Carolyn Kauffman
Strasburg
Summary
Dedicated and experienced obstetrics nurse with more than 10 years of experience providing prenatal, antenatal, and postpartum care in an out of hospital labor and delivery setting. Excited by the prospect of joining your team and helping to achieve excellence in patient care and outcomes.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
BirthCare & Family Health Services
06.2014 - Current
- Monitored maternal and fetal wellbeing throughout labor, delivery and postpartum.
- Provided labor support, coaching and advocation for patient.
- Conducted comprehensive physical assessments.
- Administered medications as prescribed, performed IV starts and prepared room and equipment for delivery.
- Assisted midwife with delivery including patient support, monitoring fetal heart tones and maternal vital signs, providing needed equipment, immediate neonatal care and resuscitation, cord blood collection, medication administration and thorough documentation.
- Monitored and cared for mother and newborn including obtaining maternal and newborn vital signs, providing breastfeeding support, administering prescribed medications, and performing newborn screenings.
- Responded to and provided care in emergency situations such as fetal distress, cord prolapse, shoulder dystocia, postpartum hemmorrhage and newborn resuscitation.
- Discharged mothers and babies after guiding parents through at-home care and follow-up medical care.
- Briefed next-shift nurses thoroughly on condition, status and needs of mother and newborn.
- Performed day 2 postpartum home visits to assess maternal and newborn wellbeing, obtain newborn metabolic, hearing and CCHD screenings, and coordinate follow-up care as needed.
- Reviewed and transcribed laboratory results and initiated follow-up care of abnormal results.
- Coached new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood.
- Trained and mentored 11 other staff members in obstetrics nursing and care.
Education
Associate of Arts - Nursing
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg, PA12.2013
Skills
- Monitoring Vital Signs (maternal, fetal, and newborn)
- IV medication administration
- PO medication administration
- IM medication administration
- SQ medication administration
- IV placement
- Phlebotomy
- Newborn care
- Newborn screenings
- Intermittent catheter placement
- Indwelling catheter placement
- Labor support
- Breastfeeding support
- Patient education
- Clear staff communication
- Thorough documentation
- HIPAA compliance
- Coordinating follow-up care
Certification
NRP certified
BLS certified
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
PA Dutch
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Limited Working
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
BirthCare & Family Health Services
06.2014 - Current
Associate of Arts - Nursing
Harrisburg Area Community College
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