Penny Kirk

Work History

Staff nurse

Marietta memorial

- Current

I care for fresh post-op patients, telemetry patients, post cardiac cath patients
It includes passing medications
Recorded, and reported symptoms or changes in patient's conditions and maintained accurate, detailed reports and records
Teach patients about their post-op treatments and make appointments for them
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.

Travel nurse assignments

RWJ Barnabas Health system

Cared for antepartum, laboring, extremely high-risk antepartum, post-partum patients, and newborns
Monitored, recorded, and reported symptoms or changes in patient's conditions and maintained accurate, detailed reports and records
Performed vaginal examinations and initiated Pitocin, magnesium sulfate, insulin, and heparin
Assist in the delivery of the newborn, perform a physical assessment of the newborn, start newborn intravenous lines, and administer newborn medications
Provide education on perinatal, postnatal care, and newborn care
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
Circulate cesarean section, tubal ligations, Dilation, and Curettage, Hysterectomy.

Travel nurse assignments

St Lukes Medical Center

Cared for antepartum, laboring, extremely high-risk antepartum, post-partum patients, and newborns
Monitored, recorded, and reported symptoms or changes in patient's conditions and maintained accurate, detailed reports and records
Performed vaginal examinations and initiated Pitocin, magnesium sulfate, insulin, and heparin
Assist in the delivery of the newborn, perform a physical assessment of the newborn, start newborn intravenous lines, and administer newborn medications
Provide education on perinatal, postnatal care, and newborn care
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
Circulate cesarean section, tubal ligations, Dilation, and Curettage, Hysterectomy.

Travel nurse assignments

Cabel Huntington Hospital

12.2022 - 04.2023

Cared for antepartum, laboring, extremely high-risk antepartum, post-partum patients, and newborns
Monitored, recorded, and reported symptoms or changes in patient's conditions and maintained accurate, detailed reports and records
Performed vaginal examinations and initiated Pitocin, magnesium sulfate, insulin, and heparin
Assist in the delivery of the newborn, perform a physical assessment of the newborn, start newborn intravenous lines, and administer newborn medications
Provide education on perinatal, postnatal care, and newborn care
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
Circulate cesarean section, tubal ligations, Dilation, and Curettage, Hysterectomy.

Travel nurse assignments

Bon Secours St. Frances Medical Center

04.2023 - 05.2023

Cared for antepartum, laboring, extremely high-risk antepartum, post-partum patients, and newborns
Monitored, recorded, and reported symptoms or changes in patient's conditions and maintained accurate, detailed reports and records
Performed vaginal examinations and initiated Pitocin, magnesium sulfate, insulin, and heparin
Assist in the delivery of the newborn, perform a physical assessment of the newborn, start newborn intravenous lines, and administer newborn medications
Provide education on perinatal, postnatal care, and newborn care
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
Circulate cesarean section, tubal ligations, Dilation, and Curettage, Hysterectomy.

Travel nurse assignments

Aya Health Care

12.2022

Cared for antepartum, laboring, extremely high-risk antepartum, post-partum patients, and newborns
Monitored, recorded, and reported symptoms or changes in patient's conditions and maintained accurate, detailed reports and records
Performed vaginal examinations and initiated Pitocin, magnesium sulfate, insulin, and heparin
Assist in the delivery of the newborn, perform a physical assessment of the newborn, start newborn intravenous lines, and administer newborn medications
Provide education on perinatal, postnatal care, and newborn care
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
Circulate cesarean section, tubal ligations, Dilation, and Curettage, Hysterectomy.

Assistant Director of Labor delivery and post-partum/Staff Nurse

MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center

08.2020 - 11.2022

Responsible for overseeing daily operations of a not-for-profit organization; worked with the organization's Executive Director to assess programmatic cohesion with an overall mission; provided day-to-day supervision of a 75-person staff
Conducted hiring searches and interviews; provided employees with training, guidance, and feedback; conducted interim and annual performance reviews; and designed internal and external communication
Administrative and clinical responsibility for the OB and post-partum units
MSMHC has an average of 1000-1200 births a year
I oversee a team of nurses, scrub techs, patient care techs, and unit clerks
I work closely with the department chair of OB/GYN, Dr
Nahid Mazarei
I am responsible for the Nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex, and primary cesarean section data and the committee meeting with the physicians
Cared for antepartum, laboring, high-risk antepartum, and post-partum patients, and newborns
Monitored, recorded, and reported symptoms or changes in patient's conditions and maintained accurate, detailed reports and records
Performed vaginal examinations and initiated Pitocin, magnesium sulfate, insulin, and heparin
Assist in the delivery of the newborn, perform a physical assessment of the newborn, start newborn intravenous lines, and administer newborn medications
Provide education on perinatal, postnatal care, and newborn care
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
Circulate cesarean section, tubal ligations, Dilation, and Curettage, Hysterectomy.

