Melissa Rosa

• Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders and communicating with ancillary departments.
• Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking and administration.
• Coordinated care of low and high-risk laboring women of childbearing age and immediate stabilization of newborn following delivery.
• Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Managed unit care coordination between triage, labor and delivery inpatient care, and labor and delivery operating rooms and PACU.
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Performed and interpreted antenatal testing (non-stress tests and limited fetal ultrasound ie amniotic fluid index and biophysical profiles) in high risk obstetric patients.

Conferred with physicians to discuss results of antenatal testing results and coordinate follow-up as recommended.

Instruct patients on antenatal testing procedures, medical conditions, pregnancy related complications, Induction of labor, etc

Instructed patients on signs of labor and reasons to seek medical care.

• Coordinated care of low and high-risk laboring women of childbearing age and immediate stabilization of newborn following delivery.
• Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
• Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety and rights of patient.
• Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.

• Taught Childbirth Education classes designed to educate and support pregnant women and their families.
• Provided support and education to families by offering evidence-based learning programs.
• Assisted families with objective and informative advice to aid in decision-making.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.