Amanda Anderson
East Grand Forks,MN
Summary
I have worked at Altru's Family Birthing Center since the year 2000. I started as a Certified OB Tech with my surgical technician degree. Since the year 2000, I have been NRP/BLS trained. 2014 I went back to school to obtain my LPN, was a postpartum nurse while attending school to get my RN, and finished school in 2005. Because I was a Labor and Delivery Nurse, Cesarean Section Nurse, I performed the Cesarean Section. I served as a mentor for mother-baby and labor and delivery from 2007 to the present. In 2009, I started working as a charge nurse. In 2013, I took on the Patient Care Coordinator role and am still currently in that role. When I took on that position, I was the mentor Coordinator as well. I have been teaching BLS since 2014. My Healing Touch certification was issued to me in 2016. I began conducting Birth Planning sessions for the Family Birthing Center in 2017.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Labor and Delivery Birth Planner and Coordinator
Altru Family Birthing Center
04.2017 - Current
- Care planning appointments with expecting mothers
- Review Birth plans, ensure patient feels involved in their plan of care. Reviewing and ensuring their plan and Altru's standards are able to work together.
- Coordination of care with multiple disciplinary teams to develop plan of care.
- Develop discharge planning.
- Coordinations of admits from outlying facilities. Entering their records and labs into chart.
- Creating pregnancy encounter.
- Identifying High-risk patients and situations and developing plan for their admission.
- Coordination of admits from Altru's inpatient units and outside referring facilities, ensuring compliance with admission standards and insurance requirements.
- This position independently works with physicians, nurses, discharge planner, therapists and outside referral sources to ensure that admission criteria is complete
- Pre-Admission Coordinator communicates information throughout admission process to referring providers, patients and/or families.
Patient Care Coordinator
Altru Family Birthing Center
08.2014 - Current
- Performs daily rounds on all patients assuring quality customer service by coordinating and taking action on any requirements not met.
- Assigns or delegates, within scope of practice, education and experience, responsibility for performance of nursing interventions to other persons for which that person has necessary skills and competence to accomplish safely.
- Performs daily huddles on all days of being charge nurse
- As early as possible, begins discharge planning, appropriate education and counseling based on identified needs to optimize patient/family understanding. Evaluates and documents according to standard operating procedure.
- Communicates with referring facilities or agencies regarding patient’s care. Monitors patient outcome measurements.
- Identifies, conducts follow-up and takes action on unsatisfactory outcomes, unusual findings, special needs and requests.
- Collaborates with team, referral sources and family members to obtain a holistic view of patient through assessment of physical, mental and emotional status. Determines post-hospital needs and collaborating with physicians and members of multidisciplinary team.
- Communicates with staff and Nursing Administration regarding bed availability and staffing needs.
- Performs pain assessment and takes appropriate action according to standard operating procedure.
- Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Altru Family Birthing Center
05.2005 - Current
- Provided care for patients utilizing fetal and maternal monitoring equipment. Managed the patient's pain including epidural and patient controlled analgesia administration.
- Assisted physician during delivery, treatment, examination and surgical procedures.
- Monitored, recorded and communicated patient condition as appropriate utilizing paper and then computerized documentation systems.
- Provided patient and family education on labor, pain and newborn care.
- Coordinated care of low and high-risk laboring women of childbearing age and immediate stabilization of newborn following delivery.
- Acted as Charge Nurse staring in 2008.
- Allocated patient assignments, provided nurse guidance, and gave full shift report for oncoming staff.
- Assisted patients through labor and delivery process including postpartum care.
- Executed tasks such as fetal monitoring, newborn assessments and hearing screenings, gave newborn care education to patients.
- Assisted with lactation.
- Managed tocolysis and/or preterm delivery.
- Cared for high risk antepartum patients.
- Assisted physicians in the OR as scrub nurse and circulation nurse.
- Performed charge nurse duties.
- Worked as staff nurse in triage unit, assessed patient needs vs. laboring patients.
- Educated expectant parents in prenatal childbirth courses.
- Worked as bereavement nurse in situations of pregnancy loss, ordering and providing appropriate literature and memory boxes to offer the grieving patient.
- Labor and delivery nurse mentor
- Taught birthing classes
- Continued Scrub nurse duties and postpartum nurse duties.
- Monitored fetal heart rate, and mother's vital signs.
- Administering medications and performed diagnostic tests.
- Consulted with physicians and other members of the care team.
