RACHEL MERAY, BSN

Community Hospital on low risk Labor & Delivery unit with 10 bed LDRP rooms, 1 Operating Suite and 2 triage rooms. Patient care ranging from maternal labor and delivery to total postpartum care. Level I nursery at facility. Average 20-30 deliveries per month.

• Fast-paced Labor, Delivery, and Recovery unit with 15 LDR rooms and 3 cesarean section operating suites, and 5 bed triage bay
• Provides quality care to and appropriately assesses perinatal women and newborns with plan of care including VBACs, pre-eclampsia, seizures, diabetes, hemorrhages, abruption, uterine rupture, etc.
• Dedicated to multidisciplinary team, including ability to quickly establish rapport and positive working relationship with all levels of staff
• Promotes several pain management therapies including IV medication, epidurals, non- medicated interventions and collaborating with doulas hired by patient and their family
• Recover spontaneous and assisted vaginal deliveries with and without epidurals, cesarean with spinal and general anesthesia
• Perioperative Nurse if patient's were moved to operating suite
• Recognize life threatening situations and responds appropriately
• Utilize external/internal fetal monitoring, wireless monitors and telemetry monitoring, and Epic

• Secured restricted areas and enforced limited access for civilians and military members in order to provide force protection and property security.
• Provided emergency response security, eliminating hazards and potential dangers.
• Patrolled base facilities and housing areas to deter crime, monitor activities and provide force protection.