Vijay Kumar Chopra, RN

*** ****** ***, *******, ***. K4A-0G6

Home 613-***-**** / Cell 613-***-****

E-Mail: accee3@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a Registered Nurse position

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

. 15 years of clinical nursing experience in a variety of settings

(academic teaching hospitals, acute care facilities and long term care

facility)

. Languages: English-French-Hindi-Punjabi (Spoken and written)

. Excellent computer skills

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RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Nursing Skills:

. Assess patients to identify appropriate nursing interventions

. Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team to plan,

implement, co-ordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with

patients and their families

. Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician or

according to established policies and protocols

. Monitor, assess, address, document and report symptoms and changes in

patients' conditions

. Operate or monitor medical apparatus or equipment

. Assist in surgery and other medical procedures

. Supervise licensed practical nurses and other nursing staff

. Develop and implement discharge planning process on admission of

patients

. Teach and counsel patients and their families on health-related issues

in collaboration with other health care providers.

. Develop and implement employee health education programs and provide

registered nursing care in private businesses and industry.

. Provide health education and registered nursing care in public health

units and through home visits, manage complex home care cases,

participate in community needs assessment and program development,

conduct disease screening and deliver immunization programs.

. Provide nursing care, supportive counselling and life skills

programming to patients in psychiatric hospitals, mental health

clinics, long-term care facilities and community-based settings.

. Provide consultative services to institutes, associations and health

care organizations regarding issues and concerns relevant to the

nursing profession and nursing practice.

. Provide leadership, advice and counsel on the provision of research-

based care for specific patient groups within the care of particular

health care organizations.

. Provide adult inpatient Care for Stroke rehabilitation, wound care,

respiratory care, Palliative care, Rehabilitation care floors, and

Dialysis patients

. Participated in stroke related full day education days and also

successfully completed 7 weeks leadership course by Bruyere, with team

building project and several updating in-services for improving

nursing practice, in 2009.

. Worked on a Medical - Surgical & General Medicine floor which involves

caring and organising the treatment for patients with ailments of

Respiratory, G1, Diabetic, CVA, Cardiac, Orthopaedics, Dialysis,

Cancer, and patients with multiple diseases.

WORK HISTORY

Nurse We Care Home Health Services

2011-2013

Nurse Bruyere Continuing Care)

2009-2011

Nurse The Ottawa Hospital General Campus

2006-2009

Nurse Fletcher Allen Healthcare

2000-2006

Registered Nurse (Team Leader) Starr Farm Nursing Centre

1998- 2000

Home Health Care Aide Must Nursing Service Inc 1991-

1998

EDUCATION

Registered Nursing Diploma St. Lawrence College

1997

Venous access and I.V. therapy training course

1998

NURSING LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

College of Nurses of Ontario, RN member in good standing

2003 - Present

Vermont State Board of Nursing, Montpelier, Vermont, RN

1998 - 2015 The University Of The State Of New York

Educational Department, RPN 1997 - 2015

CONTINUING EDUCATION

. Obtained Certificate on successful completion of Total Quality Management

Course

. Professionalized Assessment Skills with renewed policies.

. Active member of RNAO since 2007

. Diagnosing and Planning Skilfully and setting up the care plans for the

clients.

. Upgrading continuous learning I.V. pumps, Central lines Maintenance, CADD

Pumps.

. Tracheostomy care, suctioning, catheterization, Enteric Tube Feeding,

infusing TPN

. Work with mobile team on all floors in the hospital setting.

. Rehabilitation in home or in community and collaborate care with family

members

. Completed several diabetic education day long conferences to update my

skills and knowledge to improve care for diabetic clients

. Expert in individual care in private homes for elderly or palliative

clients

. Completed Community follow through case study with excellence in

paediatrics.

. Attended several in-services for new and improved skills and educational

seminars

. Updated chronic wound care dressings and VAC dressing knowledge on the

wound care floor

. Autonomous and professional decision making for safety of client as well

as team members

. Inventing and using cost saving methods

. Conferences which were 1-2 days long as education days to improve the

practice, namely "Analysing the Laboratory Values, * "Physical

assessment skills", * "Legal issues in Nursing", * "Crisis management

in nursing & preventing an impending doom", * "Inflammation - a Silent

Killer", and * "Future of nursing profession", Many Diabetes Nursing

Seminars. Wound Healing promotion, assessment and care as team effort,

VAC therapy dressing.

REFERENCES: Available upon request.

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