Registered Nurse Care

Curriculum Vita

Francis Escandor, RN

City Address: 139 Franklin Street

Adelaide 5000 South Australia

Home Address: ** ******* ******

Murray Bridge 5253 South Australia

Mobile Phone +043*******

Email ****************@*****.***

**********@*****.***

Skype *******.*********@*****.***

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Birth Date : 25 May 1973

Country of Birth: Philippines

Place of Birth: Gubat, Sorsogon, Philippines

Citizenship : Filipino

Passport No. : XX5358112

Australian Tax

File Number : 437 756 537

Languages : Filipino, English & Spanish

QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED

? BACHELOR OF NURSING (Post-Registration/Registered Nurse entry)

1-Year AHPRA Approved Post Registration Program from July 2013 to July

2014

(Completed on July 2014)

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY

Sturt Road, Bedford Park SA 5042

Key achievements:

? Received excellent feedback in clinical placement reports

? Participated in Careers and Employer Liaison Center

? Joined Graduate Skills Development Trainings / Seminars

? DIPLOMA OF MANAGEMENT (BSB51107)

(Currently enrolled from 29 September 2014)

ADELAIDE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY

118 King William Street, Adelaide SA 5000

? BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

Undergraduate Degree from 2004 to 2008

(Completed on September 2008)

AGO MEDICAL & EDUCATIONAL CENTER

Rizal Street, Legaspi City, Philippines 4500

Competency Trainings/Workshops Attended (South Australia):

. Provide First Aid / Basic Life Support / CPR conducted by FIRSTAID PRO

on 20 November 2014 for one-day with Certificate No. P 8715 held at

Adelaide, SA

. Standard Mental Health First Aid for Nursing Students Course conducted

by Mental Health First Aid Australia for thirteen (13) hours completed

on 29 September 2014 which course teaches skills for providing initial

help to fellow students experiencing depressive, anxiety, psychotic,

substance use, eating and associated crises

. NursLink's End of Life Way of Care (Palliative Care Nursing) a study

day (6 contact hours) conducted by: NursLink Foundation Limited at

Abergeldie House 48 Portrush Rd Glen Osmond, Adelaide, SA 5064

covering the principles of palliative care and privacy

responsibilities, NursLink's model of holistic care with an emphasis

on individual physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual needs,

suggestions for advance directives, how to respond to a person's loss

and grief, self' talk for responding rather than reacting to a

difficult situation, responsibilities within the caring team and

caring self, www.nurselinkfoundation.com.au 13 February 2014

. Certificate of Completion in Combined Manual Handling & Basic Life

Support (Practical and Theoretical Competencies) delivered by NursEd

Healthcare Australia, NASA Nursing Agency SA,

www.healthcareaustralia.com.au with CPD hours: 6 located at 35 King

William Rd, Unley SA 5061, 9 July 2013

. Online Module 2 - Certificate of Completion for Student Health

Practitioners Hand Hygiene Online Learning sponsored by Hand Hygiene

Australia, www.hha.org.au, 17 July 2013

. Disability Services Employment Screening Assessment by the Government

of South Australia, Department for Communities and Social Inclusion,

www.dcsi.sa.gov.au/screening, issued on 16 December 2014

. Conflict Resolution & Negotiation conducted by: Degree Plus Program at

Flinders University, Registry Building, Sturt Road, Bedford Park SA

5042, www.flinders.edu.au/careers 02 July 2014

. Business & Workplace Etiquette conducted by: Degree Plus Program at

Flinders University, Registry Building, Sturt Road, Bedford Park SA

5042, www.flinders.edu.au/careers 19 March 2014

. Communications & Networking in the Workplace conducted by: Degree Plus

Program at Flinders University, Registry Building, Sturt Road, Bedford

Park SA 5042, www.flinders.edu.au/careers 19 September 2013

. Certificate of Completion for English for Health Studies (Level A) /

English for Academic Preparation (Proficiency Level 6.5-IELTS

Equivalence) by Intensive English Language Institute, www.ieli.com.au.

Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, 5 weeks of study from 11 June - 12

July 2013

. Occupational English Test Passer (OET GradeScore: B (High level of

performance) in all (4) sub-test areas: Listening. Reading, Writing &

Speaking taken on 29 November 2014 at Adelaide, SA

WORK / NURSING PRACTICE HISTORY

. Current / Previous Positions

> DISABILITY SUPPORT/PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT (Casual Employee -

Part time/On call) at Enhanced Lifestyles Inc 69A Portrush Road,

Payneham, South Australia Telephone 088******* in providing

personal care and general assistance for consumers with

disabilities with their activities of daily living enabling them

to live independently from 25 November 2014 to present

General Functions/Responsibilities: Reporting directly to the

Coordinator in providing a range of personal care options

to persons with disabilities (consumers/members) the

disability support care of consumers/patients in their

ADL's and retain the maximum independence possible within

their own homes and the community

Specific Job Responsibilities and Duties:

1. Promoting consumer independence by assisting with the

following activities of daily living as required:

a. Personal care: showering, dressing, transferring

(manual transfer or hoist transfer), bowel and

bladder care

b. Assistance with medication although with consumer's

responsibility but some physical assistance is being

provided wherein specific medication administration

training and credentialing is required

c. Grooming: hair care, nail care and make-up

d. Meals: preparation of breakfast, lunch and dinner and

assistance with consuming

e. Housework: which includes bed making, general

cleaning, washing dishes, doing laundry and any

reasonable request

f. Shopping: food, general household items

g. Gardening: light gardening if time permits

2. Ensuring the comfort and safety of the consumer by

observing the following:

a. Hand washing before and after doing any procedures or

touching or preparing any foodstuffs and putting on

gloves as per universal standard precautions

b. Ensuring that no consumer is ever left unattended on

an agreed rostered shift

3. Observing and reporting significant changes in consumer's

condition to pertinent health professional like RDNS

representatives, and other community support team and to

the agency's coordinatior

4. Practicing safe manual handling techniques and complying

with the Occupational Health and Safety Protocols by

participating in the annual updates and educational

training sessions

> HOSPICE NURSE VOLUNTEER (Community volunteer services) at Madre

de Amor Hospice Foundation, 9957 Amethyst Street, Los Ba os

Subdivision, College, Laguna 4031, Philippines from June 17,

2010 to April 30, 2013

Total Bed Capacity & Hospital Description: a homecare health

facility which is a non-stock, non-profit organization

providing community-based hospice/palliative care service.

It began in Los Ba os in 1994 and currently covers 23 out

of the 30 towns in Laguna, Philippines with patients

ranging from an average of 45-55 each month.

General Functions/Responsibilities: Reporting directly to the

Volunteer Coordinator/Medical Practitioners for the active

total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to

curative treatment. Control of pain, of other symptoms and

psychological, social and spiritual problems. The goal of

palliative care is the achievement of the best quality of

life for patients and their families by providing support

for the terminally ill patient and the family, allowing the

patient to live as fully as possible until death. It is a

program of palliative and supportive services, which

provides physical, psychological, social, and spiritual

care for the dying persons and their families. A medically

supervised interdisciplinary team of professional

volunteers provides the service. Hospice, as an option in

the medical care system, exist not to postpone death but

with special skills and therapy, to help the patient and

family live as possible. Death is not denied but life is

affirmed and lived until death comes.

Specific Job Responsibilities and Duties:

Palliative Nursing Care Functions

1. providing relief from pain and other distressing symptoms;

2. affirming life and regards dying as a normal process;

3. intending neither to hasten or postpone death;

4. integrating the psychological and spiritual aspects of

patient care;

5. offering a support system to help patients live as actively

as possible until dying;

6. offering a support system to help the family cope during

the patients illness and in their own bereavement;

7. using a team approach to address the needs of patients and

their families, including bereavement counseling, if

indicated;

8. wills to enhance quality of life, and may also positively

influence the course of illness;

9. is applicable early in the course of illness, in

conjunction with other therapies that are intended to

prolong life, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy,

and includes those investigations needed to better

understand and manage distressing clinical complications.

