Lisa Balzer Email & Phone Number

Colombia Mo Office

Carthage, Il

OBResponsible for antenatal, perinatal and postnatal patients in a small rural critical assess. hospital as the only OB RN per shift. Later LPN's were added to assist at times.Critical thinking, resource management, and organizational skills strengthened.Transfer Nurse.Childbirth Instructor - as sole instructor improved and updated coursecurriculum to provide better information and learning experience for the participants. Initiated and implemented the Post-Partum Depression Screening Program. Co-organized the initiation of the state mandated OB Hemorrhage Project. Assisted with educating all medical personnel within the hospital regardless of specialty: all physicians, nurses, nurse assistants, medical secretaries, paramedics, surgery, and laboratory personnel. Worked other areas within the hospital when needed: Emergency Department, Medical-Surgical Floor, and PACU.

Pursued by Hannibal Regional Hospital to teach their childbirth classes and later joined their team as a per-diem staff nurse working labor/delivery, postpartum and nursery.

Family case Manager for 80-100 clients at a time. Assessed nutritional needs and growth and development of children under 2 by performing in home visit. Cliets were given education related to the needs found on these visits. Also gave information on their own health and helping to make their child healthy re: nutrion and immunizations. Referrals to other agencies as needed for food, cash assistance, medical needs. Individual case manager for mothers during pregnancy and until child was 1-2 years old. Referrals to resources as needed and providing various types of education such as preventative health-care, child safety,immunizations, growth and development. Advocate for breastfeeding and member of the Breastfeeding Coalition.

Maternity Center Responsible for antenatal, perinatal and postnatal patients in highly technical and complex hospital environment. Computer charting when it was first establish in this hospital for labor and delivery. Participated in Postpartum Home Visit program. Taught childbirth classes. Member of the Prepared Childbirth Committee. Transfer nurse. Cross trained to assist Medical/Surgical floors during increased staffing needs.

Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Mo

Directly out of nursing school to a high tech, complex, medical surgical floor. Responsible for total patient care of 4-7 patients, including: ventilators, cardiac drips. blood transfusions and platelets.

Responsible for total patient care including nursing assessments and treatments as needed under the guidance of the charge nurse. Duties similar to licensed practical nurse not permitted to pass medications or IV's. Floated throughout hospital: Neurology, Orthopedics, Surgery, General Medical/Surgical,Gynecology, Respiratory ICU,

Registered Nurse-Diploma In Nursing, Nursing, Healthcare

Activities and Societies: Resident Assistant x 2 yrs Employed by hospital as an undergraduate nurse after certain amount of school nursing.

Diploma