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Sonja Cavens-Harman

Longview,WA

Summary

Works collaboratively with ancillary staff and other patient care personnel in maintaining standards of professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.

Dedicated Labor and Delivery Nurse with 28 years of experience. Committed to planning care for mothers and providing excellent services through organization, team work and collaboration.

Compassionate Labor and Delivery Nurse with a superior ability to multitask and communicate with doctors and families. Successful at preparing for emergency C-sections and numerous forms of birth coaching. Committed to providing best-in-class patient and family care. 28+ years nursing experience in labor and delivery with specialty in area of high-risk obstetrics.

I can work in a fast-paced environment with great ability. I thoroughly enjoy my patient and family interactions and always try to put them at ease in times of stress. I have consistently had a great relationship with all the providers I have work with.

*Co-chair Staffing committee for Legacy Salmon Creek

*FBC council member

*OUD (opioid use disorder) Committee member

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

RN

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
07.2005 - Current
  • Perform duties as a labor/delivery nurse, post partum, post op gyn patients, and also pre-op and PACU for obstetrical-related surgeries.
  • Relief Charge Nurse since September 2017
  • Labor skills may include IV starts, monitoring labor progress, fetal monitoring, magnesium sulfate administration, insulin drips, indwelling foley catheters. I also work in triage, assessing patients utilizing critical thinking and clinical tools.
  • Postpartum duties include monitoring vital signs and assessments for both mom and baby. Medication administrations for all of the above are included.
  • I prep patients for cesarean section, postpartum tubal, d&c, and cerclage placements. I often circulate and recover, in pacu, these mentioned surgeries; adhering to sterile procedures and ensuring a safe environment for the patient.
  • Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
  • Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and implementing evidence-based practices.

RN

Peacehealth St. John Medical Center
08.1997 - 01.2007
  • Family birth RN at this facility as well. This particular birth center was a level 2, lower risk area.
  • My job skills also included labor, delivery, post partum, newborn care and ob surgery cases-pre op and post op.

Clinical Manager

Child And Adolescent Clinic
01.2001 - 07.2005

    As a clinical nurse manager I oversaw a staff of 25 medical assistants and clinic aides. I ensured the flow of patient care throughout the day with clinicians seeing up to 200 patients in a day.

    The clinic was made up of 8 pediatricians and 4 pediatric nurse practitioners. I worked on their schedules throughout the year.

    I held monthly staff meetings, providing updated policies and protocols to the staff. I would work as clinical nurse one day a week, administering vaccines, nebulizer treatments, spirometry, limited x-rays, lab draws, and patient education materials to parents.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
1996

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

University Of Washington
Seattle, WA
1992

Skills

  • Strong verbal communication
  • Nursing staff leadership
  • Strong clinical judgment
  • Precepting
  • Professional bedside manner
  • Foley catheter insertion/removal
  • Positive behavior modeling
  • Patient-focused care
  • Medication and IV administration
  • Direct patient care
  • Patient assessment
  • EMR systems

Accomplishments

Daisy award

Certification


  • Neonatal resuscitation provider
  • basic life support

Timeline

RN

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
07.2005 - Current

Clinical Manager

Child And Adolescent Clinic
01.2001 - 07.2005

RN

Peacehealth St. John Medical Center
08.1997 - 01.2007

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

University Of Washington

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Oregon Health & Science University

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