Labor And Delivery Nurse Resume Example

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• Provide skilled direct nursing care to antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients in labor and delivery .
• Properly implement the nursing process and develop comprehensive care plans for expecting mothers through labor and delivery.
• Assess, define care, and closely monitor fetal heart rate using electronic fetal monitoring and AWHONN defining characteristics.
• Assist physicians with delivery of newborns.
• Circulate cesarean cases in the operating room with continuing care of patient in post anesthesia care unit.
• Perform duties of “baby catcher,“ providing neonatal resuscitation as necessary.
• Charged with 4 bed labor and delivery emergency triage unit, assessing patients, communicating with physicians, and carrying out orders, prioritizing patient care and providing emergency care as needed.
• Respond to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
• Skilled multitasker and a highly valued team player.
• Impart medical, operational and patient care knowledge to junior nurses to maximize performance and quality of team operations.

• Led patient care team and served as Nurse in Charge of 25 bed mother/baby unit, ensuring quality patient care from admission to discharge through direct supervision of all nursing and ancillary staff.
• Provided skilled direct nursing care to postpartum women and newborns in acute care setting.
• Administered scheduled medications and therapies intravenously, rectally, orally, subcutaneously and via intramuscular injections while overseeing pain management plans.
• Addressed patient care needs, collected vitals, dressed wounds and managed catheters.
• Instructed parents on postpartum and baby care including delivery of information regarding care and medications to patients and caregivers in comprehendible terminology.
• Educated and assisted mothers with breastfeeding.
• Collaborated with other professionals for the multidisciplinary needs of the patient.
• Communicated with primary care physicians or emergency care providers to relay patient needs.
• Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
• Participated in continuing education programs and skills workshops to enhance training and nursing knowledge
• Recognized by management and patients on a regular basis for providing except care and customer service.

• Administered personal care to clients within private home settings and championed patient independence and well-being.
• Supported patients with activities of daily living and functional mobility to improve comfort and quality of life and reduce pain.
• Addressed patient care needs, collected vitals, dressed wounds and managed catheters.
• Conducted regular re-evaluations to address changes in needs and conditions, introducing revisions to care plans as needed.
• Assisted patients with daily tasks, such as dressing, hygiene upkeep and movement.
• Worked with team of providers to evaluate intervention outcomes and make needed adjustments to care plans.

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