Kate Sipe
Boise
Summary
I am a compassionate and skilled registered nurse with 5+ years of bedside experience. Skilled in managing complex deliveries, providing prenatal and postnatal care, managing care of NICU babies, and supporting families during childbirth. Seeking to utilize my expertise in a challenging and rewarding environment
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Labor & Delivery/Postpartum Registered Nurse
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center
02.2021 - Current
- Utilizes triage skills to provide high quality care to patients of diverse populations
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to pregnant patients in need of immediate intervention
- Administered medications (such as oxytocin, insulin drips, and blood transfusions) and performed various nursing procedures, including fetal monitoring, IV insertions, and catheterizations
- Assessed lab results and communicated them to OB provider
- Closely monitored vitals signs as changes in these can occur quickly in laboring patients
- Performed as a Pre Op/PACU nurse preparing patients for either scheduled or emergency cesarean sections and recovering them immediately post op
- Performed as an operating room nurse which includes maintaining sterility in the OR, being the nurse to the newborn baby, and charting surgical procedures
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies for laboring/postpartum patients
- Educated patients and their families on pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum care
- Floated to the NICU when needed
Medical/Medical Surgical Nurse
Saint Alphonsus Hospital
09.2019 - 01.2021
- Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens, and pain management techniques
- Inserted catheters and IVs, PICC line care and management, as well as IV administration of medications including blood transfusions
- Assessed lab results and communicated them to on call physician
- Provided high quality care for up to 6 patients
- Provided empathetic care to patients which includes end of life care
- Used assessment skills to communicate abnormalities in patient status to physician and advocated for their needs
Education
Nursing
Boise State University
Boise, ID05-2020
Associate of Science - Nursing
San Diego City College
San Diego, CA05-2019
Skills
- IV insertion and management
- Triaging and patient assessment skills
- Fetal heart monitoring
- Accurate and timely charting of patient's labor and delivery
- Post operative wound care
- Operative room procedures
- Discharge planning for postpartum patients
- Breastfeeding support and education
- Empathetic and emotional support to patients that are experiencing loss
Certification
- ACLS
- PALS
- NRP
- STABLE
Timeline
Labor & Delivery/Postpartum Registered Nurse
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center
02.2021 - Current
Medical/Medical Surgical Nurse
Saint Alphonsus Hospital
09.2019 - 01.2021
Nursing
Boise State University
Associate of Science - Nursing
San Diego City College
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