Meleena Swasey

• Postpartum Nurse / Newborn Nursery:

Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunity for improvement. Assist new mothers with physical and emotional needs after delivery of a baby. Primary care, assessment and evaluation of postpartum and neonatal patients. Follow policies and procedures of facility and department. Oversee patient education and care plan. Followed NRP guidelines, and Early Lung Recruitment (ELR) guidelines while caring for newborn neonates. Administered medications via oral, IV and Intramuscular injections, monitored responses. Managed care from admission to discharge.

• Registered Nurse, Ardent Health: BSA 3C

Medical Surgical Nursing including Postpartum: Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunity for improvement. Assisted patients with physical and emotional needs after surgery. Primary care, assessment and evaluation of patients.Ensured all orders were within needs of patients. Oversee education and care plan and followed policies and protocols of facility.

• Postpartum Nurse / Couplet Care:

Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunity for improvement. Assist new mothers with physical and emotional needs after delivery of a baby. Primary care, assessment and evaluation of postpartum and neonatal patients. Float to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit as needed per staffing. Follow policies and procedures of facility and department. Oversee patient education and care plan. Trained new hired staff to Couplet Care. Unit representative on Nursing Staffing Committee, Member of Women's Task Force Committee for the development of Couplet Care, Member of Unit Education Committee. Daisy Award Winner.

• Registered Nurse, Tenet Health: Emanuel Medical Center

Labor and Delivery: Perform all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunity for improvement. Provide support for the mother during labor by using

electronic fetal monitoring. Assist physician with medical interventions as needed. Perform sterile cervical examinations as ordered by physician. Monitor mother’s vital signs and fetal heart rate, measure strength and timing of contractions, administer ordered medications. Circulate in the Operating Room during Cesarean Sections. Oversee patient care in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). Assist new mothers with physical and emotional needs during and immediately after the delivery of a baby. Primary care, assessment and evaluation of neonatal and postpartum patients. Follow policies and procedures of facility and department. Oversee patient education and care plan.

• Registered Nurse, Tenet Health: Emanuel Medical Center

Postpartum and Couplet care: Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunity for improvement. Assist new mothers with physical and emotional needs after delivery of a baby. Float to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to attend deliveries, determine APGAR, and recover infants. Primary care, assessment and evaluation of neonatal and postpartum patients. Follow policies and procedures of facility and department.

Oversee patient education and care plan.

• Registered Nurse, Sutter Health: Los Banos Memorial Hospital Labor and Delivery:

Perform all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunity for improvement. Provide support for the mother during labor by using electronic fetal monitoring. Perform sterile cervical examinations as ordered by physician. Monitor mother’s vital signs and fetal heart rate, measure strength and timing of contractions, administer ordered medications.

• Registered Nurse, Couplet Care:

Assist new mothers with physical and emotional needs during and immediately after the delivery of a baby. Primary care, assessment and evaluation of neonatal and postpartum patients. Follow policies and procedures of facility and department. Oversee patient education and care plan.

• Registered Nurse, Uintah Basin Healthcare

Postpartum and Nursery: Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunity for improvement. Assist new mothers with physical and emotional needs immediately after the delivery of a baby. Primary care, assessment, and evaluation of neonatal and postpartum patients. Follow policies and procedures of facility and department. Oversee patient education and care plan.

• Licensed Practical Nurse, Uintah Basin Healthcare

Postpartum and Nursery: Perform all tasks with a patient centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of process and treatments. Assisted patients with healing and recovery after delivery. Follow policies and procedures of facility and department. Assist with patient education