Served as the lead Registered Nurse for the Unit; created nursing assignments for nurses on the following shift based on level of acuity and required care for each infant; served as a mentor to other nurses while managing my own assignment
Assisted Neonatal Nurse Practitioners with vaginal and cesarean section deliveries
Registered Nurse
Mercy Hospital St. Louis
09.2019 - Current
Cared for critically and chronically ill infants 22+ weeks in a 98 bed NICU
Precepted/oriented graduate and float nurses
Encouraged and facilitated family involvement in patient centered care; educated parents/ other family members on the best neuroprotective care and encouraged skin-to-skin time
Monitored patients on various levels of oxygen therapy including infants with a tracheostomy or endotracheal tube on mechanical ventilation, HFJV1, HFOV2, and iNO3; and patients on NIMV4, CPAP5, HHNC6, and LFNC7
Advocated for patients assigned to me by communicated needs of the patient and their families to different members of our interdisciplinary team
NICU associate
Mercy Hospital St. Louis
07.2018 - 09.2019
Communicated frequently with labor and delivery nurses, NICU charge nurses, medical team, and respiratory therapists during admissions, discharges, and transfers
Facilitated communication between the nurses, other units, and other coworkers in the NICU in order to keep the unit fully stocked with necessary items
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
University of Missouri-Kansas City
05.2001 -
Bachelor's of Science - Nursing
University of Missouri
07-2019
Certification
Basic Life Support, American Heart Association, 09/17