MILDRED PALLANES
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Register Nurse
Onvida Health (Yuma Regional Medical Center)
10.2011 - Current
- Provide education and continuous labor support to women during childbirth.
- Provide care for both low- and high-risk women in labor, ensuring the well-being of both the mother and newborn after delivery.
- Monitor and interpret fetal heart rate tracings, assessing fetal well-being, and responding to signs of distress.
- Assist providers or midwives with various types of deliveries (vaginal, cesarean, assisted deliveries), help manage potential complications, and labor emergencies.
- Monitor, record, and communicate labor progression to the doctor or midwife utilizing computerized documentation.
- Assess and facilitate transitions between labor, delivery, and postpartum care for mother and newborn.
- Develop and implement strategies to improve labor and delivery processes and outcomes.
- Perform triage on incoming patients, assessing various conditions, including preterm labor, active labor, and pregnancy complications.
- Mentor new nursing staff, share best practices, and offer guidance to ensure a high level of patient care.
- Participate in evidence-based practice project implementation.
- Improve overall patient outcomes by continuously updating clinical knowledge through professional development opportunities.
Clinical Instructor
Arizona Western College
01.2018 - 12.2020
- Supervised students during Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum (LDRP) clinical rotation, providing immediate feedback on their performance and suggesting areas for improvement when necessary.
- Provided nursing skill demonstrations for procedures and medication administration.
- Initiated feedback mechanism for students post-clinical rotations, gathering insights to continuously improve teaching strategies.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Education
Western Governor University
08.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
08.2014
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Arizona Western College
05.2011
Skills
- Labor and Delivery
- Triage
- Cesarean Circulator
- Antepartum
- Postpartum
- Newborn Care
Certification
- Arizona Registered Nurse: July 2011, #RN169358
- Inpatient Obstetric Nursing (RNC-OB): National Certification Corporation (NCC), 2022 - Present
- Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM): National Certification Corporation (NCC), 2015 - Present
- Obstetric Patient Safety: OB Emergencies: Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), 2025 - Present
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS): American Heart Association, 2023 - Present
- Advanced Fetal Monitoring: Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), 2016 - Present
- Intermediate Fetal Monitoring: Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), 2014 - Present
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP): American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 2011 - Present
- Basic Fetal Monitoring: Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), 2011
- Basic Life Support Certification: American Heart Association, 2008 - Present
Affiliations
- Member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) April 2022.
- Active member of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) from May 2018 to Present.
- Peanut Ball Ambassador with Premier Birth Tools since March 2021- Present.
Professional Experience
- Nursing Practice Brief Contributor, Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses. (2024). Decrease Fetal Movement: AWHONN Practice Brief #20. Retrieved from: https://www.jognn.org/action/showPdf?pii=S0884-2175%2823%2900285-X
PRESENTATIONS
- Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Convention 2024. Poster Presentation - Decrease Fetal Movement: A Literature Review. https://www.jognn.org/article/S0884-2175(24)00195-3/abstract
- Southwest Arizona Regional Research Grand Rounds 2023, Yuma Regional Medical. Poster Presentation - OB Rapid Response Team.
- Southwest Arizona Regional Research Grand Rounds 2022, Yuma Regional Medical. Poster Presentation - Alternative Positions and Birthing Tools during Labor.
Timeline
Clinical Instructor
Arizona Western College
01.2018 - 12.2020
Staff Register Nurse
Onvida Health (Yuma Regional Medical Center)
10.2011 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Arizona Western College
Master of Science - Nursing Education
Western Governor University
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