flow sheet and other log forms, improving clinical documentation and accountability.
- Manage IV lines, blood transfusions, and other procedures.
- Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Observed and documented patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels, and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
Baptist Medical Park Urgent Care
Medical Assistant Extern
11.2013 - 12.2013
Job overview
- Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs with height and weight, document
- Administered DTaP , and flu vaccine
- Administer medication and treatments
- Urinalysis with dip stick and ECG testing
- Set up patient care equipment
- Breathing treatments
- Performed eye acuity test
- Collect specimens from patient
- Help providers examine and treat patients, assisting with procedures such as sutures, I&D, or pap smear
- Ear Irrigation
- Sterilize and disinfect instruments including autoclave
- Performed Strep, Flu, and TB test
- Stocked room with supplies needed
- Maintained clean and safe clinic environment to prevent injuries.
Education
Fortis InstitutePensacola, FL
Associates of Science from Nursing
10.2018
University Overview
Fortis InstitutePensacola, FL
Medical Assisting Diploma
12.2013
University Overview
Dean's list and Presidents list
Skills
- IV insertion and pumps maintenance
- Medication administration
- Sterile field maintenance
- Clinical task performance
- Patient education
- Critical thinking
- Decision making
- Postpartum care
- Labor support
- Postoperative care
- Fetal monitoring
- Breastfeeding support
- Neonatal resuscitation
- Emotional support
- Epidural prep and monitoring
- Circulate OR
- Triage patients in OBED
- Documentation in EHR
Clinical Experience
Clinical Experience
630, ER Department at West Florida Hospital, General Medical surgical at West Florida Hospital, General Medical surgical at Santa Rosa Hospital, Intensive Care Unit at West Florida Hospital, Newborn Nursery/Postpartum at Sacred Heart Women and Children's Hospital, Pediatrics/NICU at Sacred Heart Women and Children's Hospital, Labor and Delivery at Sacred Heart Women and Children's Hospital, Mental Health at Lakeview's Centers- The Meridian, The Friary, and West Florida Community CareCertification
- Registered Nurse(RN)- State license
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)-Certified
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS)-Certified
- Newborn Resuscitation program (NRP)-Certified
Timeline
Registered Nurse in Labor and Delivery
Baptist Hospital
10.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse Mother Baby Unit
Baptist Hospital
03.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse Med/Surge
Baptist Hospital
02.2019 - 03.2021
Medical Assistant Extern
Baptist Medical Park Urgent Care
11.2013 - 12.2013
Customer Service Lead
Winn-Dixie
09.2005 - 07.2021
Fortis Institute
Medical Assisting Diploma
Fortis Institute
Associates of Science from Nursing
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