Olivia Toig
Summary
Compassionate professional with extensive experience in providing comprehensive care to patients throughout labor and delivery. Skilled in rendering quality care to women during labor, monitoring baby, and coaching mothers during and after delivery. Experienced in caring for complications and assisting physicians with emergent/non emergent caesarean sections, vaginal deliveries, postpartum hemorrhage, and epidurals to support successful childbirth. Proven ability to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle challenging patient situations and high-stress environments. Adaptable and resilient with strong attention to detail, aiming to apply and foster critical thinking skills, and utilize organization and time management abilities.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Labor and Delivery Staff Nurse II, LDRP
MILLS-PENINSULA MEDICAL CENTER
05.2020 - Current
- Triage and admit labor patients
- Administrate medications for induction, hypertension, pain, and postpartum hemorrhage
- Assess, monitor, medicate, and care for patients in each stage of labor
- Continuously monitor fetal heart rate during laboring period
- Assist physicians during delivery and surgical procedures
- Serve as the circulating nurse in the OR and provide pre-, intra-, and post-operative care to patients undergoing routine or emergency cesarean sections
- Educate labor patients and their families on the topics of breastfeeding, skin-to-skin, and readiness for delivery
- Care for 3-4 mother baby couplets in the postpartum period (if floated to mother baby)
Registered Nurse, Neuro Acute/Tele Med-Surg
BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE
10.2019 - 05.2020
- Managed care of high acuity patients in a 1:4-6 patient ratio environment
- Performed assessments; provided intravenous therapy; complex wound care; monitored various drainage devices, etc
- Assessed signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychosocial changes in the patient's condition
- Collaborated daily with physicians and health care team to achieve optimum patient care
- Established strong relations with nurses and physicians built on trust and knowledge of patient care
Nursing Preceptorship-Labor and Delivery
ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER
05.2019 - 08.2019
- Assumed patient care through conducting thorough OB assessments, creating comprehensive care plans, and completing detailed charting
- Coordinated with the healthcare team to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care in a high-risk labor and delivery setting
- Educated labor patients and their families on the topics of breastfeeding, skin-to-skin, and readiness for delivery
- Improved communication skills through patient handoffs at shift change
Newborn Hearing Screener
MILLS-PENINSULA HEALTH SERVICES
12.2016 - 08.2019
- Educated parents on the importance of their infant receiving a hearing screening prior to discharge and provided timely hearing screening to one day old infants
- Executed hearing screenings using MB11, MAICO and ALGO5 Natus machines
Volunteer Student Nurse
CROSSROADS FOR WOMEN
10.2018 - 06.2019
- Performed extensive head-to-toe physical exams for women entering rehab
- Administered flu shots and tuberculin skin tests, and referred patients in need of immediate care
Student Volunteer
SPECIAL OLYMPICS SLO COUNTY
04.2014 - 06.2016
- Organized games for the participants to play in the Cal Poly Rec Center every Friday afternoon
- Taught participants various sports games and played alongside them
- Cheered the participants on during events and encouraged good sportsmanship
Education
BSN -
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
Phoenix, AZ08.2019
B.S. - Industry Management, Kinesiology
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
San Luis Obispo, CA06.2016
Skills
- Patient and family advocate
- Professional bedside manner
- Critical thinking
- Strong clinical judgement
- Adaptable and flexible
- Team oriented work ethic
- Meticulous and detail oriented
- Compassionate and relatable
- Workflow and patient management
Certification
- Registered Nurse License (RN) - State Board of Nursing (CA, AZ)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association.
- Advanced fetal monitoring
- Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP)
- Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Certified
Timeline
Labor and Delivery Staff Nurse II, LDRP
MILLS-PENINSULA MEDICAL CENTER
05.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse, Neuro Acute/Tele Med-Surg
BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE
10.2019 - 05.2020
Nursing Preceptorship-Labor and Delivery
ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER
05.2019 - 08.2019
Volunteer Student Nurse
CROSSROADS FOR WOMEN
10.2018 - 06.2019
Newborn Hearing Screener
MILLS-PENINSULA HEALTH SERVICES
12.2016 - 08.2019
Student Volunteer
SPECIAL OLYMPICS SLO COUNTY
04.2014 - 06.2016
B.S. - Industry Management, Kinesiology
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
- Registered Nurse License (RN) - State Board of Nursing (CA, AZ)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association.
- Advanced fetal monitoring
- Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP)
- Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Certified
BSN -
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
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