Melissa Mack

Unit Charge Nurse serving as resource to staff nurses, while simultaneously managing nursing care, staffing assignments, attending high risk births, assisting with admissions and a liaison between the LDRP unit and NICU

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive care of neonates and their families
• Precepts new staff nurses on neonatal care and equipment, resulting in improved team performance and patient outcomes.
• Care for the pre-term infant population and ill neonates requiring IV therapy, antibiotic therapy, respiratory support, and cardio-respiratory monitoring.
• Manages care from admission to discharge.
• Skillfully navigates challenging family situations using de-escalation techniques, crisis intervention strategies and therapeutic communication skills.

• Assisted obstetricians, residents and midwives with managing triage, labor and the delivering of obstetrical patients.
• Monitored fetal heart rate for abnormalities and communicated them to the provider(s) on duty.
• Modified the patient’s treatment plan as required by the patient’s responses and condition.
• Provided pre-, intra-, and post-operative care to patients undergoing C-section.
• Circulated the OR during cesarean sections
• Enhanced maternal-newborn outcomes and bonding by providing breastfeeding support and education

• Participating member of a multidisciplinary team consisting of nurses, nursing assistants, obstetricians, family practice physicians, pediatric hospitalists, anesthesiologists, registered dieticians and social workers.
• Assessed the gravid, post-partum and neonate population.
• Provided labor management and support. Interpret and managed EFM tracings ensuring optimal fetal outcomes.
• Circulated the operating room during cesarean sections & provided post anesthesia recovery care for the cesarean section delivered patient.
• Provided breast feeding support for the mother-infant couplet.
• Cared for the pre-term infant population and for ill neonates requiring IV therapy, antibiotic therapy, oxygen therapy, and cardio-respiratory monitoring.

• Conducted beside care, treatment and clinical documentation on busy medical/surgical and acute rehabilitation units.
• Provided patient education regarding heath conditions and related care care.
• Collaborated with members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal patient outcomes and safety.
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of nursing best practices through ongoing professional development activities and participation in relevant conferences or workshops.
• Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality, evidence-based nursing care in a fast-paced clinical environment.
• Increased efficiency in the unit by effectively prioritizing tasks, managing time, and delegating responsibilities when appropriate.

• Aided in the development and automation of emerging sequencing capabilities.
• Streamlined laboratory processes.
• Updated standard operating procedures and protocols.
• Programmed, operated and maintained laboratory robotics.
• Actively participated in lab meetings, sharing knowledge and expertise to foster a collaborative research atmosphere.
• Maintained a safe and organized laboratory environment, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and best practices.