Background
Jeanette E. Zocco, RN, is a Perinatal Patient Safety Specialist, healthcare quality consultant, and the founder of OBNeonatalStudyGuide.com. With over 28 years of experience spanning obstetric bedside care, leadership, and system-wide program development, she specializes in bridging bedside practice with strategic quality improvement. Her work focuses on integrating evidence-based perinatal quality and safety initiatives, like TeamSTEPPS®, obstetric emergency response teams, and clinical huddles to reduce adverse outcomes and foster strong safety cultures.
Mission
Navigating certification and quality improvement frameworks can be overwhelming. This platform was created to offer clear, accessible, and evidence-based study resources for nurses striving to achieve their certification in Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety (C-ONQS).
In addition to the free study content provided on this site, Jeanette authored the Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety (C-ONQS) Study Guide: A Practical Resource for Perinatal Nurses to provide nurses with an actionable, comprehensive tool for exam success.
Whether you are preparing for certification or leading safety initiatives within your own facility, her mission is to inspire your passion for clinical quality, elevate nursing practice, and ultimately drive better, safer maternal and neonatal outcomes for every family.
Areas of Expertise
With extensive experience leading perinatal quality and safety across multi-institutional healthcare systems, Jeanette E. Zocco, RN, integrates frontline clinical insight with strategic quality framework execution. Her expertise spans labor and delivery, fetal heart monitoring education, multidisciplinary simulation, project management, data analysis, and medical record chronology preparation.
Quality & Safety Initiatives Delivered:
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Emergency Preparedness & Clinical Huddles: Spearheaded obstetric emergency response teams, standardized pre-cesarean huddles, and Category 2 huddle workflows utilizing the Shields Algorithm.
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Maternal & Neonatal Risk Reduction: Led multidisciplinary care programs for placenta accreta, implemented standardized obstetric hemorrhage bundles, and drove evidence-based protocols for the safe reduction of primary cesarean births.
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Team Training & Harm Reduction: Championed system-wide TeamSTEPPS® training, shoulder dystocia clinical response programs, and surgical safety initiatives focused on preventing retained surgical items.
CREDENTIALS
Jeanette holds National Certification Corporation (NCC) certifications in Inpatient Obstetrics (RNC-OB), Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM), and Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety (C-ONQS).
She also holds an IHI Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety, a healthcare simulation certification from Drexel University, and is an award-winning AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Instructor and national speaker. Her work in bringing quality improvement directly to the bedside earned the AWHONN Outstanding Leadership Poster Award.
Professional Activity & Features
The Bossy Nurse Featured Story on Entrepreneurship (12/21/2025)
Burnout to Builder: Jeanette Zocco’s Pivot Playbook
Synova Perinatal Leadership Forum 2025 National Conference Speaker
Session titled Improving Neonatal Outcomes and Safety Culture with TeamSTEPPS, Lean Methodology, Category 2 Huddles, and the Shields Algorithm
NCC Item Writing Team Member
Former volunteer role creating test questions for the NCC ONQS exam. Requirements included successfully completing an NCC item writing course.
AWHONN 2024 National Conference
Poster presentation and Outstanding Leadership Poster Award
The Role of the Perinatal Safety Nurse: Bringing Quality Improvement to the Bedside
The Nurse Keith Show with Keith Carlson (12/15/2023)
Discussed the role of the perinatal safety nurse and the importance of quality and safety in improving patient outcomes and efficiency/workflow for frontline staff.
Nursing Strategies for Success with Damion Jenkins (10/20/2023)
Discussed key healthcare quality and safety issues, including preventable harm and opportunities for improved interdisciplinary teamwork and communication.
The Savvy Scribe Podcast with Janine Kolbach (10/3/2023)
Shared tips on writing and publishing a book.
More Than 10 Podcast with Ashlie Delskey (4/19/2023)
Discussed quality improvement and patient safety, errors in healthcare, person vs. systems approaches, and team debriefing.
AWHONN New York 4th Annual Conference
AWHONN New York 4th Annual Conference (11/7/2022): Perinatal Quality & Safety, LEAN Methodology
