Laura P. Kennedy, MSN, NP-C, RNC-OB
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Education
Master’s of Science in Nursing with honors, Family Nurse Practitioner, 2016
South University, Savannah, Georgia
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 2001
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
Experience
Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas, Texas; 11/2011 – present
High Risk Maternal Transport Team
Responsible for the care of transporting the high risk patient experiencing pregnancy complications
Continuously assess and monitor the fetal heart rate during transport and intervene as necessary
Evaluate patient conditions, use critical thinking and decision-making skills in order to appropriately administer medications and treatment during transport as needed according to protocols
Communicate with sending and accepting facilities regarding patient/fetal status
Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas, Texas; 3/2008 – 10/2010
Clinical Education Specialist, Women’s Services
Coordinate, schedule, and develop individualized internship programs and orientation guidelines for all of women’s services (labor and delivery, newborn nursery, antepartum, postpartum, and gynecology/oncology)
Educate hospital staff on initiatives to be implemented including new policies, procedures
Responsible for scheduling, coordinating, and teaching annual competencies for each of the women’s services departments
Continued to work PRN as a staff nurse and preceptor in labor and delivery
Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas, Texas; 10/2005 – 2013
Staff Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Responsible for the care of the laboring patient throughout the labor, delivery, and recovery process
Perform thorough assessment of the patient and newborn during the first one to two hours after delivery
Preceptor for new graduate nurses through an intense 12 week internship program
Coordinate the labor and delivery internship program, schedule and teach internship classes, and oversee all preceptors and interns throughout the internship
Circulate in the operating room during surgical procedures related to the obstetrical patient
Preceptor for new graduate nurses
The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, Houston, Texas; 9/2001 – 2/2005
Staff RN, Labor and Delivery
Responsible for the care of the laboring patient throughout the labor, delivery, and recovery process
Continuously assess and evaluate the fetal heart rate and intervene as necessary
Perform thorough assessment of the patient and newborn during the first one to two hours after delivery
Responsible for the care of the low and high risk antepartum patient
Preceptor for new graduate nurses
Circulate in the operating room during surgical procedures on the obstetrical patient
Certifications and Memberships
AANP National Certification, 2017 – present
RNC-OB, Inpatient Obstetric Nurse Certification, 2010 – present
Sigma Theta Tau, 1999 – present; National Honor Society of Nursing
NRP certified, 2001 – present
ACLS certified, 2005 – present
BLS certified, 1998 – present
STABLE, 2011 – present
AWHONN fetal monitoring certification, 2001 – present
AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Instructor, 2009 – 2012