Staff Registered Nurse Labor And Delivery resume example

Worked as a staff nurse in multiple roles included the role of charge nurse, triage nurse, labor & delivery nurse, scrub & circulating nurse in the OR, PACU and baby nurse.

• Assisted in transition of entire labor delivery department in New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center to a brand new facility across from the main hospital now known as Alexandra Cohen Women & Children's hospital.
• Facilitated care of pregnant patients who present in Preterm or Full-term labor.
• Review, track and documented progress of mothers in labor, interpret fetal heart monitor and inform delivering physician of status.
• Management of patients in pain using IV and epidural PCA methods
• Triage patients presenting to labor and delivery with any complaints such as: bleeding, signs and symptoms of labor/pain, decreased fetal movement, and rupture of membranes.
• Facilitate communication between patients and doctor at all times by being a patient advocate.
• Placement of IV lines and phlebotomy.
• Acting as a Scrub RN and Circulating RN in operating room cases.
• Assist in cesarean during scrub with tubal ligation's, D&C’s. and STAT cases.
• Oriented new nursing staff to the floor as a preceptor and evaluated progress.
• Worked with anesthesia to ensure adequate pain management of laboring patients on the labor floor or in the operating room.
• Care for patients postpartum after vaginal and cesarean birth.
• Post-partum assessment of vital signs, fundal checks, bleeding, and pain management.
• Assessment of Urine output, IV fluids, checking lab values, and bleeding risk.
• Experience in high risk OB patients: Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, pregnancy with multiple gestations, bleeding disorders, and Preterm or Full-term miscarriage.
• Able to provide post-mortem care of neonates, infants and provide family support.
• Management of Pre-eclampsia using medications such Magnesium Sulfate, Labetalol and Hydralazine.
• Management of Preterm Labor with Magnesium sulfate, nifedipine and/or Betamethasone.
• Administration of Blood transfusions and activation of massive transfusion protocols as needed.
• Contacting social work in patients who are at risk of depression and/or for teenage pregnancies.
• Educate mothers on newborn care, breastfeeding and post-delivery health to optimize outcomes.
• Charge Nurse Duties: responsible for staff in the delegation of patient assignments, staffing the unit, organizing operating room, recovery room, & triage, ensuring scheduled cases and inductions get admitted on time and consulting with antepartum.
• Work effectively as a team leader managing other nurses on the floor, communicating with physicians and supervisors as well as the NICU team.
• Familiarity of utilization of team huddles and going up chain of command to adhere to patient safety protocols.

Worked as a Staff nurse on the Neurology/Neurosurgery/Orthopedic/Pain and Palliative Care floor with oncology patients.

• Responsible for providing direct patient care as assigned for medical and surgical patients recovering from craniotomies, laminectomies, brain biopsies, and orthopedic surgeries.
• Acting as a patient and family advocate by contacting appropriate departments and staff to assist in answering questions, educating about disease process, medications, and procedures and providing emotional support.
• Collaborated with a multidisciplinary teams in Neurology, Pain, and Orthopedics.
• Management hemodynamically unstable cancer patients.
• Performing wound care and dressing changes.
• Monitoring vital signs and laboratory results.
• Medication transcription, administration and education.
• Administered Chemotherapy infusions in patients receiving Methotrexate & Rituximab.
• Maintaining strict intake and output, monitoring urine pH every 6 hours and administering antiemetics as ordered.
• Provided patients with information on range of subjects, not limited to side effects from chemotherapy and benefits of proper nutrition during treatment.
• Promoted kind, compassionate environment, utilizing active listening and effective communication skills for cancer patients receiving treatment.
• Providing comfort care to end stage dying and DNR patients, creating a peaceful and respectful environment, providing support to families involved.
• Monitoring postoperative patients after neurovascular procedures Maya reservoir & VP shunts.
• Post mortem care and family support.
• Initiating referrals to appropriate departments of patient care such as Nutrition, Social Work, Case Manager, PT/OT, wound care RN, patient representatives.
• Charge nurse, managed admissions and discharges and organize staffing of the floor.
• Orienting new staff to the floor, assessing their progress, and troubleshooting problems.