Kerri Acosta
Peabody
Summary
Professional nurse with specialized expertise in labor and delivery. Proven track record of delivering compassionate and effective care while ensuring patient safety and comfort. Strong focus on team collaboration, adaptability, and achieving optimal outcomes. Skilled in patient assessment, monitoring, and emergency interventions, with calm and reliable approach in high-pressure situations
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery
Melrose Wakefield Hospital
09.2022 - Current
- Assessed and monitored maternal and fetal health during labor.
- Provided emotional support to laboring mothers and their families.
- Performed vaginal deliveries and cesarean sections.
- Assessed and documented physical condition of mothers and babies and assisted doctors in identifying and treating preeclampsia.
- Administered epidurals, intravenous fluids, medications, and other treatments as prescribed by physicians.
- Pitocin titration for induction/augmentation.
- Evaluated patient progress in labor using a variety of assessment tools.
- Responded quickly to obstetric emergencies including shoulder dystocia, breech presentations, hemorrhages and placental abruption.
- Monitored vital signs of mother and baby throughout delivery process.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary team members to ensure safe delivery of the infant.
Registered Nurse- Operating Room
Mount Auburn Hospital
05.2021 - 09.2022
- Coordinates and oversees the room during a surgery as the circulator
- Prepare patients for, and assist with, procedures and examinations
- Assists with preparing the operating room for surgical procedures and efficiently assists the surgeon during the procedure
- Provide professional nursing care to patients undergoing surgery
- Collaborates with the surgical team to ensure patient safety and surgical standards
- Coordinated surgical procedures, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and sterile techniques.
Registered Nurse- Telemetry/Med-Surg
Melrose Wakefield Hospital
08.2019 - 05.2021
- Provide direct quality care to patients including daily monitoring, recording, and evaluating of medical conditions
- Perform patient assessments and assist physicians to plan, implement, and evaluate plan of care for patients
- Assess and record patient vital signs, assessment and test results in electronic medical charts
- Observe patients and actualize nursing interventions to expedite healing and recovery
- Managed oral, intramuscular, and subcutaneous medications
- Educated patients and their families on disease processes, med/surg procedures and medication.
Education
Bachelors Degree in Nursing -
University of Southern New Hampshire
06.2021
Associates Degree in Nursing -
Middlesex Community College
01.2019
Skills
- Electronic fetal heart rate interpretation
- Antepartum care
- Breastfeeding support
- Obstetric emergency response
- IV insertion
- Neonatal resuscitation (NRP)
- Strong clinical judgment
- Medication and IV administration
- Critical thinking
- Attention to detail
- Patient and family advocacy
- Student precepting
- Monitoring vital signs
Certification
Registered Nurse
- License № RN2335404
CPR/BLS
- Basic Life Support
- American Heart Association
- Expires: November 2024
Neurotoxin
- Audrey Rose Institute of Medical Aesthetics - 2022
Timeline
Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery
Melrose Wakefield Hospital
09.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse- Operating Room
Mount Auburn Hospital
05.2021 - 09.2022
Registered Nurse- Telemetry/Med-Surg
Melrose Wakefield Hospital
08.2019 - 05.2021
Associates Degree in Nursing -
Middlesex Community College
Bachelors Degree in Nursing -
University of Southern New Hampshire