Nurse Manager, Maternal-Newborn and Dialysis Unit

Nantucket Cottage Hospital (NCH)

Nantucket, MA

09.2014 - 03.2020

Administrative and clinical responsibility for the Maternal-Child Health program
The MCH Program has an average of 155 births per year
Oversee a team of nurses, patient care technicians, obstetricians, family practice physicians, and a high-risk obstetrical program with MGH
Oversee a complex program that experiences the typical scheduled and emergent cesarean sections and, when necessary, arrange to transport patients off the island for a higher level of care
Responsible for Maternal-Fetal Medicine schedule regarding; Education, quality reporting, and monitoring of patients census regarding low-risk patients vs
High-risk patients, to planning for off-island treatment
Responsible for working on obtaining Baby Friendly Certification at Nantucket Cottage Hospital
Patient satisfaction scores are consistently 95% or higher
Improved revenue by initiating a charge for newborns' outpatient procedures, including circumcisions, repeat hearing screens, Transcutaneous Bilirubin checks, and breastfeeding consults
Established a newborn readmission program with babies up to 14 days of age
Repeat hearing screening programs for newborns up to 14 days old, so the babies do not have to go off-island for a repeat screening
Administrative and clinical responsibility for the Outpatient Dialysis Unit sees approximately 1,200 dialysis patient sessions per year
Created and maintained a sophisticated Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Program to ensure patients get the highest quality of care
Work closely with the Medical Director regarding patient-specific care plans
The program experiences significant seasonal volume variation
I assisted in planning the new MCH and Dialysis units in the brand-new NCH, which was built over two years ago and occupied in February 2019.

Obstetrical Staff Nurse

Nursing American Mobile – San Diego, CA

06.2012 - 09.2014

Cared for antepartum, laboring, and post-partum patients and newborns
Monitored, recorded, and reported symptoms or changes in patient's conditions and maintained accurate, detailed reports and records
Performed vaginal examinations and initiated Pitocin, magnesium sulfate, insulin, and heparin
Assist in the delivery of the newborn, perform a physical assessment of the newborn, start newborn intravenous lines, and administer newborn medications
Provide education on perinatal, postnatal care, and newborn care
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
I performed physical examinations and treated patients en route to hospitals and disaster site triage centers.

Charge Nurse – Staff Nurse

United Hospital Center – Bridgeport, WV Teaching Hospital

03.2007 - 06.2012

Average of 2500 – 3000 deliveries
Supervise staff nurses and scrub techs
Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary
Created staff assignments and schedules
Assisted Medical Residents and Interns in patient care, inserting IUPC (Inter Uterine Pressure Catheters), ISE (Internal Scalp Electrode), and vaginal examinations.

Nurse Manager – Staff Nurse

Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital – Parkersburg, WV

01.2000 - 01.2007

Collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary healthcare teams to plan, manage, or assist patient treatments
Participate in the development of practice protocols
Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing service rates, and coordinating financial reporting
Direct recruitment, hiring, and training of personnel
Establish work schedules and assignments for staff
Responsible for GYN and plastics procedures
Responsible for workspace and availability of equipment
Maintain awareness of medical advances, computerized diagnostic and treatment equipment, data processing technology, government regulations, health insurance changes, and financial options
Develop instructional materials and conduct in-service and community-based education programs.

Cared for antepartum, laboring, and post-partum patients and newborns

CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER WOMENS AND CHILDRENS Charleston, WV

01.1995 - 01.2000

Monitored, recorded, and reported symptoms or changes in patient's conditions and maintained accurate, detailed reports and records
Performed vaginal examinations and initiated Pitocin, magnesium sulfate, insulin, and heparin
Assist in the delivery of the newborn, perform a physical assessment of the newborn, start newborn intravenous lines, and administer newborn medications
Provide education on perinatal, postnatal care, and newborn care
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
Performed physical examinations and treated patients in route to hospitals and disaster site triage centers
Worked as flight transport nurse to transport patients to CAMC W&C.

Worked on transplant COOR team for rental and pancreas transplant

CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL TRAUMA CENTER Charleston, WV

01.1990 - 01.1995

Performed hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis on patients with renal failure, and drug and alcohol overdose
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
Prepared kidneys for transplant, and assisted in surgery for transplants.

Overview

Work History

Staff nurse

Travel nurse assignments

Travel nurse assignments

Travel nurse assignments

Travel nurse assignments

Travel nurse assignments

Assistant Director of Labor delivery and post-partum/Staff Nurse

Nurse Manager, Maternal-Newborn and Dialysis Unit

Obstetrical Staff Nurse

Charge Nurse – Staff Nurse

Nurse Manager – Staff Nurse

Cared for antepartum, laboring, and post-partum patients and newborns

Worked on transplant COOR team for rental and pancreas transplant

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Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

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Important To Me

reading, hiking

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