VANISSA SIMMONDS -MILLER, RN

** ****** *** ******** *******, Kingston 6-876-***-**** ac90hp@r.postjobfree.com Compassionate RN Professional, dedicated to providing quality healthcare services to all patients. Areas of expertise includes: Midwife, Patient Care, Medical surgical Unit, Clinical Knowledge, Preceptorship Training, Basic Life Support (BLS), Long Term Care, EXPERIENCE

University Hospital of the West Indies 7/2017 - Present Acting Nurse Manager

● Supervise student nurses at all levels, patient care assistants, enroll assistant nurses and RNs in and after orientation.

● Administer, direct, supervise, manage, and evaluate nursing/ patient care personnel.

● Manage staff allocation and scheduling for entire nurse staff in the surgical unit.

● Oversee and ordering inventory and unit supplies

● Conduct performance evaluation and provide feedback, coaching and mentoring to improve the efficiency of the unit and our nurses.

● Responsible for analyzing, planning, implementing, directing and monitoring individual patient care in the nursing unit.

● Ensure that compliance and policies of the department are practiced and upheld within the hospital.

● Support nurse team with coverage should there be a shortage is staffing. University Hospital of the West Indies 7/2008 - Present Register Nurse

● Efficiently and knowledgeably provide RN care for up to 25 patient on surgical unit.

● Leveraged interpersonal communication strengths to establish rapport and build trust with patient and families.

● Educate patient and relatives on their disease conditions.

● Administer oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous and intravenous medications.

● Administer and monitor insulin and heparin infusing intravenously.

● Administer and monitor pre prepared chemotherapy drugs.

● Administer medications via nasogastric tubes, gastrostomy tubes and jejunostomy tubes.

● Administering and monitoring Total parenteral nutrition.

● Site intravenous lines and take off blood samples for testing.

● Assisting Doctors to pass central venous lines.

● Perform dressings of wounds ranging from simple suture lines to extensive wounds.

● Perform bed bathes and assist patients with activities of daily living.

● Perform pre and post op teaching.

● Transport patients to operating theatre and other department e.g. Radiology and hemodialysis department. And also to other institutions via ambulance.

● Receive and transport patients from intensive care unit and recovery room.

● Caring for patients with tracheostomy and performing tracheostomy care.

● Care of patients with chest tube and changing chest tube bottles.

● Educate patients for home care and discharge teaching/ planning.

● Admitting patients to unit via accident and emergency or electively.

● Long term care of patients with terminal illnesses.

● Care of patients with ESRD,cardiovascular, neurological and genitourinary conditions and also diabetes and hypertension.

● Teach patient about lifestyle changes and how to effectively implement these changes Internship 1/ 2005 - 6/ 2008

● Mandeville Public Hospital: Med-Surgical unit

● Spanish Town Hospital: Med-Surgical unit

● Kingston Public Hospital: Med-Surgical unit and Orthopedics Unit

● Bustamante Children's Hospital: Med-Surgical unit and Burns unit

● Bellevue Hospital: care of patients with Psychological disorders

● National chest Hospital: Care of patients with HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis and who has done skin grafts.

EDUCATION

Management Institute for National Development

Certificate in Supervisory Management, Pending

University Hospital of the West Indies School of Midwifery Certificate in Midwifery, October 2016

University of Technology, Jamaica

Certificate in Preceptorship Training, July 2012

Northern Caribbean University

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, June 2008

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Interpersonal, Communication, Leadership, Team Player, Organizing, Management, Listening, Writing, Problem- Solving, Computer, Strategical and Analytical

AFFILIATIONS

● Jamaica Nurses Association

● Jamaica Nursing Counsel

● Assistant leader for Family life Department at Kencot Seventh Day Adventist church.

● Health and Temperance Department at Kencot Seventh Day Adventist church.

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