Megan McBride

• Administered medications as ordered by physicians, monitoring for potential side effects or adverse reactions in both mothers and infants.
• Ensured safe and efficient patient care by adhering to evidence-based practices, hospital policies, and nursing standards in all aspects of labor and delivery nursing.
• Maintained a clean, safe, and well-organized work environment to support efficient patient care delivery during busy shifts.
• Enhanced patient care by conducting thorough assessments, developing and implementing personalized care plans for laboring patients.
• Developed strong rapport with patients by actively listening to concerns, addressing questions thoroughly, and providing empathetic support throughout their birthing experience.
• Improved communication between medical professionals and patients by providing comprehensive education on the birthing process, pain management techniques, and postpartum care.
• Provided emotional support for laboring mothers and their families, fostering a positive birth experience.
• Mentored new nurses joining the labor and delivery team, sharing expertise and best practices to improve overall patient care within the unit.
• Reduced complications through continuous fetal monitoring, promptly identifying any issues that required intervention or consultation with a physician.
• Assisted physicians with various procedures such as epidural placements, cesarean sections, forceps deliveries, and vacuum-assisted births.
• Coached new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood.
• Assisted obstetricians and midwives with deliveries and cared for newborns directly after birth.
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Utilized critical thinking skills to quickly assess situations and initiate appropriate interventions during emergencies.

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• Coordinated non-clinical and ancillary services of assigned patient care units , including environmental services, maintenance, central supplies, food and nutrition and related unit support functions.
• Identified and facilitated resolution of unit operational problems independently, collaborating with managers to resolve complex problems.
• Played integral parts in managing flows of information in nursing units; maintain unit operations by following guidelines, policies and procedures; reporting needed changes, protect hospital operations and maintain patient confidence by keeping client related information confidential.
• Respond to inquiries, answer incoming calls, relay messages and redirect calls; directing and greeting visitors, patients, as well as staff. Assist with maintaining unit supplies inventory by checking stock so as to determine inventory level; anticipate needed supplies; assist in keeping unit equipment operational by calling in repairs.
• Assist heath-care providers and physicians as cases may be, and process physician orders which include laboratory, medications, and treatment orders, and also schedule patients for procedures, and maintain charts and records in organized manners.