Jennifer Maseth

Seasoned health care professional with over 21 years of nursing experience.

Experience in delivery room, postpartum care, post-surgical cesarean delivery care, admissions/discharges, data management, triage, and assessments. Case manager for Cigna maternity program with 90-130 cases. Very efficient and highly motivated with a natural, responsible, and caring attitude.

Comfortable working in a fast-paced work environment and possess a proven ability to ensure that standards, policies, and communications are understood and implemented correctly. Structured and extremely detailed.

Stork Nurse - Western Pennsylvania hospital - AHN

• Perform newborn assessments, stabilization, and immediate post-delivery care.
• Educated patients and families on labor, delivery, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, newborn care, and discharge instructions.
• Promoted patient safety, infection prevention, and evidence-based nursing practices while providing compassionate, family-centered care.
• Responded to rapid obstetric and neonatal deliveries throughout the hospital as a member of the Stork Team.
• Provided neonatal resuscitation and stabilization in accordance with NRP guidelines.

Maternity case manager - Cigna

• Responsible for up to 130 maternity cases and assessing individual patient needs.
• Develop personalized care plans
• Called customers weekly to monthly educating and coproduction aging services and advocating for the customer
• Monitor progress to ensure optimal outcome

Postpartum/ Nursery/ level 1 NICU - Sewickley valley Hospital - Heritage Valley Heath System

(2013 - 2020)

Postpartum/Antepartum/Newborn Nursery Registered Nurse II - Western Pennsylvania Hospital – Allegheny Health System

(2003 - 2015)

• Provided specialized care for high risk pregnant women; as well as, continuously monitoring the health of the mother and child in 8 bed antepartum unit
• Monitored and read the fetal monitoring strips
• Assessed, planned, and evaluated appropriate patient care needs to new mothers and infants in a unit with 33 beds and 14 overflow beds
• Administered prescribed medications and monitored vital signs and lab work
• Provided post-surgical C-section care
• Coordinated care with ancillary staff as well as physicians, admissions and discharges
• Additionally responsible for serving as a Resource/Charge Nurse
• Admitted newborns to nursery within 2 hours of life, assessed and cared for healthy newborns
• Completed lab work and administered immunizations
• Educated new mothers and fathers on how to care for their infant, including: breast/bottle feeding and bathing
• Selected to orient new clinical students from CCAC, West Penn Hospital and Robert Morris University

Cardiac Step-Down/Telemetry Registered Nurse II - Western Pennsylvania Hospital – Allegheny Health System

(2004 - 2005)

• Served as charge nurse caring for patients with life-threatening illnesses, including acute congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, drug overdose, and respiratory failure
• Promoted health and support patients and families in coping with illness.
• Skilled in bedside monitoring and 12-lead EKG
• Provided pre- and post-care undergoing cardiac-catheterization and electrophysiological studies
• Provided care for patients undergoing MI screening and anticoagulant therapy
• Prepared patients for TEE, echocardiography, and stress testing
• Monitored patients with acute and chronic cardiac disease for arrhythmias
• Provided acute care and close monitoring of adult pre- and post-operative open-heart and pulmonary patients
• Worked collaboratively with surgeons, cardiologists, and interns to discuss and identify patients' needs
• Achieved expertise in physical assessment and efficient communication strategies

Cardiac Step-Down Registered Nurse I - Western Pennsylvania Hospital – Allegheny Health System

(2003 - 2004)

• Perform general nursing responsibilities, including assessments, medication administration, admissions and discharges, plan of care development and patient/family education
• Monitor patient condition and update patient care plan as needed
• Maintain constant communication with patients, medical staff and family members
• Collaborate with physicians and nursing staff to ensure plan of care aligns with patient needs
• Serve as mentor for nursing interns; provide support, guidance and assistance as needed
• Assume the role of Charge Nurse periodically; delegate responsibilities, assign patients and ensure compliance with policies, procedures and regulations

Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing - Community College of Allegheny County (2003-05)