Tonya M. Watts
Crab Orchard,Kentucky
Summary
Engage in every opportunity possible for personal and professional growth. I am committed to life long learning.
Christ led, extremely motivated, effective communicator, consistently empathetic, actively listens to others, and establishes rapport quickly.
Provide leadership by establishment of collaborative relationship building throughout the organization.
Contributes to and monitors the implementation of the mission, values of the organization.
Prepare students to think critically and have excellent problem-solving skills with commitment to research and evidence-based practice.
Desire to teach and inspire nurses about patient care.
Serve as a positive mentor on academic and career learning.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Adjunct Instructor- Clinical and Skill Laboratory
Campbellsville University
Harrodsburg, KY
08.2021 - Current
- Assisted with Lab Simulation
- Provided tutoring to the students
- Fundamentals clinicals at Harrodsburg Health Care
- Assisted Simulation, PN instructor, RN coordinator, and PN coordinator as needed.
- Defined and articulated goal learning outcomes, performance metrics and changes to improve student learning.
- Engaged students with insightful and compelling classroom discussion of topics relevant to coursework to boost student learning and retention.
Registered Nurse
Baptist Health
Lexington, KY
09.2021 - 02.2022
- Assist physicians with in office medical procedures
- Rooming patients- seek information of patient visit, update health history, perform vital signs.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
Registered Nurse
Haven Care Pregnancy Resource Center
Danville, KY
07.2021 - 01.2022
- Preform limited ultrasounds to abortion minded or abortion vulnerable clients
- Support the counselors as needed to provide spiritual and emotional needs to the clients and families
- Assist in the baby boutique to provide the clients material needs
- Research and create clinic policy and procedures through NIFLA and Heartbeat standards
- Order supplies for the medical clinic
- Certified in teaching the Choosing the Best curriculum
- This program teaches high school and college students that the chooses they make matter., Duties include assisting women during the labor and delivery process of childbirth, titrate IV medications, triage emergency outpatient pregnancy treatment beginning at 12 weeks gestation, monitors fetal heart rate to determine if baby is tolerating the labor process, strength, and timing of contractions, and examine cervical dilation, assist with labor progress, actual delivery, serves as a coach with breathing exercises and pushing
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, and provide live skill resources to improve health.
Director of Labor Delivery
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center
Danville , Kentucky
10.2014 - 07.2021
- Post Partum, Newborn Nursery Level 1 and Level 2 Nursery
- Establish team building between the staff in the LDRPN unit
- Facilitate associate satisfaction and staff retention
- Networked with billing to ensure correct patient billing of triage and delivery room charges
- Proficient in conflict resolution
- Responsible for the assurance of regulatory compliance with Joint Commission Standards
- Supervises and facilities adherence to patient care standards and infection control standards
- Facilitates in the hiring and interviewing process
- Involved in employee corrective action process, and termination
- HCAHPS performance accountability
- Staff scheduling, Unit budget accountability
- Covering shifts when staff was not available
- Interviewed, hired, trained and mentored forty staff by coaching daily, leading performance reviews and offering constructive feedback.
- Oversaw development and implementation of improvements to support and network operations.
- Played key role in on-going network design, reevaluation and optimization to keep pace with company growth.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
Obstetrics and Nursery Clinical Nursing Instructor
Beckfield College
Florence, KY
12.2016 - 08.2020
- Taught OB clinicals to PN and RN Students
- Run simulations on OB emergencies, and practice during downtime when at the clinical site
- Educated students on the need of teamwork, and accountability in the workplace.
Clinical Instructor
Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Lawrenceburg, KY
10.2016 - 01.2016
- Taught OB clinicals to PN and RN Students.
Registered Nurse
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center
08.2009 - 10.2014
- Endoscopy Unit
- Duties included circulating the endoscopy suite while managing and coordinating care of the patient undergoing Endoscopic procedures
- Responsible for administering conscious sedation medications and maintaining airway during procedures
- I also have experience with pain management outpatient clinic procedures such as, epidural steroid injections, transformational nerve root blocks, medial branch blocks, and radiofrequency neurolysis.
Labor and Delivery Staff Nurse
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center
Danville , KY
10.2010 - 01.2014
- Assisted physician during delivery, examination and surgical procedures by anticipating needs, encouraging patient and attending to baby after birth.
- Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.
- Worked closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.
- Aided with induction of labor for women suffering from complications such as preeclampsia.
- Coordinated care of low and high-risk laboring women of childbearing age and immediate stabilization of newborn following delivery.
- Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
- Coached new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood.
- Monitored labs, examined ultrasounds and informed mothers on what to expect in stages of pregnancy.
- Assisted obstetricians and midwives with deliveries and cared for newborns directly after birth.
- Leveraged computerized documentation systems to monitor, record and communicate patient condition.
- Completed comprehensive assessment of patient and family needs to identify outcomes, establish care plans, monitor progress and modify care plan.
- Scheduled follow-up visits and instructed care for new mothers for weeks immediately following childbirth.
- Accurately documented treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
Registered Nurse
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center
Danville , KY
05.2008 - 08.2009
- Critical Care Unit
- Duties included managing and coordinating care of patients in a defined care delivery model, utilizing the nursing process including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation
- Supervising and providing all nursing care provided to an assigned intensive care patient population.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
Education
Campbellsville University
Master of Science - Nursing Education
Northeastern State University
Oklahoma City, OK08.2023
Associate Degree - Nursing
Kentucky State University
05.2023
T.A - undefined
B.L.E
03.2023
Breastfeeding Counselor Certification Childbirth Educators - undefined
03.2023
Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification National Certification Corporation - undefined
01.2023
Intermediate - undefined
University of Kentucky
11.2022
Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Instructor - undefined
09.2022
Advanced Fetal Monitoring - undefined
AWHONN
02.2022
Inpatient Obstetrics Certification National Certification Corporation - undefined
02.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Indiana Wesleyan University
08.2014
Affiliations
ACLS
American Heart Association
05/2023
NRP
American Heart Association
08/2023
BLS
American Heart Association
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Baptist Health
09.2021 - 02.2022
Adjunct Instructor- Clinical and Skill Laboratory
Campbellsville University
08.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse
Haven Care Pregnancy Resource Center
07.2021 - 01.2022
Obstetrics and Nursery Clinical Nursing Instructor
Beckfield College
12.2016 - 08.2020
Clinical Instructor
Bluegrass Community and Technical College
10.2016 - 01.2016
Director of Labor Delivery
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center
10.2014 - 07.2021
Labor and Delivery Staff Nurse
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center
10.2010 - 01.2014
Registered Nurse
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center
08.2009 - 10.2014
Registered Nurse
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center
05.2008 - 08.2009
Campbellsville University
Master of Science - Nursing Education
Northeastern State University
Associate Degree - Nursing
Kentucky State University
T.A - undefined
B.L.E
Breastfeeding Counselor Certification Childbirth Educators - undefined
Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification National Certification Corporation - undefined
Intermediate - undefined
University of Kentucky
Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Instructor - undefined
Advanced Fetal Monitoring - undefined
AWHONN
Inpatient Obstetrics Certification National Certification Corporation - undefined
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Indiana Wesleyan University
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