Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certification
Personal Information
Additional Information - Baby Friendly Certifications
Timeline
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Sarah LaClair

Livingston,MT

Summary

Compassionate Registered Nurse focused on the obstetric and newborn patient, skilled in patient assessment, emergency response, and developing comprehensive post-treatment plans with patients and doctors for quality healthcare. Committed to patient education and advocacy.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

LDRP RN

Livingston HealthCare
Livingston, USA
08.2024 - Current
  • Provided LDRPN patient care in a Critical Access Hospital setting.
  • Follow up lactation care for postpartum patients and newborns after discharge.
  • Follow up phone calls to postpartum patients to ensure continuity of care.
  • Floating to Med/Surg as a resource nurse, sitter, and Nurses Aid.
  • Floated to Outpatient Infusion for weekend infusion patients.

Family Birth Center Manager

Livingston HealthCare
Livingston, MT
06.2020 - 08.2024
  • Developed/updated and implemented Family Birth Center policies and procedures.
  • Managed budget, including forecasting, expense tracking, and cost reduction strategies.
  • Facilitated team meetings, OB Emergencies drills, and staff education.
  • Reviewed customer surveys on a regular basis in order to identify areas where improvements could be made..
  • Collaborated with senior leadership teams on initiatives that would improve overall operations.
  • Recruited new employees by conducting interviews and orientations for new hires.
  • Improved staffing to provide safety in the department for staff and patients.

LDRP RN

Livingston HealthCare
Livingston, MT
06.2009 - 06.2020
  • Provided nursing care to antepartum, triage, labor, delivery, postpartum, newborn, and lactation patients.
  • Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
  • Referred patients to community resources.
  • Used Cerner, FetaLink, and Omnicel for EMAR documentation.
  • Coordinated discharge planning to ensure continuity of care post-hospitalization.
  • Participated in quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient care outcomes.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
05-2009

Skills

  • Triage, prenatal, labor and delivery, couplet, newborn, and post-discharge follow-up care
  • 13 years of lactation counseling
  • Attended a Spinning Babies workshop and integrated it into routine patient care
  • Taught prenatal classes and updated material when appropriate

Affiliations

  • AWHONN
  • ILCA

Certification

  • IBCLC, L-314657, 01/01/24 - 12/31/28
  • CLC, ALPP-28917, 11/05/10 - 12/31/22
  • BLS expires 2/2026
  • ACLS expires 6/2026
  • PALS expires 7/2026
  • NRP expires 8/2026.
  • STABLE expires 10/2025
  • FHM

Personal Information

Title: RN, IBCLC

Additional Information - Baby Friendly Certifications

  • 2017, Part of the FBC Team that brought Baby Friendly to our hospital.
  • 2023, Manager of the FBC when we were redesignated.

Timeline

LDRP RN

Livingston HealthCare
08.2024 - Current

Family Birth Center Manager

Livingston HealthCare
06.2020 - 08.2024

LDRP RN

Livingston HealthCare
06.2009 - 06.2020

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Montana State University
Sarah LaClair