Laura P. Kennedy, MSN, NP-C, RNC-OB

**** *** **** ***** ********, Texas 75070

214-***-****

acyw40@r.postjobfree.com

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

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