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Mary Balagna

Seattle,WA

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Labor and Delivery Nurse

Swedish First Hill Campus
Seattle, WA
12.2024 - Current
  • Advocate for patient needs based on maternal and fetal assessments, as well as patients' birth preferences
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary birthing teams, including but not limited to obstetricians, midwives, fellows, residents, and doulas
  • Care for pregnant patients with secondary diagnoses, including preeclampsia, diabetes, substance use disorder
  • Navigate obstetric and neonatal emergencies from a team-based approach
  • Encourage questions from families and identify opportunities for education

Progressive Care Neuro / Trauma Nurse

Portsmouth Regional Hospital
Portsmouth, NH
07.2023 - 08.2024
  • Served on the inpatient stroke team by responding to codes, encouraging rapid transport to CT, assisting neurologists with NIHSS assessments, and preparing tenecteplase when medically appropriate
  • Maintained high standards of education and patient care, contributing to the hospital's Level II Trauma and Comprehensive Stroke Center recertifications
  • Established prioritization and time management skills while assuming 5 patient assignments
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to optimize recovery in stroke and trauma patients

Medical-Surgical / Orthopedic Nursing Assistant

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Dover, NH
02.2021 - 04.2023
  • Promoted activities of daily living by assisting patients with hygiene, toileting, feeding, and mobility
  • Obtained POC blood glucose levels and implemented hypoglycemic protocol
  • Reinforced precautions for postoperative patients and recorded frequent vital signs
  • Floated to ED, Telemetry, IMCU, and Women and Children's units as 1:1 sitter for SI, dementia, and Eat-Sleep-Console patients

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
05-2023

Skills

  • Identify reportable findings upon patient assessment
  • Address patient-specific needs with compassion and competence
  • Team-oriented work ethic
  • Document assessments and responses to interventions

Certification

  • RN, BLS, NRP

Timeline

Labor and Delivery Nurse

Swedish First Hill Campus
12.2024 - Current

Progressive Care Neuro / Trauma Nurse

Portsmouth Regional Hospital
07.2023 - 08.2024

Medical-Surgical / Orthopedic Nursing Assistant

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
02.2021 - 04.2023

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of New Hampshire
Mary Balagna