> NURSE TRAINEE (Post-Baccalaureate nurse training program) at Dr.

Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital, Lope de Vega and F. Huertas

Streets, Sta. Cruz, Manila, 1003 Philippines Telephone: +63 (2)

7345561 to 65 / 7357144 from July 21, 2009 to June 29, 2010

Total Bed Capacity & Hospital Description: a 700 bed-capacity

special tertiary national maternity referral hospital for

women and children's health needs with basic hospital

services such as obstetrics, perinatology, gynecology,

oncology, endocrine & infertility, neonatology, general

pediatrics, surgical pediatrics, midwifery and family

planning

General Functions/Responsibilities: Reporting directly to the

Nurse Supervisor (Nurse III) in the performance of duties

and responsibilities in carrying out his tasks/functions

as:

1. Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing

care for patients according to accepted nursing practice

and standards

2. Liaising with other health professionals and member of the

health teams

3. Assisting medical practitioners to examine patients,

administer treatment and deliver babies

4. Observing, recording and reporting on patient's conditions

and their reactions to drugs

5. Promoting health and assists in the prevention of ill

health by participating in health education and other

health promotion activities

6. Coordinating with the work of other staff nurses and other

health care workers

7. Specializing in a particular area of nursing care

Specific Job Responsibilities and Duties:

1. Rendering direct nursing care to patients/clients

2. Recording relevant assessment, findings and procedures

performed

3. Monitoring vital signs and record the same

4. Attending to rounds and assists physicians with any

procedures and treatments

5. Setting up treatment trays, instruments and other equipment

as needed

6. Referring patients who have absconded and abandoned their

babies for proper recording and documentation

7. Assisting in:

a. the handover of the ward as to:

1. the number of patients and charts

2. physical set-up

3. equipment (functional and non-functional

4. availability of medical supplies and emergency drugs

5. checks availability of oxygen, tanks and gauge

6. medication, treatment and laboratory exams to be carried

out

b. preparation and administration of medications

according to medication standards

c. admission and discharges of patients/clients as per

hospital policy

d. preparation and administration of highly specialized

and complicated equipment

e. any activities of the circulating nurse

8. Acting as scrub nurse in the Operating Room

Areas Rotated/Assigned: Operating Room/Recovery Room (Post-

Anesthesia Care Unit), Pediatric/Obstetric/Gynecologic

Ambulatory & Emergency Rooms, Oncology Ward 1

(Gynecologic/Gestational Trophoblastic Treatment),

Obstetric Ward 2 (Maternal High Risk/ICU/Kangaroo Mother

Care/PES/CHVD), Surgical Ward 3 (Post-Caesarian Section

Patients with Observational Conditions), Ward 4 (Post

Normal Spontaneous Deliveries), Labor and Delivery Rooms),

Family Planning Operating Room, PICU, NICU, Maternal ICU

Machines and Equipment Handled:

1. Calibrated Infusion Pump (ASCOR)

2. Suction Machine (GREENTRUST)

3. Infant Pneumo-ventilator (BEAR CUB)

4. Pulse Oximeter

5. ECG Machine

6. Perineal Heat Lamp/Phototherapy Apparatus (DRAGER)

7. Cardiac Monitor

8. Glucometer

9. BP apparatus

10. Ambu bag

11. Sphygmomanometer

12. Oxygen Inhalation Set (administered via nasal, cannula,

face mask)

13. Automated External Defibrillator

. Internship / Observership

> STUDENT NURSE at The Royal Adelaide Hospital, Acute Medical Ward

(Q8) North Terrace, Adelaide, SA from May to June 2014

Key Clinical Experiences:

