Margo Middaugh

• Deliver developmentally appropriate care to neonates as early as 24 weeks to post-term infants
• Familiar with oscillating, SIMV pressure support/pressure control ventilators, bubble CPAP, and nasal cannula oxygen delivery
• Transport RN; attend deliveries, assist with neonatal resuscitation, and transport newborns from delivery room to NICU
• Place peripheral IVs, maintain central lines (UVC, UAC, PICC)
• Timely documentation of vital signs, growth measurements, and general neonatal assessment
• Assist with bedside procedures; central line placement, needle aspiration, chest tube placement, intubation, surfactant administration, and arterial sticks
• Collection and proper labeling of neonatal lab specimens; blood from heels sticks or arterial lines, arterial and capillary blood gases, meconium, urine, and respiratory swabs
• Member of Small Baby Committee and Small Baby Core RN group
• Provide assistance to breastfeeding moms and neonates
• Assess, treat, and console neonates with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
• Perform neonatal medication calculation, preparation, and administration with great prudence
• Collection, fortification, and dispensing of maternal and donor breast milk utilizing the MOMs system
• Educate parents and family at bedside to assist with caring for their neonate while in the NICU
• Administer car seat tests, CCHD screenings, and prepare families for discharge
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to provide comprehensive, developmentally appropriate care.

• Triaged preterm and term antepartum patients
• Provided care and labor support to low and high risk antepartum patients
• Assisted with vaginal and cesarean deliveries
• Circulated O.R
• For cesarean deliveries
• Performed newborn care and resuscitation at delivery
• Recovered mothers after vaginal and cesarean deliveries
• Promoted breastfeeding through kangaroo care, education, and support
• Provided care to NICU and post-partum patients when staffing assistance needed.

• Provided care and labor support to low and high risk antepartum patients
• Triaged preterm antepartum patients
• Assisted with numerous vaginal and cesarean deliveries (center averages 90-100 births per month)
• Performed newborn care and resuscitation at delivery
• Cared for newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome
• Provided postpartum care and education for up to four mother/baby dyads at a time
• Promoted breastfeeding through kangaroo care, education, and support
• Participated in efforts for the unit to be recognized as a baby-friendly hospital
• Trained to fulfill roles of OR circulator and PACU nurse in order to facilitate staffing of new birth center OR.

Spent one year at home caring for young children after family relocation to Columbus area.

• Coordinated total patient care of 4 to 7 patients among doctors, nurses, and ancillary staff
• Ensured positive outcomes for patients before and after cardiothoracic surgery
• Cared for patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, geriatric diseases, cancer, and congestive heart failure
• Participated on delirium team: a group of physicians, nurses, and Pharmacology residents collaborating to prevent, recognize and treat delirium
• Provided staff education to implement a process for improved recognition of delirium on unit.

• Participated in team care focus to facilitate rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, amputations, cerebrovascular disease, deconditioning, and neurological diseases
• Learned to properly transfer patients with amputations, paralysis, and neurological deficits
• Completed training and received certification for Functional Independence Measure (FIM) scoring
• Assisted with individualized case management through medical team collaboration
• Set goals for patient rehabilitation and discharge based on each patient’s FIM score.