Stephanie Costa

Experience

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  Women and Infants Hospital

  May 2008 - Mar 2013

  Registered Nurse

  Performing all duties of the registered nurse including caring for the newborns and mothers on the postpartum unit as well as specializing in women’s oncology/medical surgical nursing for two years. Postpartum care includes a strong emphasis on teaching the new mother breastfeeding and newborn care. Oncology care includes performing initial assessments on each patient when they arrive on the unit and continually assessing and providing interventions as necessary throughout the shift. The nurse is responsible for all patient teaching, admissions, discharges, medication administration, dressing changes, chemotherapy administration and providing all patient care. Show less

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  St. James Surgery Center

  Dec 2012 - now

  Per Diem RN

  Performing patient interview upon arrival to the pre op area. Assessing patient vital signs, marking the surgical site, including marking the eye with a sterile surgical marker as well as prepping the surgical site. The role of the nurse also includes assisting in the OR with eye surgery procedures such as cataract removal and lens replacement. Duties also include prepping patients for Lasik eye procedures and assisting with the laser procedures.

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  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  Apr 2013 - Jul 2013

  Registered Nurse

  Travel Contract: Performing all duties of the registered nurse that include caring for mothers and newborns in the postpartum phase. Duties include assessment, medicating both mom and baby if needed, performing interventions as needed and assisting with breastfeeding, pumping and bottle feeding. Patient and family teaching also plays an important role of the nurse.

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  Boston Medical Center (BMC)

  Dec 2013 - Feb 2015

  Registered Nurse- Float Pool

  Practicing as a registered nurse in the float pool on all medical, surgical, telemetry and step down ICU floors. Duties include assessments, medication administration, performing nursing interventions while advocating for the best patient care, performing discharge and admission assessments, monitoring patients on telemetry, IV drips and other various high risk medications.

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  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  Feb 2015 - Nov 2015

  Registered Nurse

  Practicing as a registered nurse on a medical/telemetry unit. Duties include assessments, medication administration, performing nursing interventions while advocating for the best patient care, performing discharge and admission assessments, monitoring patients on telemetry, IV drips, administering peritoneal dialysis, and other various high risk medications. Travel Contract.

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  Radiometer

  Aug 2015 - now

  Per Diem Sales Trainer

  Per diem sales trainer for the SafePico arterial blood gas syringe. Duties include educating nursing and medical staff on the proper use of the syringe as well as promoting sales of the product through client based interactions.

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  Torrance Memorial Medical Center

  Nov 2015 - Mar 2016

  Registered Nurse

  Travel Contract: Practicing as a registered nurse on a medical/surgical unit. Duties include assessments, medication administration, performing nursing interventions while advocating for the best patient care, performing discharge and admission assessments, monitoring patients on telemetry, IV drips, administering peritoneal dialysis, and other various high risk medications.

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  Providence St. John's Medical Center

  Mar 2016 - Jun 2016

  Registered Nurse

  Travel Contract: Practicing as a registered nurse on Caritas Suites, a medical surgical unit specifically based for high profile patients. Care was dedicated to the specialty needs of the client and ranged from all spectrum of ages 18-100 as well as any medical/surgical need. This unit also included telemetry and oncology. Floating to oncology and medical surgical floors if census permits.

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  Millennium Staffing

  Jun 2016 - now

  Registered Nurse- Brigham and Women's Hospital

  Travel contract: performing the duties of a registered nurse on the mother/baby unit. Duties included assessment and care of the mother and newborn during the immediate and postpartum phase. Interventions focus on educating the mother and family on all aspects of newborn care as well as medication administration and developing patient specific care plans.

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  Kindred at Home

  Sept 2016 - now

  RN Case Manager
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  Women and Infants Hospital

  Apr 2017 - now

  Registered Nurse
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  Koch Eye Associates

  May 2018 - now

  Nurse Practitioner
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  New England Premier Health Care

  Jan 2019 - now

  Nurse Practitioner