Melody Montemayor
Jamestown,NY
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse with two decades of nursing experience in hospital and office settings. Particularly skilled in providing care for laboring patients and delivery of newborn babies as well as postpartum and newborn care. Patient-focused individual with a passion for delivering exceptional service. Strong interpersonal skills with a talent for communication and effectively addressing concerns and challenges. Thrives and excels amongst a team but competent and confident working individually. Committed to improving patient satisfaction and driving positive outcomes.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Warren General Hospital
Warren, PA
07.2022 - Current
- Review and track the progress of mothers in labor, interpret the fetal heart monitor, and inform the delivering physician or midwife of the status.
- Provides postpartum care for new mothers, including assessments, education, and counseling.
- Discharges mothers and babies after patiently guiding parents through at-home care and follow-up medical care.
- Administers IV fluids and medications to manage labor pain, and support labor progression.
- Provides emotional support to patients and their families during difficult times.
- Assist physicians during deliveries, including vaginal and cesarean sections.
- Ensures compliance with hospital policies, procedures, and safety protocols.
- Demonstrates compassion and empathy toward all patients while maintaining professional boundaries at all times.
- Prepares delivery rooms with necessary equipment and supplies.
- Assesses newborns immediately after birth for physical condition and breathing effort.
- Assist with delivery room resuscitations when needed.
- Monitor vital signs, including temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure, for newborns.
LPN
Southern Tier Pediatrics
Jamestown, NY
10.2003 - 06.2022
- Provided caring, compassionate, and personable attention to an average of 20 to 30 patients and their parents per day, including those with disorders, and physical or developmental disabilities.
- Completed initial assessments, vital signs, and measurements; administered routine childhood vaccines while comforting patients; ensuring accurate, accessible medical education to parents.
- Triaged parental concerns, provided professional phone and portal messaging advice, and relayed important information or test results on behalf of the physician.
- Oversaw vaccine inventory and ordering as the Vaccine Coordinator for the site, entering all information into the NYS Immunization Information System.
- Provided leadership and training to newly hired nursing employees.
Nursing Student
Warren General Hospital
Warren, PA
02.2021 - 03.2022
- Company Overview: This institution serves as the sole general hospital for the area.
- Provided care for a maximum of three patients at a time in both the 25-bed med unit and the 6-bed ICU.
- Assessed patients, passed subcutaneous, intravenous, and oral medications, changed dressings, inserted and removed Foley catheters, and managed patients with nasogastric tubes.
- Applied basic medical terminology and abbreviations to enter and retrieve computerized information.
- Partnered with registered nurses to perform specified patient care activities.
- Followed all hospital and nursing protocols for patient safety and confidentiality.
- Maintained accurate documentation in electronic medical records system.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Jamestown Community College
Jamestown, NY05.2022
Skills
- EMR management
- Medication administration
- Catheterization
- Collecting specimens
- Pulmonary function tests
- Teaching and educating patients
- Teamwork
- Phlebotomy
- Calm in high stress environments
- Multitasking
- Handling fast paced assignments
- Humor
- Positive attitude
- Personable care
- Lab result interpretation
- Breastfeeding support
- Postpartum care
- Cesarean section preparation
- Physical assessments
- Newborn care expertise
- Child development
- Pediatric nursing care
- Infusion pump operation
- IV fluid management
- Peripheral IV insertion
- Blood transfusion procedures
- Respiratory care
Websites
Certification
- Basic Lifesaving Certification, American Heart Association, Jamestown, NY
- PALS Certification, American Heart Association, Jamestown, NY, 07/01/22
- LPN License #276224, NYS Education Department, 08/01/22
- RQI for NRP quarterly resuscitation education, 12/2024
- RQI for BLS, quarterly basic life support education, 12/2024
Earneddate
06/01/04
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Warren General Hospital
07.2022 - Current
Nursing Student
Warren General Hospital
02.2021 - 03.2022
LPN
Southern Tier Pediatrics
10.2003 - 06.2022
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Jamestown Community College
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