Qualifications

Strong experience in health care and hospital setting.

Able to remain calm and efficient during crisis situations.

Experience working in teams to enhance client care.

Excellent therapeutic communication skills with clients and families.

Excellent interpersonal communication skills

Motivated to take initiative and enhance knowledge base

Punctual, dependable, responsible, and adaptable to change.

Ability to perform under pressure and work in a fast paced environment

Actively participate as a competent contributing member of the health care team

Ability to work independently and seek advice when necessary

Incorporate most recent and up to date information when providing client care

Suicide Intervention

Education

Baccalaureate Nursing Degree Red River College, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2012-2017

Senior Nursing Practicum completion May 2017

Urban Circle Training Centre/Red River College 2006

Obtained Health Care Aide Certificate

Obtained Unit Clerk Certificate

Obtained Life Skills Certificate

Experience

Registered Nurse September 2017 – present

Graduated Nurse July 2017- September 2017

Both named above in same position at Health Sciences Centre (HSC) – Children’s Relief Team

Float and adapt to different units and routines in the Children’s Hospital such as the burn/surgical unit, oncology unit, medicine unite, acute medicine unit, Pediatric Special Care Unit, Pediatric Day Surgery, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and Children’s Emergency.

Provide safe, efficient, client centered, competent nursing care, and advocate for patients and their families.

Utilized critical thinking skills to the nursing process: assessed conditions, demonstrated effective decision making, implemented appropriate interventions, anticipated potential complications, and evaluated care outcomes.

Identify client needs and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary team, patients, and families to provide assessment, ongoing teaching, and assist patients during their care.

Efficiently perform various nursing skills such as wound care, discharge teaching, intravenous starts and maintenance, blood draws, medication administration consisting oral, intramuscular, and subcutaneous.

Review policy and procedure manual prior to performing skills.

Experience continued

Understanding different cultures, values, beliefs and implementing those into the individual’s treatment plan to establish a caring, supportive and culturally competent environment.

Establish and maintain therapeutic communications with individuals and families

Accurately and efficiently document all required assessments and observations.

Continue with educational workshops and modules

Senior Nursing Practicum • Health Sciences Centre (HSC) - RR5 • March 2017 - May 2017

Provide safe, efficient, client centered, competent nursing care and advocate for individuals who have had spinal cord injuries, neuromuscular injuries, or amputations with varying complex comorbidities.

Utilized critical thinking skills to the nursing process: assessed conditions, demonstrated effective decision making, implemented appropriate interventions, anticipated potential complications, and evaluated care outcomes along with monitor and address signs and symptoms of Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD).

Identify client needs and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary team, patients, and families to provide assessment, ongoing teaching, and assist patients in the rehabilitation process

Efficiently perform various nursing skills such as wound care, discharge teaching, blood draws from a PICC line, medication administration consisting oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and some IV maintenance.

Review policy and procedure manual prior to performing skills.

Understanding different cultures, values, beliefs and implementing those into the individual’s treatment plan to establish a caring, supportive and culturally competent environment.

Establish and maintain therapeutic communications with individuals and families

Accurately document all required assessments and observations.

Nursing Assistant Health Sciences Centre (in the following departments) 2006-2017

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 2012-2017

Adult Emergency 2011-2012

Children’s Emergency Room 2006-2011

Duties are categorized:

Patient Safety and Dignity

Ability to use nursing process to assess, analysis and evaluate patient care outcomes

Assembled and maintained patient charts while transcribing a variety of doctor’s orders.

Advocate for patients to ensure safe and adequate care

Performed health care aide duties to assist with activities of daily living, maintained unit supplies, ordering stock as necessary such as monitored supplies and equipment to ensure necessary tasks are performed with efficiency

Transferred patients to other departments for admissions, tests, procedures, or appointments

Assisted with nursing duties as required such as; holding pediatric patients for blood draws, catheterizations, feeds, and monitoring.

Stand by assist with critical situations

Ensured cleanliness of patient environment

Experience continued

Communication & Team work:

Performed receptionist duties while maintaining a clean and organized working environment

Assisted doctors with various procedures and tasks such assisting with suturing by holding pediatric patients during procedures, gathering equipment required, and arranging follow-up appointments and/or consults.

Assembled and maintained patient charts while transcribing a variety of doctor’s orders.

Excelled at working within the team environment to provide holistic care to patients from a variety of cultural and socio-economic statuses.

Excellent inter-professional communication with a focus on enhancing patient safety and outcomes

Nursing School Clinical Experience

Senior Consolidated Practicum • Health Sciences Centre - RR5 452 hours 2017

Pediatrics • Children’s Hospital - Pediatric Surgical Burn Unit CK3 80 hours 2017

Maternity • Women’s Hospital - WRS3 and L&D2 80 hours 2016

Palliative • Riverview Health Centre - Palliative Care U3E 120 hours 2016

Mental Health • MDAM - Community Mental Health 80 hours 2016

Community • Norquay School, WRHA public health 80 hours 2016

Personal Care Home • Middle Church - East 2 80 hours 2015

Community for Older Adults • Autumn House - Community 80 hours 2015

Medicine • St. Boniface Hospital - Acute Medicine U6E 120 hours 2015

Surgery • Concordia Hospital - N2W 120 hours 2014

Rehab/Medicine • Health Sciences Centre - RR5 80 hours 2014

Geriatric Medicine • Seven Oaks General Hospital – 5U1,2,3 80 hours 2014

Special Training and Certificates

ACCURO 2019

EDIS/EPR training course 2019

Non-Violence prevention 2019

CPR-BLS for Health Care professionals 2019

Emergency Nursing Pediatric Certificate 2018

WHMIS Mastery Certificate 2018

Transfusion Medicine Best Practices 2018

EPR and PYXIS training 2017

Wound Care course completed 2017

Health, Wellness and Indigenous Peoples of Canada 2015

Burns in Pediatric Abuse 2015

Victim Assistance:

Preparation and Support for Children in Criminal Proceedings Certificate 2015

Children Development 101 Certificate. 2015

Personal Health and Information Act 2013

WRHA Feeding Program 2006

Suicide Intervention 2006

Volunteer Work

Various Fundraising to raise money to assist a family in need after young child recently diagnosed with AML. 2017

Organized and assisted different events

Red River College 2012 - 2017

Tutor for mathematics and dosage calculations

Machray Elementary School 2008 - 2016

Assisted with a variety of school fundraising functions.

Facilitate and instruct the Babysitting course yearly.

References available on request

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