EKELEME, BLESSING

Licensed Practical Nurse Reg #: 46843

#** **** ** ******, ** Calgary AB T3E6N5, Canada

Email: adbecj@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 403-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Skilled Practical Nurse offering competent care in geriatric, continuing care rehabilitation and post-operative care. Consistently earned praise from patients, family and supervising care managers for delivering excellent nursing care. Eager to secure a part-time/full-time, or casual licenced practical nurse position and available for all shifts.

SKILLS

Possession of 2 year working experience as a licensed practical nurse.

Team, goal and detail oriented individual, highly motivated and possesses strong interpersonal skills plus excellent oral and written communication abilities.

Able to multi-task and prioritize competing demands with adequate time management strategies that promote safe, effective and efficient client care and needs.

Prepared to take on new challenges and rewarding career in an organisation that values collaborative skills, conflict resolution, flexibility and passion to support and provide enhanced quality of life to individuals’ acute or chronic physical disabilities or memory/mental health.

Working knowledge of Microsoft word, excel and Sunrise Clinic Manager (SCM) applications.

WORK HISTORY

LPN/Father Lacombe Care Centre February 2019 – Date

Complete new admission documentation with resident and family members.

Provide direct resident care and medication/ treatment administration and document care in compliance with regulatory and facilities standards, policies and procedures; Reporting significant and concerning developments to charge nurse, resident physician and family.

Implement and evaluate effectiveness of clients’ care plans and make changes as necessary.

Complete documentation for resident transfer to hospital when necessary.

Complete re-admission documentation and medication reconciliation after hospital admission.

Respond to and manage significant changes in clients’ condition or medical emergencies by providing first aid care, and transferring resident to hospital for observation.

Facilitate and provide resident/family education.

Obtain order for and provide palliative care and support to family at residents’ bedside.

Instruct, direct, coordinate, delegate to and supervise unregulated healthcare provider.

Monitor, observe, assess, and document clients’ participation and concerns in Adult Day Program.

Report significant concerns to case manager and family of clients.

Communicate with Access Calgary for clients’ transportation to and from the ADP attendance.

SPN/Providence Care Centre, Baywood Neighbourhood June – August, 2018

Performed lung volume recruitment manoeuvre, abdominal cough assist and suctioning, and oxygen therapy monitoring and titration to promote respiration and airway clearance.

Perform acute and chronic pain screening, assess for anxiety/panic attacks, behaviour mapping and provided appropriate intervention.

Initiating hypodermoclysis infusion line for long/short-term fluid or medication administration.

Bowel and bladder care, ostomy and urostomy, scanning, in and out, and indwelling catheterisation, maintaining sterility.

Routine skin observation, wound care, infection monitoring and BWAT.

Specimen collection and processing of requisition form for lab analysis.

Processing prescription refill, dosage changes, new orders and discontinued interventions appropriately as ordered.

Appropriately communicates abnormal significant changes in clients to charge nurse, registered nurse and interdisciplinary team members.

Coordinate healthcare team's resident care assignments to ensure efficient and timely delivery of care to residents, updates care plan as necessary.

SPN/Rockyview General Hospital/General Surgery, Unit 83, September – October, 2017

Provided direct and indirect nursing care to patients and families in routine/preoperative nursing situations under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse.

Assisted in the delivery of healthcare through patient assessments, interventions and monitoring.

Administered medications to the patients and monitored and documented the effectiveness of all medications.

Worked collaboratively with registered nurses in the delivery of patient care, providing update health information to ensure best care.

Functioned well in a fast paced environment and approached high stress situations appropriately.

Facilitated and collaborated with members of inter-professional team in the development of a pre and post-operative program servicing patients who underwent partial or total bowel resection.

Assess and respond timely and efficiently to patients’ needs.

Understood and implemented the patient's treatment plan including IV administration.

Provided post-operative bedside care and mobility assistance.

Provide safe individualized nursing care including all aspects of direct patient care, treatments, and procedures.

Document accurate and complete patient information while addressing identified patient problems, and expected outcome.

SPN/Carewest, Glenmore May – August, 2017

In and out catheterisation maintaining sterility, providing perineal and catheter care.

Collection of urine sample for laboratory examinations.

Providing wound care from simple wound dressing and irrigation and packing to vacuum assisted closure maintaining sterility.

Performed skin assessments and implemented standing orders as needed to treat skin breakdown/wounds.

Provided comprehensive and emotional care to patients with various medical diagnoses and comorbidities.

Providing ADLs, client monitoring and observation, vital signs and head to toe assessments to total care.

Reviewed medical records for accuracy and laboratory results for changes in care.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for residents.

Administered and monitored PO and injectable medications.

Assisting and prompting clients for their drugs including ensuring that they are taking the right dose at any given time.

Assisted in setting up and monitoring intravenous infusion, patient post-operative status for one day clinical experience at the RGH Day surgery unit.

Communicated with the primary nurse regularly regarding resident’s condition.

Providing patient teaching on drug purposes, effects and interactions.

Working in conjugation with other health care teams to meet the goals for the patient ranging from medication to physical, and occupational therapy.

Maintaining accurate documentation useful in reassessing client to ensure that they are receiving the right care needed.

Assisting clients to regain full or close to baseline functionality for transitioning back to their own homes or nursing homes.

SPN/Carewest, George Boyack November – December, 2016

Assured the safety and comfort of residents, performs blood glucose monitoring

Assisted clients with activities of daily living, including personal grooming and hygiene maintenance.

Obtained vital signs, performed head to toe assessments, hourly rounds, notes and reports significant deviations from baseline to primary nurse.

Ensures proper documentation of clients care and outcome.

Provided clients education and teaching, and advocating for clients best interest.

TRAINING

Basic CPR Certification

N95 Mask Fitting

EDUCATION

Practical Nursing Program, Bow Valley College, Calgary – Graduate (I.D. No. 359011)

Specialty Certification in Immunisation, Bow Valley College, Calgary.

REFERNCES

Emmanuel Carmona (Licensed Practical Nurse)

403-***-**** adbecj@r.postjobfree.com

Shahnaz Raja Abid (Administrative Support Practical Nurse Program)

403-***-**** adbecj@r.postjobfree.com

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