Tzipora Backman
Registered Nurse
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Companionate Labor and Delivery Nurse with experience in a fast pace, diverse and high risk labor and delivery unit. Committed to providing high quality of care equally to all antepartum, postpartum and laboring patients. Adept at working closely with midwives and doctors with knowledge of Epic and Allscripts use.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Labor and Delivery Nurse
Kings County Hospital
Brooklyn , New York
05.2021 - Current
- Coordinated care for a diverse population of low and high-risk laboring women and immediate stabilization of newborn following delivery.
- Assisted doctors in monitoring baby and mother health during labor including monitoring continues fetal heart rate tracings.
- Delivered high level of quality care while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
- Provided pre-, intra-, and post-operative care to patients undergoing C-section
- Participated in unit based shared governance holding position of secretary. Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation.
- Participated in Nurse Residency Program including implementing EBP of continues nursing support during labor on the unit.
Agency Medical Surgical Nurse
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn , NY
12.2020 - 05.2021
- Working on Covid units and caring for patients with high oxygen demands including patients on ventilators.
- Titrating sedation drips.
- Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries and situations.
Medical Surgical Nurse
Kings County
Brooklyn , NY
11.2019 - 05.2021
- Providing holistic patient centered care for 6-8 acute and chronically ill patients.
- Initiating BLS, acting as timekeeper, and managing code cart during codes.
- Drawing labs, placing IV access, providing IV therapy, accessing and caring for central lines.
- Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens and pain management techniques.
- Mentoring and coaching new nurses orientating on the unit.
- Acting as charge nurse for 36 bed unit including creating assignments for nurses and patient care technicians.
- Participated in unit based Shared Governance holding secretary position. Initiated Physician/ RN collaboration project on the unit.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Hunter –Bellevue School of Nursing
Manhattan, NY 09.2015 - 05.2019
Skills
Electronic Medical Records: Epic, Allscripts
Language: Fluent in Yiddish and Hebrew
Pitocin Titration for induction/augmentation
Emergency C-section set up
Management of fetal demise/stillborn
Procedures for prolapsed cord, placenta previa, hemorrhage, shoulder dystocia, etc
Credentials
Registered Nurse: New York State, License # 776911
American Heart Association: Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS)- Expires July 2022
American Heart Association: Advance Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) – Expires August 2023
Neonatal Resuscitative Program (NRP)- Expires 7/31/2023
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
American Nurses Association (ANA)
New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)
Timeline
Labor and Delivery Nurse
Kings County Hospital
05.2021 - Current
Agency Medical Surgical Nurse
Maimonides Medical Center
12.2020 - 05.2021
Medical Surgical Nurse
Kings County
11.2019 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Hunter –Bellevue School of Nursing
09.2015 - 05.2019