Julia Morrissey

Provide total patient care in the Labor & Delivery unit for high-acuity patients, including circulator RN responsibilities for cesarean sections. Serve as a safety coach and regularly triage pregnant patients while managing unit responsibilities and precepting new nurses.

Provide patient care in PACU after surgeries at the women’s surgery center.

Provide nursing care in an orthopedics/Level 1 trauma unit and participate in a learning nurse residency program for new graduates transitioning to independent RN roles. Also provide quality care for patients on a 40-bed unit.

Provide bedside patient care in a level 1 trauma center/orthopedic department, including monitoring vital signs and reporting abnormalities to nursing staff.

Teach underclassmen basic nursing skills and manage the nursing simulation laboratory. Mentor student nurses by guiding freshmen and sophomores entering the nursing profession.

Clinical rotation supporting maternal-newborn patient care and learning in the hospital setting.

Work with a nurse preceptor to provide Labor & Delivery unit patient care and provide education and support to families before, during, and after delivery. Conduct research on nitrous oxide use during labor and present findings to RNs, patients, and university staff.

Clinical rotation focused on wellness-to-illness learning in the VA Connecticut Healthcare System setting.

Clinical rotation focused on mental health learning and patient care support in the behavioral health services setting.

Clinical rotation focused on wellness-to-illness learning in the Health Promotion Center setting.

Clinical rotation supporting geriatrics patient care and learning in the nursing and rehabilitation center setting.

Clinical rotation supporting Medical-Surgical Nursing II through patient care learning in the specified training setting.

Clinical rotation supporting Patterns of Illness I through patient care learning in the hospital setting.

Clinical rotation supporting pediatrics learning and patient care in the hospital setting.

Grade: 3.8 (cumulative GPA)

Earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Fairfield University in spring 2015. Cumulative GPA: 3.8.