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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateProleGraduated with a CNM/WHNP from Georgetown in Street Address and have worked inAtlanta as a midwife in both a hospital and a birth center setting. I am a motivated nurse midwife and womens health nurse practitioner passionate about evidence based, compassionate, trauma informed womens and gender-related healthcare in Atlanta. I am driven to increase education and access to OB/GYN care in Atlanta, to help bridge the healthcare gap for adolescents who may exist between pediatricians and obstetrician gynecologists, and to achieve medical uency in Spanish. ExperienceCertied Nurse Midwife/WHNP, Atlanta Birth Center with credentials at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA April 2024-present Provide care for clients during pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum. Place and remove IUDs and contraceptive implants. Worked to develop procedural pain and anxiety management plan for clients during IUD placement including use of nitrous oxide. Contributed to planning and expansion of gynecologic service and care at Atlanta Birth Center with focus on education for adolescent and young adult clients. In addition to well-person gynecologic care, family planning, birth control for medically complex patients, menstrual problems, including amenorrhea, irregular menses, heavy menses and dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, endometriosis, premenstrual syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome, puberty abnormalities, vulvovaginitis, and trauma. Independently manage low risk pregnancies in the birth center setting during low- risk labor, birth, and immediate postpartum for both birthing parent and newborn. Collaborate with physicians as needed for transfer to a higher level of care at the hospital while providing neonatal and maternal stabilization during this process. Manage inductions, labor, and delivery at Grady Memorial Hospital for clients transferring to the hospital for a higher level of care and high risk client requiring planned hospital birth. Preceptorship of student midwives.Certied Nurse Midwife, Southern Regional Medical Center, Riverdale, GA April 2023-October 2023PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEEMAIL AVAILABLE675 Ponce de Leon AveNE E924Atlanta, GA30308ZO ALEXANDRA PAPPAS CNM/WHNP In the OB/GYN emergency department, responsible for caring for gynecologic emergencies including, but not limited to: abnormal uterine bleeding, emergency contraception, IUD expulsion, ovarian and pelvic masses, pelvic inammatory disease, STIs, toxic shock syndrome and trauma/sexual assault. In the OB/GYN emergency department, responsible for caring for obstetric emergencies including, but not limited to: emergent vaginal deliveries, preterm labor assessment, vaginal bleeding in all trimesters of pregnancy, infectious disease exposures, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancies, abdominal trauma, sexual assault, pre-eclampsia with severe features, elevated blood glucose, elevated BP, stroke. Also facilitated improved access to OB/GYN care by providing STI testing and management, family planning and birth control including IUD placement, treatment for BV/yeast infections, HPV and TdaP vaccines, menstrual problems, including amenorrhea, irregular menses, heavy menses and dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, premenstrual syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome, vulvovaginitis, prenatal care, and postpartum care. In the L&D setting, responsible for induction of labor, postpartum hemorrhage management, labor dystocia management, shoulder dystocia management, malpresentation management, pre-eclampsia management; vaginal deliveries, perineal, periurethral, cervical, and vaginal laceration repair, suturing, newborn assessment, neonatal circumcision.Registered Nurse, Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta, Aac Hematology/ Oncology Inpatient/Outpatient Float Pool 2015-2024 As a clinical expert, provide, direct, and evaluate the delivery outcomes of nursing care in accordance with national and local standards for patients with leukemia/ lymphoma, solid tumors, brain tumors, and blood disorders. Manages patient complications including but not limited to: immunocompromise, nausea and vomiting, infection, sepsis, tumor lysis syndrome, avascular necrosis, radiation necrosis, seizure, steroid induced diabetes, typhlitis, pancreatitis, hypertension, acute kidney injury, kidney failure, gallstones, cholecystitis, splenic sequestration, hemorrhage, graft versus host disease, refeeding syndrome, respiratory distress, respiratory failure, and pain crisis. Assists with bedside procedures and collaborates with respiratory therapists and physicians to manage complex respiratory support with oxygen, continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel positive airway pressure, non-rebreather, and hi- ow oxygen. Administers