? Providing comprehensive and holistic care to 3-4 patients

or 75% of RN patient's loading with the assigned RN

supervision

? Assisting patients with ADL's and other care needs

? Administering with oral, topical, intravenous,

intramuscular and subcutaneous medications with the RN

supervision at all times

? Assisting with Blood and Iron transfusions

? Assisted and observed with complex wound dressing, PICC

line dressing and drains removal

? Performing minor wound dressing with RN supervision

? Trained with EPAS and Blood specimen collection

? Documenting patient care notes, including admission and

discharge notes

? Working collaboratively as part of the allied health team

> STUDENT NURSE at Resthaven Incorporated - Murray Bridge Aged

Care Facility, Swanport Road, Murray Bridge, SA from November

2013 to December 2013

Key Clinical Experiences:

? Conducting nursing assessment and reported any medical

changes to RN

? Assisting patients with daily care needs

? Administering medications and assisted with transfusions

and wound dressings with the RN supervision at all times

? Working and observed on specialty wards (MRSA & VRE)

including oncology

? Working collaboratively as part of the allied health team

? Communicating with patients and families regarding health

care plans

? Documenting patient care notes, including admission and

discharge notes

Specific Job Responsibilities and Duties:

. Attending handover by reading care plan changes chart, read

any care plan required and check clinical care baskets are

stocked and tidy daily - Upper/Lower Nursing Home;

. Providing morning care such as assisting patients to do

their personal hygiene, cleaning of dentures, oral care and

hygiene, assist to suppository administration as directed

by RN;

. Providing assurance of safety through answering call bells,

assist carer to sit residents up for breakfast and ensure

hearing aids and glasses are on if applicable;

. Attending medication round from 1000 until 1400 and assist

in the administration of DDA drugs with close supervision.

Complete round after 1230 with the supervision of

RN/Enrolled Nurse;

. Assisting with meal service and feeding residents except

for those with speech pathologist orders, assist residents

out of dining room, assist with toilet plans and answering

call bells;

. Performing full set observations - Head Injury Obs, TPR BP

Pain assessments, etc;

. Attending wound management (removal & dressing) to fit with

residents' routines and pain management and liase with

other staff, communicate throughout shift so team work

occurs;

. Performing eye toilet and instillations;

. Supporting other Personal Carers in assisting with morning

& afternoon tea for residents and attend residents blood

pressure reading and recording schedule.

. Liasing with other staff, communicate throughout shift so

team work occurs and documents care given.

? Trained at the following institutions (Australia and Philippines)

> FLINDERS UNIVERSITY, Sturt Road, Bedford Park SA 5042

> ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000

> RESTHAVEN INCORPORATED, Swanport Road, Murray Bridge, SA

5253

> ENHANCED LIFESTYLES INC, Portrush Road, Payneham SA 5070

> MADRE DE AMOR HOSPICE FOUNDATION, Los Banos, Laguna,

Philippines

> DR. JOSE FABELLA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Lope de Vega & Felix

Huertas Streets, Sta. Cruz, 1003 Manila, Philippines

> AGO GENERAL HOSPITAL (AGH)

Rizal Street, Albay District, Legazpi City, Albay,

Philippines 4500

> BICOL REGIONAL TRAINING AND TEACHING HOSPITAL (BRTTH),

Rizal Street, Albay District, Legazpi City, Philippines

4500

> AGO MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER-BICOL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

OF MEDICINE (AMEC-BCCM), Rizal Street, Albay, Legazpi City,

Philippines 4500

> HOSPICIO DE SAN JOSE

Ayala Bridge, P.O. Box 1890 Manila Philippines

> BICOL REGIONAL TRAINING & TEACHING HOSPITAL (BRTTH, Legazpi

City, Philippines)

> NATIONAL CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH (Nueve de Febrero Street,

Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines)

> SAN LAZARO GENERAL HOSPITAL (Quiricada Street, Sta. Cruz,

Manila)

