Sarah Cook

Staff Nurse - Labor and Delivery (06/04/1999 – Present)

Dedicated medical professional with more than eleven years experience in a fast paced hospital setting. Resourceful problem solver capable of initiating formative solutions to complex problems. Possess special sensitivity to meeting diverse needs in varied situations. Key strengths include: -Remain calm and professional during times of critical need. -Strong analytical skills, easily assess conditions and implement appropriate intervention. -Ability to motivate, produce and coordinate instructions, organize assignments, and evaluate staffing requirements. -Relate well to people from a variety of cultures and socioeconomic conditions. -Readily develop rapport with patients, families, staff, physicians and other health care professionals. -Proven record of reliability and responsibility.

Last Employer: Genesys Regional Medical Center

Contact Person: Pam Raymond (810)060-5780

Responsibilities: Responsible for antepartum, laboring and/or postpartum patient care in a highly technical and complex hospital environment. Work cooperatively with physicians, medical professionals, patients, their family members, and other hospital to provide quality patient care. Alternating charge nurse accountability as assigned by nurse manager. -Supervise 8-17 staff nurses. -Evaluate staffing requirements, floor assignments and organize unit activities. -Communicate physicians orders to appropriate departments utilizing computerized data system. Provide comprehensive professional nursing care to low and high risk obstetric patients during the ante-, intra-, and post-operative partum periods, and to stabilize and care for neonate. -Place intravenous lines, catheters, and perform non-stress testing. -Assists physicians with amniocentesis, speculum exams, bedside ultrasound and deliveries. -Monitor, examine, report and follow up on laboratory results, blood work, and urinalysis results. -Assess and evaluate labor progress. -Observe, recognize, identifies, and correctly interprets fetal heart monitoring patterns, and uterine contractions patterns. Notifies physician, and take appropriative actions as needed. -Safely administers oral, rectal, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intravenous, topical and vaginal medications, and observe for reactions and side effects. -Circulate in OR for Cesarean sections, D&C's, Tubal Ligations, and emergency Hysterectomy. -Recover patients after surgery. -Assesses, resuscitates, and cares for neonate(s) immediately after delivery and during the neonatal period. -Provide couplet care.

Accomplishments: Michigan RN Licensure BCLS Certified NRP Certified Nurse Preceptor AWHONN Basic, Advanced, and Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Training. North Carolina Temporary RN License

Nurse Extern (05/08/1998 – 05/17/1999)

Assist a Registered nurse in the care of babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Last Employer: Hurley Medical Center

Responsibilities: Specific responsibilities: -Assessment of neonate and notify charge nurse of clinical findings. -Bottle, peg tube or gavage feeding provided. -Administrations of TPN and Lipids under the directions and assistance of a Registered Nurse. -Perform clinical skill according to hospital policies and standard of practice. -Educate family members to health care needs, conditions, processes, agendas, and options.

Establishment: Rhema Bible Training Center

Degree: No Degree

Education Period: 09/02/1991 - 05/21/1993

Speciality: Youth Ministry

Average Grade: 3.6 gpa

Details: This was a non-degree program. It was working in a church ministry.

Establishment: Mott Community College

Degree: Associate Degree in Nursing

Education Period: 09/05/1994 - 05/27/1999

Average Grade: 3.5 gpa

Details: Put on a wait list to get into nursing program.

Establishment: University of Michigan- Flint

Degree: Bachelors in Science

Education Period: 09/11/1995 - 12/21/2001

Details: 15 Credits short of Bachelor in Science degree.