Meghan Elizabeth Cellamare, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD

** ********* *****

Whitby, Ontario

L1P 1S2

adobzt@r.postjobfree.com

July 30 2021

To whom it may concern;

Please accept my resume and application.

My work and educational experience has provided me with the knowledge, skill and judgment of working under pressure in a variety of settings and situations, and has reinforced the importance of remaining calm and professional at all times. My experiences have also reinforced the importance of embracing learning opportunities, respecting new ways of thinking and playing an active role in ongoing learning and change.

My most recent professional experience is working as a perinatal educator, where my primary role and responsibilities include both corporate and program specific (Women and Children’s Program) activities. These activities include things such as creating and delivering staff education and orientation, corporate accreditation preparation, policy development and implementation, mentoring and coaching staff while promoting clinical champions, and best practice. Other activities include leading, supporting and participating in quality improvement and safety initiatives, as well as a wide variety of related committee work. Within this leadership role, I have been able to continually broaden my nursing and corporate knowledge base, strengthen my leadership capacity and enhance my teaching abilities through the use of creativity, innovation, and technology. This position has continually provided me with ongoing challenges and learning opportunities that will undoubtedly assist me in my future professional endeavours.

I am a MOREOB core team member and administrator, and help to facilitate annual goal identification and strategic planning, staff engagement and involvement, and annual education. I am also currently a System Manager for the electronic documentation system, Intellipace Perinatal and was a part of both the initial implementation and more recently program building and implementation. I am a certified Fetal Heart Surveillance and Neonatal Resuscitation Program instructor and have assisted in the instruction of both initial and recertification’s for nursing staff, registered midwives and obstetricians, have completed the STABLE course and have completed the Level 1 (20 hours) Breastfeeding course. I am more recently a member of the Board of Directors at the Canadian Association of Perinatal and Women’s Health Nurses (CAPWHN), and a member of the Ontario Fetal Health Surveillance Steering Committee. These positions have enhanced my ability to participate in both provincial and federal education opportunities and have fostered networking relations. My most recent education includes activities to enhance my knowledge in simulation training and critical care. In addition, I am also an appointed article reviewer, for the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN). This opportunity allows for me to stay abreast to upcoming changes and discoveries in scientific literature. Within the nursing profession, I have also worked as a perinatal staff nurse in a Level 2C Labour and Delivery and Post Partum Unit. This connection to the patient, their experience and to the evolving bedside practice, has aided me to remain abreast to current community trends, but also has enabled me to keep my clinical skills current and assists me in potential identifying the needs of staff and areas for process or quality improvement. My roles during this time included bedside nursing, committee work, and at various times, I have assisted in prenatal course instruction, mentored graduating and newly hired staff, and have facilitated the triage, non-stress test and maternal newborn registration clinic. As evidenced by the education experiences, I am committed to ongoing education and learning, and continual professional development. My most recent formal education includes the completion a doctorate nursing program, through the University of Arizona. which I majored in Reducing Risks and Promoting Health in Vulnerable Populations. My dissertation research stemmed from both my clinical and educational background, in which I explored the paternal experience of perinatal loss, themes related to constructing meaning following a perinatal loss and what coping strategies facilitated and/or hinder the construction of experiential meaning following such a tragic loss. Prior to the completion of this program, I completed my Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing through York University. My theoretical focus of the latter program was guided by human science nursing theory and concerned the human health experience of suffering, specifically related to the paternal experience of perinatal loss.

My educational and professional experience (s) and success thus far, have helped me to build a solid foundation to which I can continue to broaden my horizons and meet my future personal and professional goals. I am personally committed to ongoing learning and promoting quality and safety initiatives. I feel that I am an ideal candidate to which I hope you feel consideration is warranted. I am also willing, able, flexible, committed, responsible, reliable, punctual and have excellent references. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity as well as for your valuable time and consideration, I hope to hear from you soon.

