Nilda Mestey
2715 Bay View Circle, Algonquin, IL 60102
Home 847-658-0819
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Cellular 224-6001233
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nildamestey@yahoo.com
Professional Highlights
Compassionate Registered Nurse with 15years experience in clinical settings providing Obstetrical
nursing care in a hospital environment. Team motivated with strong organizational analytical skills and
capable of working under pressure in fast-paced environments and managing multiple and diverse tasks
simultaneously. Additional expertise includes staff management and health care recruitment
Experience
Walgreens/Take Care Health Systems
2012 to 8/2013
Talent Business Partner
Implementation team partner responsible for sourcing, screening and assessment of quality candidates
Assess talent and generate qualified candidates
Maintaining step by step approach to source and recruit top candidates by utilizing on-line resources
Utilized creative sourcing techniques in order to target both active and passive candidates through job
boards and cold calling
Manage recruitment process for assigned projects and set expectations to client and internal team
appropriately
Collaborating with Managers and Directors for face to face interviews and presenting viable candidates
to the client
Successfully recruited staffing for BMW, Volvo, Capital-one, Gallo, Fidelity health centers
Mt Sinai Hospital, Chicago, IL
Registered Nurse
Labor and Delivery Nurse
2008 to Present
Assessment and evaluation of maternal and fetal status which involves making appropriate
interventions by reading and interpreting fetal heart monitors
Providing care for low and high-risk obstetrical patients
Triage nurse: assessment and evaluation of patients. Providing patient and family education topics
including basic nutrition, care needs, pain management. Instructing patients and family members on
proper discharge care
Charge nurse; responsible for 14 bed labor and delivery unit, triage area, step down unit and
operating rooms
Circulating nurse during surgical procedures, and recovery room nurse for post-op cesarean- section
patients.
Scrub nurse for cesarean-sections, tubal ligations, D&C and hysterectomies.
Elmhurst Hospital, Elmhurst, IL
2005 to 2010
Registered Nurse
Mother Baby / Labor and Delivery/ Pediatric Nurse
Provide patient and family focused care utilizing strong clinical judgment.
Perform basic physical assessment on patients and newborns.
Provided patients/family with educational topics including, basic care needs, and nutrition and pain
management.
Maintained strong observation, assessment and intervention skills essential to providing competent
quality care to laboring patients.
Assessment and interpretation of fetal heart monitoring and making appropriate interventions
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL
1997 to 2008
Registered Nurse
Labor and Delivery Nurse
Successful responsibility for patient care of low and high risk OB patients: Providing care and
maintaining strong observation, assessment and intervention skills essential to providing competent
and quality patient care.
Charge Nurse: hands on nursing care having worked in all aspects of labor and delivery. Responsible
for 9 bed labor and delivery area, triage, Alternative Birthing Center (Providing holistic natural birth
setting) : Perinatal Surveillance Unit (care of high risk patients).
Experienced with care of OB
Trauma patients.
Circulating nurse for surgical procedures; cesarean-sections, tubal ligations, D&C, hysterectomies.
Scrub nurse
Infant Welfare Society, Chicago, IL
1997 to 1998
Registered Nurse
OB/ GYNE / Pediatric Nurse
Adept in patient history requirements
Home health visiting nurse for postpartum mothers and newborns. Complete physical assessment of
mother and newborn.
Assessment of pediatric patients, asthma teaching and prevention coordinator, immunizations.
Education
Aurora University, Aurora, IL
1997
BSN, Nursing
Bachelors in Science of Nursing
Certifications
CPR, NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program Provider), Advanced Maternal and F etal Monitoring,
Breast Feeding Consultant Certification, ACLS