Aasia Hersi

Address: **** ******* ***** *** *** St.Paul, MN 55108

Cell: 651-***-****

E-mail: adk8sr@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

A driven and qualified experienced nurse seeking an opportunity for employment in an acknowledged healthcare related field. Demonstrates exceptional leadership, clinical excellence, advocacy, client-focused care, and therapeutic communication skills. Comprehensive knowledge and experience of palliative care services, health care services, community services, oncology and medical terminology. WORK EXPERIENCE

Minnesota Oncology Aug 2020-Present

(7 months )

● Worked as an oncology nurse in an outpatient chemo clinic

● Duties included administering chemotherapy and injections, accessing ports, and starting IVs

● Preformed comprehensive assessments on patient before treatment initiation

● Assessed orders for chemotherapy treatments and the corresponding labs for appropriate date and correctness

● Called patients post treatment for follow up with regards to side effects post chemotherapy and to answer questions

● Provided patient teaching before chemotherapy treatment as well as discharge teaching post treatment

● helped patient with scheduling future appointments

● Treated chemotherapy reactions with emergency medications and recorded incidents in EMR

● Made sure a clean environment was maintained and followed COVID precautions Karmanos Cancer Institute Jan 2018 -Present

(30 months)

● Worked as an oncology nurse on a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit specialty

● Duties included caring for hematological and oncology patients, as well as surgical patients

● Preformed head to toe assessments on patients, developed individualized care plans based on patients diagnosis and treatment options

● Provided education to patients, and patient families in a therapeutic manner on chemotherapy regimen, bone marrow transplant procedure, and what to expect overall

● Demonstrated advocacy and collaboration with multidisciplinary team to ensure patients receiving best possible care

●Provided nursing care to patients, delegated to nursing assistants

●Able to demonstrate time management skills to complete tasks in a timely fashion

●Preformed multiple tasks regarding patient care including dressing changes, wound care, medication administration, and assisting with activities of daily living EDUCATION

University of Windsor Sept 2013 – June 2017

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)

Member of Dean’s Honour Roll

Vincent Massey Secondary School Sept 2009- June 2013 CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital: Complex/Palliative Care Unit Feb 2017 - Apr 2017

(192 hours)

● Provided palliative care services, including comfort care rounds, pain control, performing post-mortem care, and symptom management

● Attended family conferences and viewed client-focused interdisciplinary team discussions

● Completed multiple tasks for client’s including wound care, medication administration, and performing/assisting with activities of daily living Student Health Services: Health Promotion (University of Windsor) Sept 2016 – Dec 2016

(192 hours)

● Provided health promotion related to contraceptives, to first year student in residence

● Planned student health fair for beginning of the semester

● Researched areas of needed education for university students

● Communicated with different campus groups to prepare for a mental health fair I helped plan Windsor Regional Hospital (Metropolitan Campus) 8N Surgical Unit Jan 2016 – Apr 2016

(160 hours)

● Preformed head to toe assessments per shift on up to 3 patients, preformed vital signs, and completed comfort care round every two hours

● Administered medications, preformed wound care, provided health teaching, and advocated for patients needs

● Viewed two surgeries in the operating room via shadowing a OR nurse, listened in on interdisciplinary team meetings, and provided discharge teaching Windsor Regional Hospital (Ouellette Campus) 6W Surgical Unit Sept 2016 – Dec 2016

(88 hours)

● Assisted clients with activities of daily living, completed nursing care tasks in a timely fashion

● Viewed a chest tube being removed, and learned about how chest tubes function Windsor Regional Hospital (Ouellette Campus) 4 Floor Cardiac Unit Apr 2015 – May 2015

(144 hours)

● Responsible of providing care for 2 to 3 patients per shift

● Provided head to toe assessments, wound care, and administered medications

● Learned how to read EKG strip

● Experienced a day at the catheterization lab viewing a cardiac angioplasty procedure Windsor Regional Hospital (Metropolitan Campus) Pediatric Unit Mar 2015 – Apr 2015

(44 hours)

● Provided health teaching to both parents and patients

● Completed pediatric based assessment on children of all ages

● Provided wound care, measuring input and output and medication administration via multiple routes

Community Nursing : Marlborough Public School Jan 2015 – Feb 2015

(44 hours)

● Provided head lice, height, weight, eye sight, and teeth assessments on children aged kindergarten to grade two

● Gathered and analyzed the data plus notified parents with letters if any concerns were noted

● Providing health teaching presentations to grade seven classes Windsor Regional Hospital (Metropolitan Campus) 5 North Unit Sept 2014 – Dec 2014

(88 hours)

● Learning more about nursing care provided in a short stay unit

● Strengthening basic nursing skills including vital signs, accuchecks, documentation, and head to toe assessments

Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare: Rehab Unit Jan 2014 – Apr 2014

(88 hours)

● Learned about nursing care management as well as documentation

● Provided safe transfer techniques for patients recovering from hip and knee replacements ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sutherland Global Services. Windsor, ON June 2016 – Sept 2016

● Provided technical support assistance to AT&T and U-verse clients QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• LARA Michigan Nursing Licence 2019

• Minnesota Nursing License 2020

• College of Nurses of Ontario Licence 2021

• CPR level C 2021

• IV Therapy and Phlebotomy certification 2021

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