Staff Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse-Ob/Gyn Unit, Nurse Practitioner In A Mid-Wife Practice (1994-1996)
Sutter Memorial Hospital
Sacramento, California
Provided nursing care to high and low-risk obstetrical (ante partum and postpartum) patients and newborn infants. Served as computer resource person for the unit.Orientation Coordinator for new employees on the unit and assisted with the development of the unit orientation manual for new employees. Member of the unit based Qualtity Assurance Team. Assisted in the development and implementation of the postpartum home nursing follow-up program for mothers and infants discharged early from the hospital. Served as preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotation. As charge nurse, functions included supervision of up to 15 personnel. In 1994, served in a temporary position, as Nurse Practitioner in a Mid-wife practice affiliated with Sutter Memorial Hospital serving pregnant teens. Provided prenatal care to patients in this practice.