Kelsey Bauman

Second career nurse currently working per diem as a procedure nurse in IVF/fertility. Passionate about women's health and seeking to move into outpatient women's health, OB/GYN, fertility full-time. 

Possess former administrative experience of 10 years including maintaining client satisfaction, streamlining operations, and strategically managing several clients and programs at once.

Procedure Nurse Fertility- Per Diem, Reproductive Medicine Associates, Los Angeles, CA          Oct. 2024 – present

• Monitor patients for changes in condition in procedures and post-anesthesia recovery, reporting concerns to physician.
• Ensure patient safety and compliance by obtaining pre-operative patient assessments, pertinent history, and consents.
• Ensure proper infection control and functionality of safety equipment, voicing concerns to team for patient safety.
• Educate patients/partners on discharge instructions, emergency symptoms, and provide emotional support. 

Registered Nurse I & II, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CSMC), Los Angeles, CA                         Aug. 2022 – present

• Manage nursing care within a 30-bed cardiothoracic progressive care unit focusing on pre and post-operative patients.
• Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to ensure safe delivery of care and progression of care plan.
• Specific skills: vital sign tracking, monitoring labs, IV insertion/phlebotomy, arrythmia and cardiac monitoring, trach care, chest tube and drain care, wound/incision care, foley insertion, infection prevention.
• Activate hospital protocol and make appropriate clinical decisions for patient safety.
• Educate patients and families regarding medications, post-surgical care, and follow up visits.
• Execute admissions, discharges, and transfers, and assist physicians/NPs with bedside procedures.
• Drive culture of employee satisfaction by coordinating and overseeing monthly staff recognitions and awards.

Research Intern, Cedars-Sinai, Postpartum Heart Health Clinic,Los Angeles, CA                     Feb. 2022 – Aug. 2022

• Observed clinic and telehealth appointments with NPs for women at-risk for cardiac adverse pregnancy outcomes.
• Collaborated with PI/APRN to apply evidence-based research on postpartum heart health to nursing practice. 
• Synthesized clinical research data for poster presentations and national nursing conferences. 

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA                                                                 June 2022

Masters of Science in Nursing, Masters Entry Clinical Nurse (MECN)

Honors: Sigma Theta Tau

Leadership Activities: Outreach Director, Wellness in Nursing