Katy McIntosh

Provide objective perinatal case analysis and legal nurse consulting to legal counsel, evaluating obstetric care against AWHONN standards, NICHD fetal heart rate interpretation criteria, ACOG guidance, and institutional policy. Perform comprehensive medical record review and merit analysis for obstetric matters, constructing clinical chronologies, interpreting electronic fetal monitoring tracings,

Serve on the unit Clinical Practice Committee and the Performance Improvement Committee; authored the governing charter for both unit committees and developed recommendations for council consolidation, advisory sponsorship, and alternative engagement formats. Provide intrapartum, antepartum, and triage care in a high-acuity setting, including labor management, vaginal and operative deliveries, and

Completed executive project work in strategic planning, environmental analysis, business case development, and FTE and personnel budget construction; observed division budget variance management and senior nursing leadership decision-making. Analyzed division nursing budget and operations data and wrote a business case plan for a lactation program to increase mothers’ own milk (MOM) and reduce NIC

Served as long-tenured charge nurse in a high-volume perinatal center, directing clinical decision-making, patient flow, and resource allocation across shifts. Maintained surgical scrub competency to flex into operative support during high-census periods and staffing shortages, and participated in the Engagement and Education Committee on unit-level quality improvement.

Supported Joint Commission accreditation preparation, authoring narrative responses and compiling required regulatory documentation. Identified a systemic absence of accountability for contracted provider documentation compliance and designed a tiered follow-up protocol with escalating contractual consequences, reducing open-charting backlogs from consistently high daily volumes to near zero.

Provided labor and delivery nursing care in a hospital setting.

Provided obstetric technician support in a healthcare setting.

Performed insurance verification and related patient access duties.

Supervised 17 FTEs across insurance verification, pre-registration, financial counseling, cashiering, quality assurance, and satellite registration. Contributed to a CNO-led cross-departmental denials management task force whose process improvements significantly reduced denials, and resolved a systemic practice of inpatient accounts held indefinitely by prioritizing the DNFB report with a technol

Coordinated office activities for patient accounts.

Grade: 4.0

MSN in Nurse Executive Leadership with a 4.0 GPA, completed in 2026.

Grade: 4.0

BSN with a 4.0 GPA, completed in 2020.

ADN completed in 2005.

Certifications in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing (RNC-OB) and Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM).

Certification in Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM).