Rebecca Fitzgerald
Rowlett,TX
Summary
Registered Nurse with almost 15 years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations in Labor and Delivery. Highly organized, professional, personable, and self-motivated with initiative. Active listener with direct communication style and compassionate, non-judgmental approach to build trust and rapport. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Nursing Supervisor - Day Shift
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
01.2020 - Current
- Level IV Labor & Delivery
- Member of Leadership team managing 97 employees
- Responsible for day shift schedules, weekly staffing sheets, quarterly rounding with designated staff members and other management duties necessary to the unit.
- Perform frequent review of productivity to reduce or maintain actual vs. required FTEs.
- Maternal transport team member, assist with transport outreach and education.
- 3 years of experience with complete re-design of Labor and Delivery unit. Worked with design and build teams throughout construction period of 2 1/2 years.
- Initiated return of Nurse Extern program on Labor and Delivery after 13-year cessation.
- Responsible for all training for nurse residency program and transition nurses including matching with preceptors, schedule coordination, and transition to the floor.
- Reliable Care Blueprint Team #1: 10-person THR system-level interdisciplinary team
- Reliable Care Blueprint Team @2: 10-person THR system-level interdisciplinary team - to help safely reduce nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex (NTSV) cesarean section delivery rates.
- Oversee training, staffing and education of all ancillary staff.
- Evaluate nursing staff's performance and assist in the development of education programs and professional development opportunities to improve individual and team competencies, clinical knowledge and delivery of care.
- Interact effectively with other department managers to promptly correct problems and improve services.
- Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to devise and manage individualized plans of care.
- Supervise professional and paraprofessional nursing staff and delegated tasks to maintain continuum of care.
- Foster improvement in staff development, personnel training, and standards of patient care.
- Seek opportunities to improve patient care, outcomes and nursing staff performance.
- Assist in staffing as
Charge Nurse
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
02.2017 - Current
- Coordinate nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Conduct daily shift briefs to inform staff of changes in patient care assignments.
- Collaborate with Antepartum, Perot 4 East (Gynecology), Postpartum floors and medical offices regarding patient care and staffing.
- Self-directed with astute judgment skills
- Monitor nursing care, patient assessment processes, and treatment implementations.
- Collaborate with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Quickly respond to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- High level of personal accountability
- Closely monitors acute conditions
- Demonstrates ability to lead and motivate outstanding healthcare teams.
- Follow all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
Staff Nurse
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
01.2009 - 01.2017
- Labor & Delivery
- Specialization in exemplary care of patients in Labor and Delivery
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Exceptional, comprehensive medical and nursing knowledge
- Created and maintain our unit's "cheat sheet" used by RNs, physicians, and support staff to facilitate comprehensive overview of the patient's important information from admission, through delivery and transfer to Antepartum or Postpartum floors.
- Excellent clinical skills including fetal heart rate monitoring, sterile vaginal exams, IV starts, routine bedside patient care, patient physical and emotional assessment, patient and family education and support, natural childbirth advocacy and support throughout labor and delivery, mother-baby bonding promotion, breastfeeding education and promotion, care of patient's during/after fetal demise and neonatal death, critical care and emergent care, placenta accreta spectrum cases, nursing diagnosis, neonatal resuscitation
- Super User for Epic/Care Connect/ Care Connect 1
- In charge of re-design, coordination and build of our new triage area
- Preceptor to new graduate, transition, and newly hired RNs to Labor and Delivery.
- Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans for optimal outcomes.
- Participated in hospital committees to recommend quality improvement initiatives.
- Collaborated with physicians, pharmacists and therapists to deliver quality, evidence-based care.
- Served as Co-chair for one year of the L&D Unit Based Council (UBC) 2016
- Served as Chair for one year of the L&D Unit Based Council (UBC) 2017
- Active in hospital Shared Governance Committee, as well as serving on several hospital level committees.
Nurse Extern
Presbyterian Hospital Of Dallas
05.2008 - 01.2009
- Handled PCT duties of assisting in transport of patients, stocking labor and observation rooms, stocking supplies for med room, making delivery tables for RNs, breaking down tables after delivery, clean up.
- Assisted staff nurses as Nurse Extern starting IVs and placing foley catheters, assisting RN with tasks.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TX09.2020
Associate of Science - Nursing
El Centro College
12.2008
Skills
- Professional and personable
- Compassionate and empathetic
- Strong clinical judgment
- Self-motivated with initiative and focus
- Adept at prioritizing/managing
- Resourceful problem solver capable of implementing solutions to complex problems
- Project Implementation
- Flexible/Assertive/Adaptable Team Leader
- Excellent computer skills
- Reliable and responsible
Certification
Licensed Registered Nurse in Texas-764724, 2009-Present
National Certification Corporation, Inpatient Obstetric Nurse, August 2011-Present
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification 2009-Present
Neonatal Resuscitation Provider, 2009-Present
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification 2006-Present
Timeline
Clinical Nursing Supervisor - Day Shift
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
01.2020 - Current
Charge Nurse
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
02.2017 - Current
Staff Nurse
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
01.2009 - 01.2017
Nurse Extern
Presbyterian Hospital Of Dallas
05.2008 - 01.2009
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The University of Texas At Arlington
Associate of Science - Nursing
El Centro College
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