Audrey A. Stempel has over 25 years of nursing experience, primarily in labor and delivery, postpartum, and women's health. She holds a BSN from the University of Colorado, Denver and a BA from UC Davis. Her experience includes roles as a staff nurse, clinical educator, and breastfeeding instructor at hospitals in Colorado and California. Currently, she works administratively at a sailing school in Redondo Beach, California while also sailing and instructing.

1. Audrey A. Stempel, BSN, RNC audrey@elroi.com
28528 Leacrest Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 (303) 906-3033
(424) 206-2306
EDUCATION
B.S. in Nursing, Cum Laude. University of Colorado, Denver, CO (5/94).
B.A. in Political Science/Public Administration. University of California, Davis, CA (12/87).
NICU Competency Class (30 Hour). Centura Health St. Anthony Central Hospital, Denver, CO (10/97).
Labor and Delivery Class (120 Hour). Columbia Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO (2/98).
Certified Breastfeeding Instructor Program (24 hour). Pueblo, Colorado (10/03)
Birth and Beyond (16 hour). Los Angeles, CA (4/12)
Licensed in California and Colorado
RNC Inpatient Obstetric Nursing October 2005 Expired
RNC Maternal Newborn Nursing September 2010 Current
CPR, ACLS Current. NRP and EFM Expired
2013- Current South Bay Sailing School, Redondo Beach, CA. Run the administrative office making
appointments, marketing, communications, processing payments and care-taking of the business. Also
working as a charter sailor and instructor. Converted the business to online booking system and
increased our social media presence.
NURSING EXPERIENCE
Clinical Educator / Providence Health, Torrance, CA (7/09- 5/12).
Women’s Health / Little Company of Mary, Torrance. Managed the educational and staff development
needs of this 20 LDR, 4 triage and 20 PP unit's RNs, OBTs, NAs, and Unit Clerks. Duties include:
advertising classes in the community, preparing unit for Joint Commission visit, developing annual
simulation validations, providing in-services to staff, posting educational research, assisting orientation for
new staff, teaching classes for staff, preparing monthly newsletter and weekly huddle communications.
Staff RN / Providence Health, Torrance, CA (9/08 to 7/09).
Women’s Health/ Little Company of Mary, Torrance, CA. Per Diem Labor and Delivery RN.
Staff RN / Exempla, Denver, CO (7/07 to 6/08).
Birthplace / St. Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO. Per Diem at Colorado’s busiest OB unit.
Co-Coordinator Labor and Delivery Didactic Class and Annual Conference (8/03-6/08).
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Education Network. Denver, CO. Work with perinatal educators from
different Denver hospitals to create curriculum and present a regional class for RN’s new to Labor and
Delivery. Class offered biannually as well as an annual one day conference. Lectured, recruited speakers,
organized logistics, planned curriculum and hot topics.
Education Projects Specialist / Centura Health, Denver, CO (6/03- 4/06).
Women’s Services Unit / St. Anthony Hospital Central, Denver. Manage the educational needs of
this 6 LDR, 4 antepartum and 20 PP unit's RNs, OBTs, PCAs, and Unit Clerks. Duties include:

2. Audrey A. Stempel, BSN, RNC audrey@elroi.com
28528 Leacrest Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 (303) 906-3033
(424) 206-2306
maintaining records related to certification and CEU's, advertising classes in the community, preparing
unit for JCAHO visit, running annual skills validations, providing in-services to staff, posting educational
research, writing and updating policies, managing orientation for new staff, teaching AWHONN Fetal
Monitoring classes, and networking with Denver's perinatal community.
Clinical Instructor/ Community College of Denver (9/02 to 6/03).
Supervise first and second year ADN students in the Labor & Delivery, Nursery, and Post Partum unit.
Review care plans and conduct learning conferences for students. Instruct students as they attend
deliveries, transition babies, assess post partum mothers and learn skills such as inserting IVs, urine
catheters, giving medications, performing discharge teaching and observing the NICU patients.
Breastfeeding Instructor (1/03 – 6/08).
Teach breastfeeding class to expectant parents for the Shalom Baby Program at the JCC.
Staff RN / Centura Health, Denver, CO (6/94 to 6/02).
Women’s Services Unit / St. Anthony Hospital Central, Denver, CO (12/96 to 6/02). Staff RN on a 20
bed postpartum unit, 6 LDR and 4 antepartum room L&D deck. Occasionally floated into level 2 NICU.
PRN Float Pool, St. Anthony Hospital Central, Denver, CO (8/95 – 12/96). Floated to 13 different units
at St. Anthony Central, St. Anthony North, and the Senior Life Center.
Full Time Staff Nurse, Transitional Care Unit, Mercy Medical Center, Denver, CO (6/94 – 5/95).
Staff RN, Women’s Health Care Associates, Littleton, CO (6/96 – 6/99).
On-call availability to very busy, five-physician OBGYN practice. Medical back office.
Volunteer, Community Caring Project, Denver, CO, (5/94 – 2/97).
Provide support for new mothers at home with their first child. Selected to participate in a teen mother
pilot project where additional family function assessments and video interviews are conducted. Attend
focus group on the teen population, as well as monthly support and educational meetings.
Volunteer and CNA, Hospice of the Bluegrass, Lexington, KY (10/90-5/91).
Homecare visits to hospice patients needing wound care and respite visits.
HONORS
Sigma Theta Tau International – Honor Society of Nursing (3/94).
Excellence in Caring Award – Centura St. Anthony Hospital, Women’s Services (5/99).
MEMBERSHIPS
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrical, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)-past
Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN)- Current