Amy Kimura

Experienced and compassionate Registered Nurse with more than 25 years of nursing experience across behavioral health, pediatric psychiatric care, labor and delivery, maternal-child health, high-risk obstetrics, postpartum care, and private-duty nursing. Strong clinical background in patient assessment, medication administration, crisis intervention, patient safety, therapeutic interventions, care coordination, clinical documentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Experienced in supporting patients and families through behavioral health crises, high-risk pregnancies, childbirth, postpartum recovery, and pregnancy loss.

Dedicated to safe, trauma-informed, patient-centered nursing care.

Registered Nurse — Behavioral Health at Ascension Mercy Hospital → Prime Healthcare / Prime Mercy (2023-05 – Present)

• Provide safe, compassionate nursing care to patients in a behavioral health setting.
• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and identify safety risks requiring intervention.
• Implement appropriate safety measures to reduce the risk of self-harm or harm to others.
• Administer medications safely and accurately while monitoring therapeutic response and potential adverse effects.
• Implement therapeutic interventions based on individualized patient care plans.
• Participate in interdisciplinary treatment planning and coordination of patient care.
• Conduct group therapy addressing coping skills, anger management, stress reduction, and related behavioral health needs.
• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and interdisciplinary team members to support treatment and discharge planning.
• Provide patient and family education and assist with coordination of appropriate aftercare resources.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and protect patient confidentiality.

Registered Nurse — Behavioral Health at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Facility / Acadia Healthcare (2021-08 – 2022-08)

• Provided comprehensive nursing care to patients with mental health and behavioral health disorders.
• Performed patient assessments and contributed to individualized treatment planning.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to establish and coordinate patient care plans.
• Implemented therapeutic interventions to support symptom management and development of healthy coping skills.
• Participated in group therapy addressing stress management, anger management, and interpersonal relationships.
• Administered medications and monitored effectiveness and patient response.
• Maintained a safe, supportive, and therapeutic environment for residential behavioral health patients.

Registered Nurse — Labor & Delivery at AMN Healthcare (2016-12 – 2018-07)

• Provided nursing care to patients experiencing normal and high-risk labor and delivery.
• Monitored fetal heart rate patterns, uterine contractions, maternal vital signs, and fetal well-being.
• Performed vaginal examinations to assess cervical dilation, effacement, and fetal station.
• Responded promptly to obstetric emergencies including fetal distress and maternal hemorrhage.
• Supported patients undergoing induction and augmentation of labor.
• Collaborated with physicians and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals to promote safe maternal and fetal outcomes.

Private Duty In-Home Caregiver at Private Duty In-Home Care (2013-06 – 2017-11)

• Provided compassionate and individualized in-home care based on clients' medical and personal needs.
• Assisted with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, and mobility.
• Administered medications according to prescribed schedules.
• Maintained accurate medication records and followed appropriate safety protocols.
• Promoted independence, dignity, safety, and emotional well-being.

Registered Nurse — Labor & Delivery at Baptist Health Care (2005-09 – 2007-08)

• Provided nursing care to laboring patients and newborns.
• Monitored fetal heart rate patterns and maternal vital signs.
• Collaborated with obstetricians, midwives, anesthesiologists, and neonatal nurses.
• Participated in individualized maternal and newborn care planning.
• Performed newborn assessments immediately following delivery to identify abnormalities or complications.

Registered Nurse — Labor & Delivery at United States Department of Defense (2003-09 – 2005-09)

• Provided labor and delivery nursing care in a military healthcare setting.
• Assisted with vaginal deliveries, epidural administration, and cesarean sections.
• Monitored maternal and fetal status throughout labor.
• Collaborated with obstetricians, midwives, anesthesiologists, and neonatal nurses.
• Educated new parents regarding newborn care and breastfeeding.

Maternal-Child Health Registered Nurse at Rush University Medical Center (1996-05 – 2003-07)

• Provided maternal-child nursing care in a high-volume academic medical center.
• Monitored fetal heart rate patterns and maternal vital signs.
• Managed multiple high-risk pregnancies while maintaining patient safety in a fast-paced environment.
• Assisted with Lamaze, water births, epidural administration, and other labor and delivery services.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals to develop individualized care plans.
• Served as a primary bereavement-support RN for families experiencing pregnancy or infant loss.
• Worked with social services and other support professionals according to patient and family needs.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) in Nursing – Westminster College of Salt Lake City (1992-08 – 1996-05)

Perinatal Doula Education & Clinical Training – International Doula Institute