high risk medications and performs various nursing procedures, including but not limited to: establishing intravenous access, wound care, central line care and dressing changes, Port-A-Cath access and deaccess, inserting Foley catheters, performing venipunctures, removing peripherally placed central catheter, and inserting nasogastric tubes. Manage complex therapies specic to heme/onc patients: phlebotomy, blood product transfusion, antibiotic administration, BP management, chemotherapy, and biotherapy. Lead RN preceptor responsible for the development, training, and evaluation of more than 45 nursing personnel.COVID Response Registered Nurse, Aya Healthcare, New York City, February 2020June 2020Inpatient medical surgical/ICU hybrid unit for COVID-19 patients in New York City, New York. Stabilized in order to discharge or transfer 40 L&D or postpartum couplets and followed with admitting COVID-19 patients requiring both medical surgical and ICU level care as the facility had been marked with full building request to provide care to COVID-19 patients only. As a clinical expert, provided, directed, and evaluated care of 6-9 adult and geriatric patients with COVID-19 per shift in accordance with national and local standards and developing knowledge of disease process treatment.Registered Nurse, Marist School, Atlanta, GA 2017-2021 School based RN for student body, faculty, and staff at an independent private school grades 7-12 with 1003 students and 249 faculty and staff members. Responsible for the daily health needs of the student body through the school day and during after school athletic and arts programs. Collects and reviews student health forms to partner with student and family to create individualized health care plans for students with a broad census of chronic health concerns including but not limited to: asthma, sickle cell disease, seizure disorders, thyroid disorders, allergies, neuromuscular disorders, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, diabetes, migraines. Manages any acute injury, emergency, and illness in the student body. Collaborates with sports medicine team to assess and treat any sport-related condition as well as create and implement team health and exercise plans. Partners with the school counseling department to assess and implement helpful strategies for mediating stress and improving overall mental health in the student body as a whole and on an individualized basis. Taught health class at the eight and tenth grade levels with topics including: healthy eating, exercise, preventing acute and sports related injuries, mental health, self-care, healthy communication, safe sex practices, safe practices to prevent drug and alcohol misuse, CPR, wound and acute trauma care, and interpersonal violence prevention. Leads a group of 36 student in a week long study of the Holocaust in Germany, Poland, and Czech Republic. Lead a 16-student outreach program in the Appalachian Mountains providing health services to the public, new home construction, and existing home safety improvement. Partnered with state and local government to organize and implement a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on campus for the community in spring of 2021. Lead a group of 6 volunteer nurses in the administration and monitoring of 1500 vaccine administrations to people of all ages. Created and implemented COVID-19 protocols for student safety in congruence with state and CDC guidelines. EducationGeorgetown University, Washington, D.C. Masters in Nursing: Certied Nurse Midwife & Womens Health Nurse Practitioner, 2022 Experiences gained: routine gynecologic and antepartum care; high risk gynecologic and antepartum care; STI screening and education; IUD placement and removal; Nexplanon placement and removal; family planning and contraception counseling; fertility counseling and intervention; preconception care; gynecology with perimenopausal and postmenopausal patients; outpatient and inpatient postpartum care; induction of labor; postpartum hemorrhage management; labor dystocia management; shoulder dystocia management; malpresentation management; pre-eclampsia management; 29 deliveries in the intrapartum setting; perineal, periurethral, cervical, and vaginal laceration repair; suturing; newborn assessment; neonatal circumcision; primary care of men, women, and children.University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Bachelors in Nursing, 2014 Skills Certied Nurse Midwife/WHNP/RN license GA, expires 01/2025 BLS Certication PALS Certication NRP Certication Spinning Babies Training IUD Paragard training Nexplanon training Epic training, last completed w/Grady Memorial Hospital August 2024 Spanish Language, intermediateProfessional Development Began Advanced Spanish Language training thru Craft Spanish, June 2024. Midwifery Skills & Drills Workshop, May 2024. Midwifery Student Mentor Georgetown University, 2022. Speaker at International Day of the Midwife Conference, May 2022. Nell Tharpe Suture Workshop, April 2022. |
