Whitney Smith

Facility type: Acute Care Hospital

Teaching facility: No

Total beds: 199

Unit beds: 8

• Managed laboring patients and interpret fetal monitors
• Floated to secondary hospital location
• Offered, accepted and completed 13 week contract with multiple extensions.

Facility type: Acute Care Hospital

Teaching facility: Yes

Trauma Level: 1

Total beds: 567

Unit beds: 24

• Identifies and manages preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and other high-risk obstetrical conditions
• Member of Environment of Care Committee. Responsible for emergency preparedness and safety of the unit.

• Worked closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery
• Performed vital signs checks and administered vaccinations to infants following birth
• Floated to postpartum and secondary hospital location

• Care of patients with various diagnoses including, but not limited to congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and diabetes
• Oriented newly hired nurses to the unit and epic EHR.

• Monitored and assessed mother and newborn after delivery to ascertain proper healing and recovery
• Assisted mothers in establishing breastfeeding relationships with infants with proper latching demonstrations