Wendy Burch Email & Phone Number

Sykesville, MD, US

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Takoma Park, Maryland

• The Department of Women’s Services includes Labor and Delivery, Mother/Baby care and Women’s Surgical Services.
• Women’s Surgical Services includes scrubbing and circulating cesarean sections, hysterectomies, D & C, and circumcisions.
• Chairman of the Practice Council. The Practice Council is responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of current policies and procedures, as well as ensuring that policies are current and evidence based.
• Managed up to 8 clients with different requirements and goals
• Responsible for analyzing, planning, implementing, and evaluating all phases of project/patient care
• Analysis of client requirements using active listening skills, and observation

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Instructed health care providers and lay persons in CPR at local regional hospitals in support of their community health services programs
• Certified CPR Instructor for Adult, Infant, and Child CPR
• Instructor for hospital provided community outreach class: “Essentials in Babysitting.”
• Certified First Aid Instructor
• Certified Instructor of Blood-borne Pathogens
• Certified Training Site Instructor

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Circulated Orthopedics, GYN, Plastics, Podiatry, MIS, and General Cases.
• Assisted team by doing tasks of team with unique skill set (Scrubbed minor plastics and podiatry cases)
• Collected and recorded client requirements
• Created plan based on client requirements
• Educated client on the process and plan for the project
• Responsible for timely implementation of plan and expediting completion

• Instructed health care providers and lay persons in CPR for the Howard Community College
• Certified CPR Instructor for Adult, Infant, and Child CPR

• Instruct health care providers and lay persons in CPR for CCBC
• Certified CPR Instructor for Adult, Infant, and Child CPR

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Developed project requirements
• Developed a plan, time table and list of resources required
• Developed a budget for project
• Gained capital required for project
• Implemented plan which included construction, electrical, design and sewing
• Developed and maintained Website

• Managed care of newborn, postpartum, and ante partum patients
• Service Excellence Award for January through June 2002
• Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care
• Delegated patient care to Patient Care Technicians (PCT) on a daily basis
• Collaborated with physicians, medical professionals, and other staff to ensure the quality of care. This includes obstetricians, neonatologists, pediatricians, lactation consultants, social workers.

• Completed six month OR Nurse Orientation
• Completed Baltimore OR Consortium curriculum
• Experience as circulating nurse and scrub nurse in ENT, Neurology, Orthopedic, GU, eye, GYN, plastics, burns, an general surgical services
• Responsible for delegating to Scrub Technicians on a per case basis
• Collaborated with attending surgeons, surgical residents, anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, medical students, nursing students, surgical equipment sales representatives

• Participated in a team care nursing environment
• Managed care of newborn, postpartum, and ante partum patients

• Taught and informed patients and families about disease processes, diagnostic procedures, immunizations, and care plans
• Performed triage evaluation, both by telephone and in the office
• Conducted preliminary assessment prior to doctor’s exam

• at the Special Additions Maternity Center and the Well Baby Nursery/Special Care Nursery
• Participated in a primary care nursing environment
• Managed care of newborn, postpartum, ante partum and GYN-surgical patients
• Contributed to design of the “Clinical Pathway” for normal vaginal delivery
• Managed care of pre-term infants, infants with RDS, and Hyperbilirubinemia

• on the Family Centered Care Unit
• Managed care of newborn, postpartum, and surgical patients
• Performed charge nurse duties approximately 50 % of the time

Nursery Nurse in admission and well-baby nurseries

Bachelor Science Nursing, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Sigma Theta Tau

Bachelor'S Of Fun Arts, Clowning, Circus Skills

Learned the ancient art of circus clowning from some of the Masters including Lou Jacobs, and Frosty Little. Skills included: design of.