RNC-OB, Lactation Consultant, Prenatal Educator
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AMANDA GOSS, BSN, RNC-OB, IBCLC
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EXPERIENCE
INTERNATIONAL BOARD-CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANT, CHRISTUS HEALTH SETX
Expert lactation care is provided to mothers in an acute care setting and in an outpatient clinic within our hospital including: lactation education, hands on assistance throughout the hospital stay, establishing individualized breastfeeding plans of care, protecting the moms personal experience, follow up phone calls to assess breastfeeding exclusivity, supplementation, and/or any concerns, lactation and mother baby quality/project improvements, answering Breastfeeding Warmline calls, and working with a diverse population in the Mother Baby Outpatient Clinic. My lactation team has received the IBCLC Care Award and our facility was designated a Texas Ten Step Hospital for the last several years.
2001 – 2015
BOARD CERTIFIED RNC– IN PATIENTS OBSTETRICS, CHRISTUS HEALTH SETX
Seasoned professional nursing care provided in labor/delivery/recovery/post-partum/antepartum including: admissions, discharges, triaging, primary nursing care, patient and family education, individualized plan of care, precepting/training new RNs, chart audits, review of computer generated medication administration orders/records, computerized documentation, venipunctures, IV initiation and therapy, and teaching baby care, childbirth and prenatal classes.
1999 - 2000
CLINIC LVN– CHRISTUS HEALTH/MEDICAL GROUP
Assessed vital signs, chief complaints, medical/medication history, drug allergies; performed immunizations, phlebotomy, breathing treatments, wound care, & EKGs; compiled documentation logs for narcotics/med samples/lab refrigerator temp settings; assisted physicians, nurse practitioners, & physicians assistants with physicals, work-related injuries, & minor trauma procedures
MAY – AUGUST 1998
CLINIC LVN– DR. STEVEN D. MAZZOLA, INTERNAL MEDICINE - ORANGE, TX
Assisted physician & nurse practitioner with physicals, patient care, and daily operation; collected & conducted laboratory testing and phlebotomy; provided diabetic education review;
performed breathing treatments, EKGs, & patient recalls
1997 - 1998
CLINIC LVN– TOWER MEDICAL CENTER - ORANGE, TX
Provided patient care and assessed medical history; performed phlebotomy, microscopic blood cell differentials, urine microscopy, drug screens and various lab testing; assisted family physician with minor trauma, immobilization procedures, & wound care
EDUCATION
DECEMBER 2000
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING, lamar university – Beaumont, TX
Graduated Summa Cum Laude with the highest GPA in my graduating nursing class of 2000
Lamar University-Beaumont, Department of Nursing: Award for Outstanding Performance in Clinical Nursing, December 2000
Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society - December 2000
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing - April 2000
Lamar University Honors Convocation: Distinguished Scholastic Achievement, April 2000
Lamar University College of Arts and Sciences: Award for Academic Excellence, April 2000
AUGUST 1997
LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE, Lamar university – orange, tx
Top GPA of graduating LVN Class
LVN Class Officer
All-State Academic Team for Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
SKILLS
Culturally aware/sensitive
Education
Collaborator
Organized
Honest
Empathetic
ACTIVITIES
Professional Practice Chair for CHRISTUS SETX Nursing Committee for Policy and Procedures
Designated Instructor Teaching the Intermediate and Advanced Fetal Monitoring Courses for the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Unit Representative for Nurse Practice Committee for the Center For New Life (L&D)
Zoom Education Coordinator and Instructor for Prenatal Question and Answer Classes
Volunteer at Calvary Baptist Church Preschool & Student Ministry from 2009 – present
Partnered with the March of Dimes for Prenatal Education Classes at CHRISTUS Health SETX
Safe Sleep Educator for CHRISTUS Health
Volunteer for March of Dimes Community Baby Shower for SETX
Volunteer for Birthright Organization
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