Registered Nurse
Resume:
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
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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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