A B O U T M E

ERINN KENNEDY-HELDT

REGISTERED NURSE

OBJECTIVE

Energetic and motivated registered nurse who is goal-directed and has a strong background in interpersonal skills, communication, and the field of nursing. Maintains initiative and focus with a commitment to innovative processes.

EXPERIENCE

REGISTERED NURSE

The Mother Baby Center (High Risk Post-Partum) Minneapolis, MN, December 2016—Present

Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Orthopedic Unit) Minneapolis, MN, January—December 2016

• Collect, prioritize, and synthesize comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or situation

• Analyze assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses, next care steps, when to notify provider

• Identify expected outcomes individualized to the patient

• Develop a plan that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes

• Implement the identified plan

• Evaluate the patient’s progress towards attainment of the outcome

• Systematically enhance the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice

• Attain knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice

• Evaluate my nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and regulatory guidelines

• Contribute to the professional development of peers, colleagues, and others

• Collaborate with patient, family, and others in the conduct of nursing practice

• Act in an ethical manner

• Integrate research findings in practice

• Incorporate factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact on practice in planning and delivering patient care

CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT

• St. Francis Regional Medical Center (Float Pool) Shakopee, MN, September 2013- January 2016

• Bethesda Hospital (Complex Medical Care) St. Paul, MN, December 2010-October 2014

• Regions Hospital (Trauma Unit) St. Paul, MN, June 2009-June 2010

• U of M Hospital Fairview Riverside (NICU) Minneapolis, MN, January-September 2009

• U of M Hospital Fairview Riverside (Medical/Surgical/Telemetry) Minneapolis, MN, July 2007-December 2008

• Augustana Care Corporation; Apple Valley, MN, April - July 2007 HEALTH UNIT COORDINATOR

• Regions Hospital (Heart & Vascular Care) St. Paul, MN, June-December 2010

• U of M Hospital Fairview Riverside (Medical/Surgical/Telemetry) Minneapolis, MN, March-December 2008

My passion for nursing was

inspired by my journey into

motherhood. My twin daughters

were born 12 weeks early after a

month of hospital bedrest. The

care they and I received,

inspired me to give back.

C O N T A C T

adq46r@r.postjobfree.com

612-***-****

Minneapolis, MN

E D U C A T I O N

METRO STATE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Science in

Nursing, 2017

NORTH HENNEPIN

COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Associate Degree in

Nursing, 2015

HAMLINE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Arts in Physical

Education & Health, 2005

SKILLS

• Experience caring for many cultures, races, ethnicities, and different types of families including same sex couples, teenage parents, adoptive parents, single parent families, gestational carriers

• cord clamp removal

• collection of meconium and infant urine for the purpose of drug testing

• heel sticks on infants (including collecting serum bilirubin, serum glucose, and metabolic screen)

• newborn testing: hearing screen, CCHD, weight, and transcutaneous bilimeter

• administration of infant intramuscular injections and buccal administration of dextrose gel to the infant

• Management of a variety of patients:

• Total joint replacements: hip, knee, shoulder

• Comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes type 1 and type 2, etc.

• postpartum hypertension

• severe preeclampsia

• HELLP

• transfer to ICU for PRESS and care of postpartum patient alongside ICU RN

• postpartum recovery of mother and newborn after vaginal birth

• breastfeeding and infant feeding support

• care of patients with severe hemorrhages, preterm births, parents who are separated from their infant

• infants as young as 36 weeks 1 day gestation, babies who are small or large for gestational age

Protocols used:

• Newborn Hypoglycemia Management

• Newborn Sepsis Risk Assessment (Kaiser Permanente online Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis Calculator)

• Neonatal Abstinence Scoring

• Postpartum Bladder Assessment & Management

• Newborn Head Surveillance

• Postpartum Hypertension Management

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