Registered Nurse Perinatal
Los Angeles, Ca, Us
Antepartum/ Labor & Delivery:o Implemented the nursing process to develop comprehensive care plans for expecting mothers.o Identified and managed life-sustaining physiological functions in unstable patients to ensure safe patient management and progression of labor to ensure maternal and fetal wellbeing.o Managed high-risk patients: pre-eclampsia, all levels of diabetes, substance abuse, premature rupture of membranes, preterm labor, placenta accreta, increta and precreta, multiple gestation, cardiac anomalies, cancer, epilepsy, behavioral health, advanced maternal age, infertility, gestational hypertension, autoimmune diseases, thyroid diseases, obesity, HIV, and more.o Trained to act as both a circulating and scrub nurse for cesarean sections, scheduled, emergent and crash.o Coordinated all patient care between anesthesiologists, doctors, nursing and other ancillary staff.Postpartum/ Nursery:o Acted as Charge Nurse. Managed a 13-bed unit, overseeing floor nurses, facilitating admissions and discharges as well as transfers from NICU to Nursery and vise versa. Was responsible for coordinating patient care, implementing procedures, and programs, managing workflow, and ensuring compliance with established hospital policies and procedures. o Provided direct patient care to newborns and mothers. Identified abnormalities and implemented proper corrective and preventative actions. o Promoted Mother-Child bonding, breastfeeding support, and home discharge teaching.o Identified abnormalities and implemented proper corrective and preventative action.o Mentored new nurses.