Leah Naftalowitz Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Provide high-quality nursing care to patients on a variety of monitored units (based on staffing needs), including open heart stepdown, intermediate care unit (IMCU), congestive heart failure, and others• Specialty-trained in advanced cardiac monitoring, pre- and post-operative cardiac procedures, intravenous vasoactive medication titration• Safely care for three to four acute cardiac patients on an average night

Baltimore, Maryland

• Care for a diverse patient population in a fast-paced telemetry unit • Provide high-quality nursing care to neurological and neurosurgical patients, in addition to patients with a wide spectrum of medical and psychiatric conditions • Work as part of a team in emergency situations such as cardiac arrest and acute change in mental status • Specialty-trained in epilepsy monitoring, care of acute stroke patients, and brain and spine surgical patients • Safely care for five telemetry patients on an average day • Serve as a resource for peers and new employees, both in knowledge and in skills such as venipuncture• Play an active role in discharge and transfer planning for patients transitioning to various settings

Baltimore, Maryland

• Communicated with insurance companies for issues including prior authorizations, referrals, chart review processes, and determination of appropriateness of care • Corresponded with patients, pharmacies, and home care agencies to coordinate patient services • Performed general office work, including correspondence, billing, filing, and data entry • Collected medical information including patient history and vital measurements • Prepared vaccinations and obtained cultures

• Assist pregnant women in prenatal education • Promote comfort of laboring women through massage, aromatherapy, acupressure, and coached breathing • Advocate for birthing women in the hospital setting

Greater Boston Area

• Shadowed neurologist during office visits, department meetings, and grand rounds • Transcribed therapy sessions of aphasic stroke patients in Music, Stroke Recovery, & Neuroimaging Lab • Organized and prepared a complete bibliography for Dr. Louis Caplan’s extensive publications

Post-Master'S Certificate, Family Nurse Practitioner, Gpa: 3.92

Ms, Clinical Nurse Leader, Nursing Science, Gpa: 3.83

Honors: Excellence in Neurological Nursing Award Mary Catherine Bunting CNL Scholarship Recipient Who’s Who Among Students in American.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Humanities/Humanistic Studies, Gpa: 4.0