Martha Rodrigues
Flanders,NJ
Summary
Hardworking and Compassionate professional with extensive experience in providing comprehensive care to patients throughout labor and delivery. Adept at monitoring and assessing patient progress, providing comfort and support to patients and families, and coordinating patient care plans with interdisciplinary teams.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse
MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER
02.2022 - Current
- Assisted physician during delivery, examination and surgical procedures by anticipating needs, encouraging patient, and attending to baby after birth.
- Coached new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood.
- Worked closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.
- Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
- Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor, and fetal distress.
- Coordinated care of low and high-risk laboring women of childbearing age and immediate stabilization of newborn following delivery.
- Assessed infant health directly after birth using APGAR and monitored health for specified amount of time for any changes in status.
- Managed epidural analgesia infusions and monitored vital signs during labor and delivery.
- Performed circulating functions, such as monitoring, recoding, and managing overall nurse care of patients before, during and after c/sections.
- Monitored post-operative patients in PACU.
Obstetric Nurse (RN) – Labor & Delivery
Eunapolis Regional Hospital
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Managed labor and delivery unit
- Led team of RNs and LPNs in labor and delivery unit
- Performed uncomplicated vaginal deliveries and assisted complicated vaginal deliveries and C-sections
- Triaged patients in labor and followed them through birth
- Administered medications and cared for all aspects of patients pre-labor and post labor
- Accumulated 800 hours of intensive clinical experience managing 6 patients simultaneously.
Registered Nurse
Frei Ricardo Hospital
01.2009 - 01.2010
- Managed and led nursing service
- Selected and hired nursing staff
- Worked in triage of patients in the emergency room
- Medication nurse in ob/gyn and pediatric units.
Licensed Practice Nurse
Eunapolis Maternity Hospital
01.2000 - 01.2004
- Implemented physicians orders; administered medications, started IVs, performed treatments, procedures and special tests, and documented treatment in the general floors
- Helped physicians in different specialties by taking patient medical history, vital signs as well as performing venipuncture and various diagnostic procedures such as immunoassays, urine analysis, sigmoidoscopies and EKGs.
Education
Specialist - Obstetric Nursing
Faculdade de Tecnologia Internacional
01.2010
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
FACISA-Faculdade de Ciencias Sociais Aplicadas
01.2008
Skills
- Emotional Support
- Neonatal Resuscitation
- IV Insertion
- HIPAA Compliance
- Critical Thinking
- Postpartum Care
- Breastfeeding support
Certification
- ACLS - expires- 12/2024
- NRP - expires - 07/31/2025
- BLS - expires - 01/2026
Languages
Portuguese
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Limited Working
Timeline
Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse
MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER
02.2022 - Current
Obstetric Nurse (RN) – Labor & Delivery
Eunapolis Regional Hospital
01.2010 - 01.2014
Registered Nurse
Frei Ricardo Hospital
01.2009 - 01.2010
Licensed Practice Nurse
Eunapolis Maternity Hospital
01.2000 - 01.2004
Specialist - Obstetric Nursing
Faculdade de Tecnologia Internacional
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
FACISA-Faculdade de Ciencias Sociais Aplicadas