Sarah B. Roberts
Camarillo,CA
Summary
Seasoned nursing professional offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities. Demonstrated ability to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle critically ill neonates in high-stress, fast-paced environment. Quality focused, efficiency-driven, and committed to evidence-based neonatal care. Experienced leader with strong mentorship, charge, and preceptor skills.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care
Ventura County Medical Center
12.2009 - Current
- Collaborated with physicians and NNP to quickly assess critical neonates and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educate families on diagnosis and prognosis, disease process, and involve them in management and care of the neonate.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized neonates and determined interventions based on patient needs.
- Worked as charge nurse with duties to include changing acuities, assign nurses to patients, relieving for breaks, and attend high risk deliveries, and neonatal transport.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, IM, UVC/UAC lines and monitored responses.
- Participate in neonatal transport, stabilizing infants for transfer and supporting transport team needs.
Registered Nurse
Camarillo Endoscopy Center
11.2017 - 07.2020
- Provided effective bedside care to patients before and after endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures to deliver comfort.
- Collaborated with members of patients' healthcare team to deliver appropriate level of care.
- Assessed, observed, obtained vital signs, inserted IV catheters, IV administration, and provided nursing interventions as needed.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
Student Nurse Worker, Telemetry
St. John's Regional Medical Center
08.2008 - 05.2009
- Collaborated with nurse preceptors and other medical staff to achieve quality patient outcome goals.
- Observed and practiced nursing procedures to build foundational critical thinking and assessment skills.
- Researched different diagnoses to become familiar with presentation and treatment protocols.
- Administered close patient care, checked vital signs and monitored telemetry.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
California State Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA05.2013
Associate of Science - Nursing
Ventura College School of Nursing
Ventura05.2009
Associate's - Liberal Arts And Sciences
Ventura College
Ventura, CA05.2005
Skills
- Level III NICU experience
- Critical Care and emergency skills
- Leadership and Professional skills
- PICC Line Certified
- Family Centered Care
- Management of ELBW and surgical infants
- Transport team
- Technical and Procedural Skills
Certification
Registered Nurse, State of California 2009-current
Basic Life Support, American Heart Association
PICC Line Certified
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Provider
Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor
STABLE
Public Health Certification
Neonatal Orientation and Education Program (NOEP)
End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Camarillo Endoscopy Center
11.2017 - 07.2020
Senior Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care
Ventura County Medical Center
12.2009 - Current
Student Nurse Worker, Telemetry
St. John's Regional Medical Center
08.2008 - 05.2009
Associate of Science - Nursing
Ventura College School of Nursing
Associate's - Liberal Arts And Sciences
Ventura College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
California State Dominguez Hills