> HOSPICIO DE SAN JOSE (Ayala Bridge, Manila, Philippines)

> PHILIPPINE ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER (Banawe Avenue, Quezon City,

Manila, Philippines)

GAPS IN WORK / NURSING PRACTICE HISTORY

? The reasons for the gaps in work/practice are the following:

Student visa processing and other Immigration preparations,

changes in financial status, important family commitments,

assisting with the care of a terminally-ill members of the

family and aged parents, undertaking a conversion course

programs and career advancement options

CLINICAL / PROCEDURAL SKILLS

? Clinical handover using TEAMSTEPPS-ISBAR Tools and Strategies -

competent

? Infection Control Management - competent

? Blood Specimen Collection - competent

? Medication Administration - competent

? IVT Management - competent

? Enterprise Patient Administration System (EPAS) Management -

competent

? Safe Manual Handling Techniques - competent

? Provide First Aid, CPR, Basic Life Support - competent

? Bowel & Continence Care Credentialing / Suppository Administration

- competent

REGISTRATION HISTORY / MEMBERSHIP / AFFILIATIONS (Australia & Philippines)

> Registered Nurse - Division 1 (General Registration) as

conferred by Australian Health Practitioner Regulation

Agency (AHPRA) for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of

Australia with Registration No. NMW0001961340 issued on 24

March 2015 valid until 31 May 2015

> Registered Professional Nurse (Philippines) as conferred by

Board of Nursing, Professional Regulation Commission (PRC),

Republic of the Philippines with Registration No. 0524961

with period of registration dated 09 March 2009 and valid

until 25 May 2015

REFERENCES / PUBLICATIONS

Cristina Searle, RN

Clinical Facilitator

Flinders University

School of Nursing and Midwifery / Flinders University

GPO Box 2100 Adelaide SA 5001

Tel. 040*******

Email: ********@*******.***.**

Cristina supervised my clinical placement at RAH in my final year,

2014

Debra Paterson, RN

Clinical Facilitator

Flinders University

School of Nursing and Midwifery / Flinders University

GPO Box 2100 Adelaide SA 5001

Tel. 041*******

Email: *************@*******.***

Debra supervised my initial clinical placement at Resthaven, 2013

Ferdinand Maandig, RN

Registered Nurse 10

Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) - Ward Q8

North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000

Tel. 042*******

Ferdinand taught me different aspects of nursing care in my related-

learning experience at RAH, 2014

Angela Creagh

Co-ordinator

Enhanced Lifestyles Inc

69A Portrush Road

Payneham SA 5070

Cris Hunt, RN

Clinical Care Coordinator

Resthaven Incorporated - Murray Bridge Hostel & Aged Care Facility

53 Swanport Road, Murray Bridge, SA 5253

Tel. 8532 1969

Email: ************@*********.***.**

Cris was my clinical coordinator during my clinical placement at

Resthaven, 2013

Marie Therese A. Pacabis, RN, RM, MAN

Chief Nurse

Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital

Lope de Vega Street and F. Huertas Streets

Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines

Tels. +63 (2) 7345561 to 65 / 7357144

Dzan Chavez, RN

Head Nurse, Ago General Hospital

Rizal Street, Legazpi City, Albay District, Philippines 4500

Tel. +63-52-820**** Fax +63-52-481****

Alleli Gaduena, RN, MAN

Dean, College of Nursing

Ago Medical and Educational Center-Bicol Christian College of

Medicine

Rizal Street, Legazpi City, Albay District, Philippines 4500

Tel. +63-52-820**** Fax +63-52-481****

Rhea L. Espedido

Registered Professional Teacher - Baltimore Public School System

(Mobile +141-********)

Address: 1020 Park Avenue Apt 313

Baltimore, Maryland 21202 USA

Email: ************@*****.***

This Curriculum Vita is true and correct as at 15th April 2015 and

as originally signed below.

FRANCIS G.

ESCANDOR

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