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Samantha L. Scholl

New Brighton,PA

Summary

Skilled nursing professional with strong focus on patient care, team collaboration, and achieving results. Known for flexibility and reliability, consistently meeting changing needs in high-pressure environments. Expertise in critical care, patient assessment, and electronic health records management. Proven ability to lead healthcare teams and deliver exceptional outcomes in diverse clinical settings.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Professional Staff Nurse II

UPMC Magee Women's Hospital
03.2020 - 08.2024
  • Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting all aspects of patient care
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans, ensuring optimal patient care and outcomes.
  • Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, personalized care and addressing individual patient and family needs.
  • Managed complex neonatal patients with diverse medical conditions, delivering appropriate interventions based on assessments and diagnoses.
  • Served as a key point of contact for patients' families, addressing concerns, providing updates on progress, and advocating for their best interests.
  • Administer medications, monitoring vital signs, and providing vital nutrients to newborns
  • Coordinate patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team
  • Participated in multiple committees focused on improving patient care outcomes across the organization through research-driven approaches and innovative solutions.
  • Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
  • Awarded Rookie of the Year by the Physicians of Newborn Medicine in 2020

Nurse Coordinator Role

UPMC Magee Women's Health Operations
03.2020 - 07.2020
  • Championed patient-centered care through active listening, empathetic communication, and personalized service delivery tailored to postpartum mothers and newborns.
  • Addressed approximately 20 outgoing calls of complex clinical patients and situations by applying critical thinking skills and leveraging interdisciplinary collaborations to arrive at appropriate solutions.
  • Coordinated with patients' physician's offices based on answers to screening questions for follow-up care for both newborns and postpartum mothers
  • Improved patient care by coordinating interdisciplinary teams and facilitating communication among staff members.
  • Work extensively with Epic System

Patient Care Technician

UPMC Magee Women's Hospital
03.2019 - 03.2020
  • Performed the UPMC core nursing assistant responsibilities: blood glucose, weights, vital signs, I&O's, specimen collections, Foley care, phlebotomy, simple dressing, Foley catheter removal, straight catheter, and point of care testing.
  • Assisted nurses with essential tasks, streamlining workflow and increasing efficiency in the healthcare setting.
  • Trained to work in all areas of the Women Care Birth Center including PACU, OB ICU, Prenatal Monitoring Unit, Triage, and The Labor Suites
  • Often called to assist in the OR with delivery of multiples
  • Well trained in assisting in deliveries of full term infants, premature infants, and infants with anomalies
  • Contributes to the universal unit activities including but not limited to, responding to call lights and telephones, passing meal trays, ambulating and transporting patients
  • Assisted in training new Patient Care Technicians, sharing knowledge and best practices to ensure consistency in care delivery.
  • Provided high-quality personal care to patients, promoting comfort and dignity during their hospital stay.

Health Unit Coordinator/ Patient Care Technician

UPMC Mercy
08.2015 - 03.2019
  • Utilizes hospital information systems, including but not limited to eRecord, Medipac, and Teletracking
  • Served as a resource for other staff members
  • Answered the phone and the door in a timely and orderly fashion passing off information that required other staff members
  • Adhered to HIPAA and blocked policies
  • Complied with safety policies and procedures including standard precautions as well as infant security
  • Took on the role of scheduling developmental and other follow-up clinic appointments for patients in the NICU and designed follow-up appointment cards for families to take home with directions to ensure less confusion
  • Provided care and assisting nurses in vital signs, blood glucose monitoring, feeding, and diapering
  • Assisted nurses in painful procedures in the treatment room
  • Provided comfort care to NAS infants and experience feeding premature infants
  • Accept and pass out Project Linus Blankets to all the infant patients
  • Trained as a NICU Patient Care Technician as well as a NICU HUC at UPMC Magee when unit at UPMC Mercy was low census
  • My job position had led me to be on the Together We Care Committee, The Neonatal Care and Quality Committee, and The Donor Advisory Council
  • In May of 2017 I was nominated and won the award for the Caring Associate of the Year by my manager and a coworker
  • Answered telephone calls to offer office information, answer questions, and direct calls to staff.

JC/ Counselor

Dr. Bill Neches Heart Camp for Kids
01.2008 - 06.2020
  • Administrator for a cabin of 4-6 girls normally between the ages of 8 and 12, all with various types of heart problems
  • Responsible for staying attuned to their personal needs, making sure they maintain hygiene, take their medication, are adapting to the new environment in correct and healthy ways, and making sure they have an enjoyable time
  • Specialized working with children with heart diseases or heart defects in a regular camp setting with a strong focus on assimilation
  • Helped the clients to realize they are not alone with their day to day challenges
  • Assisted with enabling participants to open up physically and emotionally in a familiar setting as others who share similar health issues surround them

Volunteer

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
10.2014 - 08.2015
  • Child Life Department on 7A/ CICU- Specialist: Beth Moneck and Assistant- Matt Brooks

Volunteer for Life

Center for Organ Recovery and Education
  • Worked as a volunteer with family members who have been impacted by transplantation and organ donation
  • Served as Hope Ambassador at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh for the Hope Campaign to increase active volunteers for CORE
  • Attended transplant support groups and talked to others about their transplant journeys and the impact transplantation has had on their lives

Education

Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN
11.2024

Associates Degree - Nursing

Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, PA
12.2019

Bachelor of Science - Psychology with emphasis on Child Life Practice and Communications

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
05.2015

Skills

  • Microsoft Office Software
  • Healthcare Information Systems Expertise
  • Effective Public Speaking
  • Interpersonal Communication Skills
  • Effective Team Collaboration
  • Certified Breastfeeding Counselor

Certification

  • Licensed Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania
  • Certified Breastfeeding Counselor

Timeline

Senior Professional Staff Nurse II

UPMC Magee Women's Hospital
03.2020 - 08.2024

Nurse Coordinator Role

UPMC Magee Women's Health Operations
03.2020 - 07.2020

Patient Care Technician

UPMC Magee Women's Hospital
03.2019 - 03.2020

Health Unit Coordinator/ Patient Care Technician

UPMC Mercy
08.2015 - 03.2019

Volunteer

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
10.2014 - 08.2015

JC/ Counselor

Dr. Bill Neches Heart Camp for Kids
01.2008 - 06.2020

Associates Degree - Nursing

Community College of Allegheny County

Bachelor of Science - Psychology with emphasis on Child Life Practice and Communications

University of Pittsburgh

Volunteer for Life

Center for Organ Recovery and Education

Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Capella University
Samantha L. Scholl