- Assisted with the induction of labor.
- Identified and assisted with any complications.
- Assisted with various procedures including Cesarean sections.
- Provided education and support to mothers and families after delivery.
- Provided outpatient care in a triage setting for pregnant women
- Educated patients on breastfeeding and self-care post-partum.
- Cared for women immediately following Cesarean Sections
- Provided care to antepartum women in preterm labor
- Provided care for women on magnesium sulfate and insulin drips
- Managed the care of patients with induction of labor
OB Scrub Technician
Altru Hospital Family Birthing Center
07.2000 - Current
- As a OB Technician I assisted in the operating room by setting up the OR, assisting the surgeon, and cleaning up. Set up in all deliveries and cleaned up. Helped to coach labor pt at times. Performed a wide variety of tasks that are vital for the department. Assisted in the newborn nursery with circumcisions and infant monitoring. Performed personal cares and comforts.
- Performed procedures according to physician order and nursing delegation, based on validation and skill level, i.e., performance of blood specimen collection, non-blood specimen collection, etc.
- Scheduled tests, therapies and procedures according to standard operating procedure.
- Performed equipment set-up, maintenance, operation and cleaning per established guidelines, i.e., warmers, fetal monitors, pumps, sterile equipment and supplies, etc.
- Transported and/or transfers patients within or outside of the facility per delegation, physician or patient preference.
- Assisted with the discharge process in newborn nursery checking charts and making sure everything is done for discharge.
- Identified high risk situations and takes appropriate action according to standard operating procedure.
- Performed other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.
- NRP certified
LPN
Altru Family Birthing Center
08.2004 - 05.2005
- Monitoring the vital signs of mother and baby following a birth
- Cleaning, weighing and dressing the newborns
- Administering vaccinations and performing routine tests on the newborns
- Constantly checking the mother and baby for signs of common postpartum complications
- Overseeing any taking of medicines by the mother
- Educating new parents on how to care for their newborn when they go home
- Helping the mother to establish functional breastfeeding schedules and methods
- Encouraging and supporting new mothers emotionally and relaying their preferences to the doctors
- Inform the family about local community support groups for new parents
Education
Bachelor of Science - Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Chamberlain University
Downers Grove, IL06.2022
Associate of Science - Registered Nurse
Northland Community And Technical College
Thief River Falls, MN05.2005
Associate of Science - Licensed Practical Nurse
Northland Community And Technical College
East Grand Forks, MN05.2004
Associate of Science - Surgical Technology
Northland Community And Technical College
East Grand Forks, MN05.2000
High School Diploma -
East Grand Forks Senior High School
East Grand Forks, MN05.1997
Skills
- Surgical Tech Skills
- Postpartum Nurse
- Labor Nurse
- Mentor for all of Family Birthing Center Skills
- Patient Care Coordinator
- Birth Planning Coordinator
- Cesarean Section and PACU Nurse
- Healing Touch Certified
- BLS Instructor
- Charge Nurse
Accomplishments
- Healing Touch Certified (Program Level 1)
- Spinning babies practitioner
Affiliations
- Have Been apart of the BUDS (Better Understanding Down Syndrome) group since 2010. I have remained a member of the Board/committee since then.
- I have been a AWHONN member since 4/15/2020.
- Spinning Babies Member since 10/2021
Certification
- BLS instructor from 2014-2022
- NRP certified since 2000
- Stable Certified since 2007
- Healing Touch Certified since 11/11/2016
- Spinning babies certificate 3/2021
- ACLS Certification - since 2023
Timeline
Labor and Delivery Birth Planner and Coordinator
Altru Family Birthing Center
04.2017 - Current
Patient Care Coordinator
Altru Family Birthing Center
08.2014 - Current
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Altru Family Birthing Center
05.2005 - Current
LPN
Altru Family Birthing Center
08.2004 - 05.2005
OB Scrub Technician
Altru Hospital Family Birthing Center
07.2000 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Chamberlain University
Associate of Science - Registered Nurse
Northland Community And Technical College
Associate of Science - Licensed Practical Nurse
Northland Community And Technical College
Associate of Science - Surgical Technology
Northland Community And Technical College
High School Diploma -
East Grand Forks Senior High School
- BLS instructor from 2014-2022
- NRP certified since 2000
- Stable Certified since 2007
- Healing Touch Certified since 11/11/2016
- Spinning babies certificate 3/2021
- ACLS Certification - since 2023
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