Rachel Loukota

• Evaluated and supervised student activities and performance levels to provide reports on academic progress.
• Helped struggling students by providing support outside of classrooms and consistently checking in on progress.
• Applied innovative teaching methods to encourage student learning objectives.
• Built strong rapport with students through class discussions and academic advisement.
• Contributed to campus activities to promote positive university image.
• Proctored exams and provided remediation for learning improvement goals.

• Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients
• Applied nursing expertise to meet needs of patients in challenging high acuity environment
• Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability

• Supervised students when administering medications to ensure patient safety
• Instructed students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in medical emergencies
• Assigned students to patients based on students’ learning objectives and patient needs
• Provided immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as group
• Provide clinical instruction to 6 to 8 students in the clinical setting on OB and Newborn topics
• Instructed and coached students to help overcome academic issues and personal challenges

• Assign students to patients based on students’ learning objectives and patient needs
• Provide immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as group
• Provide clinical instruction to 5 to 6 students in clinical settings on women and newborn topics
• Provide case studies and assignments that expand their knowledge and learning
• Provided nursing skill demonstrations in lab setting, including medication administration, deliveries, NRP skills, and delivery complication scenarios
• Developed and implemented curriculum using academic learning strategies and educational pedagogy.
• Employed variety of teaching techniques to encourage student engagement and cater to diverse learning modalities.
• Conducted engaging in-class discussions to facilitate learning and encourage participation.
• Led and prepared lectures for nursing students, including Fundamental and Maternity courses.
• Created lesson plans for courses, modifying throughout year to meet time constraints and specific interests of class.
• Navigated technical difficulties in organizing virtual classrooms, adapting lessons where necessary and supporting students in accessing lessons successfully.
• Adhered to standards established by institutional leadership, supporting unit objectives while infusing creativity into lessons.
• Supported student conflict resolution through individual mentoring and coaching.
• Taught students about Fundamentals of Nursing and Maternal Newborn Nursing with passion and enthusiasm, inspiring achievement and successful pursuit.

Travel RN, various hospitals, labor and delivery, patient care.

Hospitals Include:

Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, MD (04/08/2019-10/05/2019)

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD (09/04/2018-03/31/2019)

Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, Modesto, CA (06/11/2018-08/15/2018)

Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, MD (06/05/2017-06/04/2018)

Mercy Hospital Southwest, Bakersfield, CA (0816/2016-05-03/2017)

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (11/16/2015-08/13/2016)

• Educated mothers on newborn care and post-delivery health to optimize outcomes
• Labor and delivery , Couplet care and nursery experience
• Maintained personal and team compliance with medication administration standards and patient care best practices
• Conducted patient assessments and diagnostic tests to provide physician with important patient health information used to create focused treatment plans and manage ongoing care

• Worked as a travel nurse working at University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center, in their Labor and Delivery, Postpartum and Newborn nursery units
• Educated mothers on newborn care and post-delivery health to optimize outcomes
• Labor and delivery , Couplet care and nursery experience
• Maintained personal and team compliance with medication administration standards and patient care best practices
• Conducted patient assessments and diagnostic tests to provide physician with important patient health information used to create focused treatment plans and manage ongoing care

• Travel RN with two different assignments both in labor and delivery
• Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, Sitka, AK (04/2012-10/2011)
• Maine Coastal Memorial Hospital, Ellsworth, ME (10/12-05/2013)
• Educated mothers on newborn care and post-delivery health to optimize outcomes
• Maintained personal and team compliance with medication administration standards and patient care best practices
• Conducted patient assessments and diagnostic tests to provide physician with important patient health information used to create focused treatment plans and manage ongoing care

• Educated mothers on newborn care and post-delivery health to optimize outcomes
• Labor and delivery , Couplet care and nursery experience
• Maintained personal and team compliance with medication administration standards and patient care best practices
• Conducted patient assessments and diagnostic tests to provide physician with important patient health information used to create focused treatment plans and manage ongoing care

• Educated mothers on newborn care and post-delivery health to optimize outcomes
• Labor and delivery , Couplet care and NICU
• Maintained personal and team compliance with medication administration standards and patient care best practices
• Conducted patient assessments and diagnostic tests to provide physician with important patient health information used to create focused treatment plans and manage ongoing care
• Took vital signs of newborns while assisting in NICU
• Collaborated with physicians and nursing staff to deliver quality care