MELINDA BRAVO

labor and Delivery Nurse

• Facilitated safe labor and delivery processes, ensuring optimal care for mothers and newborns.
• Monitored fetal heart rates and maternal vital signs, promptly addressing any abnormalities.
• Implemented evidence-based practices to enhance patient outcomes during labor and delivery phases.
• Advocated for patient-centered care policies within the maternity department to promote better experiences.
• Assisted physicians with cesarean sections, and vacuum extractions to ensure safe births for both mother and baby.
• Coordinated care of low and high-risk laboring women of childbearing age and immediate stabilization of newborn following delivery.
• Administered epidural and patient controlled analgesia to block pain from labor contractions and during birth.
• Reduced complications during childbirth by closely monitoring fetal heart rate and promptly addressing any concerns.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop comprehensive care plans for high-risk pregnancies and Antepartum patients.
• Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
• Assessed infant health directly after birth using APGAR and monitored infant during recovery of mother.
• Performed vital signs checks and administered vaccinations to infants following birth.

• Staff RN on Neurosurgery step down unit, relief charge RN, Resource RN.
• Planned and managed patient care for patients who have had brain, neck or back surgery in accordance with hospital standards of care.
• Assisted patients and caregivers in gaining a better understanding of the health-care system and its processes. Made sure that medication administration standards and patient care best practices were followed.
• Educated patients and assisted them in recovering quickly and effectively.
• Provided preceptorship to new hire nurses, and nursing students instructing them on unit functions and individual roles, as well as hospital policies and procedures and nursing best practices.
• Kept track of the patient's condition, interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying abnormal telemetry readings, and informing team members about changes in stability or acuity.
• Made sure that medication administration standards and patient care best practices were followed.