Sara Morales
Pine Brook,NJ
Summary
Compassionate professional with 5+years Labor and Delivery experience, 2.5 years of which were travel assignments. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Adept at monitoring and assessing patient progress, providing comfort and support to patients and families, and coordinating patient care plans with interdisciplinary teams.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Travel Nurse
American Mobile Nursing
09.2023 - Current
- Worked as a travel RN at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell
- Developed and implemented strategies to improve labor and delivery processes and patient outcomes.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Improved patient satisfaction by providing compassionate and individualized care during labor and delivery.
Travel RN
Aya Healthcare
11.2022 - Current
- Shown ability to quickly adapt to a new work environment at St. Peter's University Hospital, a level IV maternal care facility.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate care while managing rapidly changing conditions during the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Educated expectant mothers and their families on their diagnosis and progress through out their labor.
- Monitored and interpreted fetal heart rate tracings and communicated appropriately to the on-call providers.
Travel RN
American Mobile Healthcare
07.2022 - 10.2022
- Showed ability to float in all areas of OB including labor and delivery, OR, PACU, post partum and nursery at Mass General Brigham: Salem Hospital
- Administered medications to both mothers and their new born babies and monitored responses.
- Assessed and assisted patients with pain management interventions during their labor using non-pharmacological methods, nitrous oxide, IV pain medication, and epidurals.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response in any urgencies including stat c-sections, postpartum hemorrhages, severe range blood pressures, shoulder dystocias, etc
Travel RN
American Mobile Healthcare
03.2022 - 07.2022
- Worked in Central Florida's designated baby-friendly birth facility, Advent Health Celebration.
- Developed relationships with patients and families to understand their medical/obstetrical history and care needs.
- Provided emotional support and guidance to patients and family members to help cope with emotional challenges during their labor and delivery.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
Travel RN
American Mobile Healthcare
08.2021 - 02.2022
- Worked in all areas of obstetrics at Evergreen Health including preop and post-op care for cesarean delivery's, intrapartum, and mother-baby.
- Developed relationships with patients and families to understand medical history and care needs during and following their labor and delivery.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
Travel RN
American Mobile Nursing
12.2020 - 08.2021
- Worked as a Travel Labor and Delivery RN at Johns Hopkins Hospital, the #5th ranked hospital in the nation.
- Documented patient interactions and interventions in EPIC EMR.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop impactful treatment plans.
- Provided care to high-risk obstetric patients and collaborated with all members of the interdisciplinary team including OB/GYNs, MFM providers, fetal surgeons, NICU teams, etc
Staff Nurse
RWJBH - Monmouth Medical Center
09.2017 - 12.2020
- Worked at the 15 bed, Level III labor and delivery unit.
- Developed and implemented strategies to improve labor and delivery processes and patient outcomes.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to foster smooth transitions of newborns to maternal child unit.
- Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
- Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans for optimal outcomes.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Stevenson University
Stevenson, MD05.2017
Skills
- Able to grasp new concepts quickly and assimilate to new work environments
- Pain Management Techniques
- Labor and Delivery Support, Circulate, Triage, Recovery/PACU, Post Partum, Newborn Care, Breastfeeding Education
- Update Electronic Charts: Proficient in EPIC, Cerner, OB TraceVue, Centricity, Paragon
- Electronic Fetal Heart Monitoring
- Patient Admission
- Monitoring Vital Signs
- Cervical Exams
- IV insertion and Maintenance
- Blood Draw and Sample Collection
- Emergency Situations
- Travel Health
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Certification
- New Jersey Multistate Nursing License #26NR19354100- exp. 05/2025
- New York Nursing License #848983- exp 06/2025
- CEFHM- exp 09/2025
- ACLS exp 10/2025
- NRP exp 10/2025
- BLS- exp 03/2025
Timeline
Travel Nurse
American Mobile Nursing
09.2023 - Current
Travel RN
Aya Healthcare
11.2022 - Current
Travel RN
American Mobile Healthcare
07.2022 - 10.2022
Travel RN
American Mobile Healthcare
03.2022 - 07.2022
Travel RN
American Mobile Healthcare
08.2021 - 02.2022
Travel RN
American Mobile Nursing
12.2020 - 08.2021
Staff Nurse
RWJBH - Monmouth Medical Center
09.2017 - 12.2020
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Stevenson University
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