Jacqueline Smith

-developed and implemented program to improve care of maternal/newborn dyad

-provide universal Public Health including routing prenatal and postnatal care, health assessment, counseling and screening

-assessment and immunization of infants, school age children and adults

-plan for follow-up, referral, advocacy, consultation and teaching as it relates to clients across the life span

-responsible for school health nursing role, including monitoring outbreaks and contact management/tracing in the school setting and community

• Support families in accepting responsibility for their own health throughout the postpartum period
• focus on health promotion, disease prevention
• conduct health assessments, screening, direct care, support and follow up, referrals
• prioritize care in an independent role, with minimal supervision in clients homes, clinic and community settings as well as over the phone

• Conduct case management of socially at risk families within a model of service delivery that works to prevent harm and maximize safety of newborns
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills to maintain collaborative working relationships within a multidisciplinary team including Child and Family Services and Calgary Police Service.
• Provide comprehensive risk assessment, risk mitigation, decision making and safety planning for families with infants from 0-3 months.
• Demonstrate empathy when dealing with high risk families in order to provide client-centered care

• care of client through labour and delivery and immediate postpartum period
• complete thorough newborn assessments and support breastfeeding