Yours truly,

Meghan Elizabeth Cellamare, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD

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Enclosure

Meghan Elizabeth Cellamare, RN, PhD

19 Telegraph Drive

Whitby, Ontario

L1P 1S2

adobzt@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

03/10-Present Scarborough Health Network - Centenary Site

(Formally called Rouge Valley Health System, and Scarborough and Rouge Hospital)

Clinical Practice Leader: Professional Practice

Birthing Centre Family Maternity Centre, and Genetics Program Supported the Paediatrics Unit – Interim

01/21-Present Canadian Association of Perinatal and Women’s Health Nursing (CAPWHN) Board of Directors Member

Co-Chair – National Conference 2021

Member of the abstract committee

04/2021- Present Ontario Fetal Health Surveillance Steering Committee Member 04/2021-Present Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN) Appointed article reviewer

05/2018- 07/2018 Trent University

Clinical Instructor – Mat/Child Placement at PRHC

Summer Semester contract

03/10- 01/12 Rouge Valley Health System – Cross Site position Clinical Practice Leader: Professional Practice

Centenary Site: Birthing Centre

Ajax-Pickering Site: Maternal Newborn Services Program Previously responsible for the Diabetes Education Clinic 01/2015-04/2021 Markham Stouffville Hospital

Casual Perinatal Nurse

08/04-03/10 Rouge Valley Health System – Centenary Site Labour and Delivery and Post-Partum Registered Nurse 05/03- 03/10 Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Office Assistant

08/01-02/07 Meridien Distribution

Executive Assistant

06/02 – 08/02 Canadian Food Inspection Agency

(Temporary) Office Assistant

EDUCATION

January 2021 Nursing package on CriticalCareLearning.ca In Progress October 2019 The Hospital for Sick Children Learning Certificate Achieved Institute, Simulation Program: Simulation

Instructor Workshop (15 hours)

October 2019 Sunnybrook Canadian Simulation Centre Certificate Achieved Obstetrical Simulation in the Emergency

Department (3 events)

June 2018 BCLS Certificate Achieved

June 2018 RNAO BPSO Workshop Certificate Achieved

Nursing Best Practice Guidelines Clinical

Institute (Foundational Stream)

April 2018 PAIL Workshop Certificate Achieved

April 2017 Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor Course Certificate Achieved Instructor status - Active Instructor

March 2017 Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certificate Achieved December 2016 Level 1 (20 hours) Breastfeeding Course Course Completed January 2016 Essentials of Obstetrical Care Course Completed March 2018 Fetal Monitoring Surveillance Course Course Completed In Hospital Training

November 2014 STABLE Program Course Completed

August 2008- University of Arizona, Tucson AZ Degree Achieved December 2012 Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing

October 2004- More Ob Program – Core Team Member/ Ongoing Present Administrator

October 2011 Electronic Fetal Monitoring Instructor Certificate Achieved Course (PPPESO)

Instructor status - Active Instructor

2011- Present LEAN philosophy workshops

2011-2013 Advanced Leadership Training

March 2010 RNAO E-Health Workshop E-Health Champion May 2005-August York University, Degree Achieved

2007 Master of Science in Nursing

October 21, 2006 Mount Sinai Hospital Certificate Achieved Challenges in Intrapartum Care

Course

January- March Centennial College Course completed 2005 Intrapartum Nursing Course

2000-2004 York University Degree Achieved

Collaborative Nursing Program,

Honors Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Recipient of the Nursing Praxis Award

1995-1999 Pickering High School

Graduated with an English and French Immersion Diploma PUBLICATIONS (# data-based, *peer reviewed, + invited) Articles:

#*Cholette, M. (2012). Exploring the Meaning of the Paternal Experience of Perinatal Loss: A Phenomenological Study (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Arizona, Tucson Arizona, United States of America.

*Cholette, M. & Gephart, S. (2012). A Model for the Dynamics of Bereavement Caregiving. International Journal of Childbirth Education, 27 (2), 14-18.

#+Cholette, M. (2012). Through the Eyes of A Father: A Perinatal Loss. International Journal of Childbirth Education, 27 (2), 33-38.

*+Gephart, M. and Cholette, M. (2012). PURE Communication: A Strategy to Improve Care Coordination for High-Risk Birth. Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, 12 (2), 109-114.

#+Cholette, M. & Gephart, S. (2011). Living Through the Unexpected: Two fathers Share Their Experience with Postpartum Hemorrhage. International Journal of Childbirth Education, 26 (4), 49-52. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

2012 – Doctoral dissertation: Exploring the Meaning of the Paternal Experience of Perinatal Loss: A Phenomenological Study

AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST

Bereavement – Perinatal loss

o The impact of other family members

o Cultural influences on grief

o Caregiver stress and coping

o Bereavement programs effectiveness

o Caregiver education and debriefing processes

Explore the connection between postpartum depression and breastfeeding

Perinatal nursing and perinatal care

Postpartum Hemorrhage

Quality and Safety

Patient experience

Simulation and team preparedness

PERSONAL PROFILE

Valid Ontario College of Nurses Registration

BCLS certified

Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certificate Achieved

Fetal Monitoring Program instructor

Neonatal Resuscitation Certificate Achieved

Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor

Breastfeeding 20 hour course complete

Member of the Registered Nurses of Ontario (RNAO)

AWHONN Member

SOGC Member

RNAO Member

Nursing Clinical Experience (s):

Labour and delivery / Postpartum – including scrubbing, circulating, triage, management of antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum patients and newborns.

Consolidation at Rouge Valley Centenary Health Center (Labour and Delivery )

Clinical rotation at Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA)

Clinical rotation at Centenary Hospital (day surgery)

Clinical rotation (s) at North York General (Geriatrics unit, Postpartum Unit, Pediatrics Unit)

Clinical rotation at Scarborough Community Care Access Center

Clinical Rotation at Scarborough General hospital (Surgical unit)

Clinical Rotation at Markham Stouffville Hospital (Medical/Telemetry Unit)

Proficient computer skills and experience with Microsoft applications, Word Excel, Power Point, Meditech, Intellispace Perinatal, Articulate Storyline, Zoom and other virtual team plateforms

CITI Certified (03/12)

Member of the Perinatal Bereavement Committee

Member of the Breastfeeding Committee

Member of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee

Member of the Orderset Committee

Member of the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee

Member of the Research and Ethics Board Committee

Member of the SHN Blood Transfusion/Conservation Committee

Member of the Ontario Fetal Health Surveillance Steering Committee

Member of the

AWARDS

Winter 2017 – Rouge Valley Health system nursing bursary award

Winter 2012 – Rouge Valley Health System Nursing Bursary Award

Graduate Nursing Tuition Scholarship (10/12)

Graduate Nursing Tuition Scholarship (08/12)

Kathleen Johnson Memorial Scholarship (08/12)

Nursing Graduate Tuition Scholarship (02/12)

Nursing Stipend (06/11)

Fall 2009 and Spring 2009 Nursing Funding Scholarship

Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 GRS/GTS

Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 Graduate Scholarship

Nursing Praxis award

o Award Description: Excellence in integrating the human science paradigm in being/becoming, knowing and doing within nursing practice; in further recognition of being a reflective practitioner orally and in written work and the enactment of caring as a moral way of being.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Valid Ontario College of Nurses membership

Registered Nurses of Ontario Member

SOGC member

CAPWHN member

More Ob core team member / Administrator

TEACHING

General Orientation

Pain Pump Theory Day

Neonatal Resuscitation program

Aseptic Technique and Operating Room Theory and Skills day

Neonatal and Paediatrics Assessment and Theory classes

Point of Care Glucose meter testing and management of hypoglycemia

Intellispace Perinatal Theory day

Aseptic Technique Orientation Theory and Practical Classes

Women’s Program Obstetrical Orientation Theory Classes

MORE OB workshops and OSCE

Passport to Patient Safety Annual Initiative

Neonatal Resuscitation Program

Fetal Health Surveillance Program

Women and Children's orientation

REFERENCES Available upon request

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