Michelle N. Fonseca, RN, BSN, Emergency Room Nurse with Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Get to know Emergency Room Nurse Michelle N. Fonseca, who serves patients in Boston, Massachusetts.
Michelle is an emergency room nurse who is currently serving patients at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Brigham and Women’s Hospital is the second largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. It is committed to providing the highest-quality, patient- and family-centered care. Regarded as one of the safest hospitals anywhere, Brigham and Women’s Hospital was a pioneer developer of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) to prevent medication errors – now an accepted safety practice in the United States and abroad.
Ever since she was a young girl, Michelle knew that she wanted to become a nurse. In 1995, Michelle graduated from Framingham High School. She then went on to earn her Associate of Science in Nursing degree from Laboure College in 1999, followed by her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Curry College in 2018.
Michelle is certified in Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and Trauma Care After Resuscitation. She also holds Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course certification, Trauma Nursing Core Course certification, as well as Sugar, Temperature, Airway, Blood Pressure, Lab work, and Emotional Support certification in infant care.
Michelle is a member of the Emergency Nurses Association and the Massachusetts Nurses Association. She is also affiliated with the Boston Athletic Association, serving as a Boston Marathon Medical Volunteer. In addition to English, Michelle speaks Portugese. Her favorite place to vacation is Portugal. In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering and watching sports.
Emergency room nursing is a nursing specialty area. Emergency room nurses specialize in caring for people who experience a medical crisis due to illness or injury. While most ER nurses work in emergency rooms, some provide care in community settings and for the military. Of all nursing fields, emergency room nursing affords nurses the widest variety of experiences treating a vast array of people and health care conditions.
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