Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certification
Training Programs and Workshops
Unit and Hospital Committees
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Rebecca Kathryn Boucher RN, BSN

Rebecca Kathryn Boucher RN, BSN

Registered Nurse
Massachusetts

Summary

Skilled compassionate professional RN with experience in staff supervision, direct patient care and department operations. Cumulatively, 27 years of experience accustomed to treating diverse patient needs while managing dynamic conditions. Offering excellent clinical knowledge and judgement combined with strong problem-solving abilities to manage complex and demanding circumstances. Demonstrated success in all areas of obstetrical care from major metropolitan areas to critical access hospitals. Roles such as triage coordinator, staff nurse, charge nurse, travel nurse and OB adjunct faculty have led to strong skills in communication, leadership, critical thinking, and mentoring. Collaborates effectively with interdisciplinary team to ensure desired health outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Full-time OB Travel Registered Nurse

Aya Healthcare
05.2022 - Current

Kodiak Island Providence Medical Center, Kodiak Alaska

October 2022- Current
LDRP, OR, Newborn Nursery, Triage

*Births per year: 125 -Critical Access Hospital-

  • Suggested appropriate disposition to acting physicians based on assessment.
  • Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies (LifeMed Alaska flight team to ensure safe and timely transfer off island for higher level of care).
    Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically ill patients.
  • Worked closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.
  • EHR: Epic/OBIX/Pyxis



Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA 5/2022-8/2022

LDR, OR, PACU

*Births per year: 5000 births per year

  • Assisted obstetricians with deliveries and cared for newborns directly after birth.
  • Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
  • Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.
  • EHR: Customized for BI Obstetrical Unit included Novii Wireless Patch System/OB Trace Vue/Pyxis

Full-Time OB Registered Nurse

Mercy Health- Regional Medical Center
11.2021 - 05.2022

LDR-P, Newborn Nursery, OR, PACU

*Births per year: 1000+

Managed OB patients from admission to discharge. Worked in all areas such as labor, delivery, postpartum, newborn nursery, OR, triage, and recovery. Identified patients who required a Level III NICU and those needing a high-risk perinatal center for complex diagnosis.

  • EHR: Meditech/OB Trace Vue/Pyxis


Full-time OB Registered Nurse

Baystate Medical Center
08.2004 - 08.2020

LDRP, Nursery, OR/PACU, Postpartum, High-risk Areas 2012-2020

*Births per year: 4000+

  • Worked closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.
  • Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.
  • EHR: Cerner/Phillips-Intelli-space/Pyxis

RN Pediatric Intensive Care Unit- 2004-2008 EHR: Cerner

RN Coordinator for Inpatient and Outpatient Pediatric Radiology Department- 2008-2012 EHR: Cerner

OB Adjunct Faculty

Westfield State University
06.2017 - 08.2020

Responsible for supervising nursing students in OB clinical setting. Directs, manages and evaluates student learning on campus within skills labs as well as the hospital environment. Software: Blackboard

OB Adjunct Faculty

University of Massachusetts Amherst
03.2016 - 09.2017

Responsible for supervising nursing students in OB clinical setting. Directs, manages and evaluates student learning on campus within the skills lab and hospital environment. Software: Blackboard

Per Diem OB Registered Nurse

Cooley Dickinson Hospital
03.2016 - 09.2016

LDR-P, Nursery, OR, PACU

*Births per year: 600

  • Collaborated with physicians and midwives in small community hospital to provide direct patient care to low risk obstetrical patients and their newborns.
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on newborn and postpartum care in hospital designated as Baby Friendly by Baby-Friendly USA.
  • Identified changes in acuity, stabilized patients and updated team members to determine next course of action until patient could be safely transferred to facility capable of providing higher level of care.
  • EHR: Meditech/OB Trace Vue/Pyxis

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing, g.p.a. 3.75

College of Our Lady of The Elms
Chicopee, MA
1996

Associate of Arts - General Studies, g.p.a. 3.99

Springfield Technical Community College
1993

Skills

  • Orient New Nurses to OB
  • Certification-Electronic Fetal Monitoring
  • ACLS, BLS, NNR, STABLE, EFM Trained
  • Triage Coordinator and Charge Nurse
  • Teaches unit-wide OB Mock Code
  • Breastfeeding Resource Nurse
  • Teaches hospital-wide IV insertion classes
  • Eat, Sleep, Console and NAS

Affiliations

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing (2015- present)

Nursing Service Organization (2012-present)

Certification

Massachusetts Nursing License 1996- present

Connecticut Nursing License 1996-1998

Alaska Nursing License 2022- present

Training Programs and Workshops

Preceptor Training Workshops 1 & 2

UMass Clinical Educator Workshop

DKA Class

SBAR+R

OB Emergency Simulation Training

Mock Code Training

Compassionate Connections Workshop

Opioid Abuse, Dependence,and Addiction in Pregnancy Conference

Opioids & Marijuana: Managing the Nationwide Emergency

AWHONN Conference: Look Whats Trending in Obstetrical and Neonatal Care

Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Course and Eat, Sleep, Console

Labor Support Class

DCF Presentation: Human Trafficking

Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Trauma on Childbearing Women

AWHONN: Post-Birth Warning Signs Course

Basic Cardiac Dysrhythmia Course

Fetal Heart Monitoring Course (GNOSIS, AWHONN, K-2, Relias)

OB Hemorrhage, Shoulder Dystocia, Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, Team STEPPS (GNOSIS, Relias, Healthstreams)

Nitrous Oxide Class

Scribble Session Class

Breastfeeding Resource Classes

NCC Advanced Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification 2017-2022

Unit and Hospital Committees

Hospital-wide Cauti Committee (2017)

Orientation and Preceptor Committee (2017-2020)

Co-chair Policy and Procedure Committee (2014- 2020)

Breastfeeding Task Force Committee (2014-2020)

Leadership Committee (2018-2020)

Clinical Practice Committee (2018-2020)

OR Committee (2019-2020)

Reducing Primary Cesarean-Section Committee (2018-2020)

Professional Nurse Recognition Program Committee (2019- 2020)

Timeline

Full-time OB Travel Registered Nurse

Aya Healthcare
05.2022 - Current

Full-Time OB Registered Nurse

Mercy Health- Regional Medical Center
11.2021 - 05.2022

OB Adjunct Faculty

Westfield State University
06.2017 - 08.2020

OB Adjunct Faculty

University of Massachusetts Amherst
03.2016 - 09.2017

Per Diem OB Registered Nurse

Cooley Dickinson Hospital
03.2016 - 09.2016

Full-time OB Registered Nurse

Baystate Medical Center
08.2004 - 08.2020

Bachelor of Science - Nursing, g.p.a. 3.75

College of Our Lady of The Elms

Associate of Arts - General Studies, g.p.a. 3.99

Springfield Technical Community College
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