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Telecommuting from Charlotte, NC. Contracting subject matter experts (SMEs) to write and review role-based content for a variety of healthcare professionals related to clinical practice, development, compliance, and accreditation. Conducting the SME onboarding process.

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Telecommuting from Charlotte, NC, working with subject matter experts (SMEs) to develop competency exams and educational materials for nurses and other healthcare professionals. HealthStream is a leading provider of learning and research solutions for the healthcare industry.

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Performed literature review and updated assigned skills related to maternal-newborn nursing topics for Mosby's Nursing Skills. Acted as resource to maternal-newborn clinical experts on the team.

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Performed literature review and updated assigned skills related to maternal-newborn nursing topics for Mosby's Nursing Skills.

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Telecommuting from Charlotte, NC, working with subject matter experts (SMEs) to develop competency exams and educational materials for nurses and other healthcare professionals. Our company is affiliated with HealthStream, a leading provider of learning and research solutions for the healthcare industry.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Nursing Registry Consultants, Corp. (NursingCorp)May 2012 -- June 2012• Reviewing, editing, and composing exam questions for online nursing clinical competency exams related to L&D, nursery, NICU, and PICU.Family Marketing, Inc.April 2012 -- June 2012• Composing short (600-word) articles for educational website on topics related to preconception, pregnancy, and parenting. Mosby/Elsevier, Inc.November 2010 -- June 2012• Performed literature review and updated assigned skills related to labor and delivery and advanced practice obstetrical topics for Mosby's Nursing Skills.

Durham, North Carolina

• Clinical instruction for maternity students in accelerated BSN program at Duke University Hospital. • Guided learning experiences in L&D (including maternity OR/PACU), full term nursery, mother-baby unit, high risk antepartum unit, transitional care nursery, and intensive care nursery. • Graded student assignments.• Performed weekly and end-of-rotation evaluations.

Arnold, Maryland

• Provided full-scope nurse-midwifery care in birth center setting, including office visits. • Attended six births, including four waterbirths.

Huntersville, North Carolina

• Provided educational services and policy/procedure updates specific to nurses working in LDRP, SCN, and pediatrics.• Provided generalized educational services for housewide staff in cooperation with other facility nurse educators. • Conducted quality assurance audits as assigned. • Responsible for orientation process and scheduling for new nurses in LDRP, SCN, and pediatrics. • Represented hospital unit in multiple committees. • Participated in activities related to hospital’s move toward shared governance and Magnet recognition. • Became a unit resource for the QS electronic charting system for LDRP and SCN. • Provided staff relief on all women’s and children’s units as necessary.

Charlotte, North Carolina

• Taught courses for nursing graduates preparing to take the NCLEX-RN examination. • Proctored timed practice exams of various kinds, including NCLEX-RN, SAT, DAT, and LSAT.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Provided home care to high-risk obstetrical patients within the Charlotte, North Carolina area for conditions such as hyperemesis gravidarum and preterm labor. • Instructed patients on the use of home uterine activity monitoring. • Performed health assessments during home visits and provided necessary education to homebound patients.

Statesville, North Carolina

• Provided direct patient care to women in labor, antepartum clients, postpartum clients, and newborns. • Assisted breastfeeding mothers. • Circulated during cesarean sections and learned scrub nurse responsibilities. • Cared for normal newborns and newborns requiring additional respiratory support. • Helped stabilize babies and prepare them for transport to a higher level facility.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Maternity Care Staff Nurse (May, 1996 – January, 2000) • Provided direct patient care to new mothers following vaginal and cesarean births, high-risk antepartum patients, and surgical gynecologic patients. • Assisted nursing mothers with breastfeeding. • Provided discharge teaching to new families. • Performed antepartum testing. • Cross-trained to newborn nursery, neonatal intensive care, labor and delivery, and pediatrics. Neonatal Intensive Care Staff Nurse (January, 2000 – October, 2004) • Provided direct care to infants requiring stabilization following surgery. • Stabilized sick infants requiring IV therapy and respiratory support.• Cared for growing preterm and chronically ill infants.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Taught clinical practicum for Level 3 (senior) nursing students during student rotations through maternal/infant nursing (including antepartum clinics, labor and delivery, postpartum, nursery, and neonatal intensive care).• Graded written assignments.• Evaluated student performance in clinical areas.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Taught junior-level nursing students in both the classroom and clinical setting during student rotations through maternal/infant nursing and pediatric nursing. • Coordinated weekly clinical practicum for maternity nursing and acute care pediatric nursing (including labor and delivery, postpartum, newborn nursery, neonatal intensive care, general pediatrics, and pediatric intensive care). • Prepared and presented lectures in PowerPoint format.• Prepared handouts and transparencies as needed for classroom use. • Evaluated student clinical performance throughout the semester. • Graded written assignments. • Participated in faculty team meetings each semester.

Sapulpa, Oklahoma

• Provided direct care for laboring women throughout the labor and birth process, as well as new parents and their infants following birth. • Received infants and participated in newborn resuscitation following both vaginal and cesarean births. • Stabilized sick newborns and prepared them for transport to hospitals with neonatal intensive care facilities. • Performed antepartum testing. • Provided discharge teaching to postpartum. • Performed clerical duties.

Charlotte, North Carolina

• Provided mother-baby care in this 12-bed LDRP unit. • Assumed primary care for healthy laboring women with and without epidural anesthesia. • Provided direct care to patients with complications such as preterm labor, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and pyelonephritis. • Circulated during cesarean sections.• Provided immediate post-operative care for patients having cesarean sections. • Participated in the neonatal resuscitation team. • Performed antepartum testing and teaching. • Assumed occasional charge nurse responsibilities. • Provided care for Advanced Level II newborns in the special care nursery. • Served on the quality assurance committee.

Msn, Nurse-Midwifery

Ma, Church Music

Activities and Societies: President's List; Provost's List; Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges; Honors Graduate

Bsn, Nursing

Activities and Societies: Dean's List; Nursing Honor Society; Graduated Magna cum Laude

Diploma, Nursing

Activities and Societies: SECAS Honor Society

High School, General Studies