Janel Miner
2744 13th Avenue
Moline, Illinois 61265
Tel: 309.269.8166
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Has worked with birthing and breastfeeding mothers for over a decade
Has experience as a doula, La Leche League Leader, WIC breastfeeding counselor, HypnoBirthing Instructor, Homebirth midwifery assistant, Freestanding birth center midwifery assistant, Labor and birth nurse
Bachelors degree in business administration with a double major in finance and economics
Six years experience as a hospital based labor and birth nurse
Currently earning a masters in nursing with a specialty in nurse-midwifery
EDUCATION:
University of Illinois-College of Nursing GPA 3.81
M.S.N., Expected Graduation Date, May 2012
Certified Nurse Midwife
Augustana College GPA 3.3
B.A., February 2000
School of Business
Double Major in Finance and Economics
Black Hawk College GPA 3.9
A.S.N., December 2005
School of Nursing
CERTIFICATIONS and AWARDS:
Model of Excellence Award 2/08
Model of Excellence Award 9/09
Certified Inpatient Obstetric Nurse Since 10/08
Certified HypnoBirthing Educator Since 10/02
Clinical Advancement Program level 4 through hospital -- considered an 'expert' nurse
EXPERIENCE:
Labor and Birth Nurse 2/06-present
Trinity Medical Center, Moline, IL
Manager: Maribeth Bopes, RN
309.779.5922
Assess, diagnosis, plan, implement and evaluate patient care provided to antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum mothers and newborn babies
Provide emotional support to mothers and their families during labor and birth
Support and educate breastfeeding mothers and their families during the immediate postpartum period
WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor 3/05-10/05
Counseled breastfeeding mothers
Helped implement Rock Island County's first breastfeeding peer counselor program
La Leche League Leader 8/02-11/06
Provided mother to mother support breastfeeding support in person, over the phone, and during home visits
Birth Assistant 7/02-2/06
Labor of Love Midwifery
Bernice Keutzer, CNM, Arlington, IL
815.894.2507
Responsible for providing antenatal and postpartum care for mother and newborn
Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
Antenatal - Listen to fetal heart tones, check vital signs, provide labor support
Postpartum - Provide breastfeeding assistance, check vital signs, assessment of mothers’ physical and emotional state, assist with repair if needed
Newborn - newborn assessment, check vital signs, neonatal resuscitation (never needed)
HypnoBirthing Educator 10/02-present
Self-employed
Teach group and private childbirth education classes
Birth Doula 7/00-2/06
Self-employed
Provided physical, emotional and educational support to a pregnant woman and her family before, during and after birth
Birth Assistant 1/04-6/04
Options in Birth
Nancy Jipp, CNM, Davenport, IA
Responsibilities same as above birth assistant description
References available
