Ashley Medeiros

** ********* ***, ********, ******* L9C 7J6 vkblsi@r.postjobfree.com 905-***-****

OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a challenging position in a hospital where my concrete Holistic Nursing skills, knowledge and practical experience will be fully utilized.

EDUCATION:

• St Thomas More High school (5years) Hamilton, Ontario

• Registered Practical Nurse Program; Mohawk College (2 years), Hamilton, Ontario

CAREER PROFILE:

• Strong analytical skills, easily assess conditions and implement appropriate nursing interventions

• Proven record of responsibility and reliability

• Remain calm and professional during times of critical need

• Acknowledge and awareness of cultural diversity

• Developing rapport with patients, family, and the entire health care team

• Cooperative and team player

• Resourceful problem solver capable of implementing solutions to complex problems

• Comfortable and knowledgeable when implementing and researching evidence based research

• Able to work efficiently independently

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:

• Psychiatry- St. Joe’s Mountain Health

• General Medicine- St Catherine’s General, Joseph Brant

• Surgical- St. Joe’s

• 8 South - The Hamilton General Hospital

• PreGrad complete on Palliative/ MCX C7- Brantford General hospital

SKILLS:

• Direct care of patients

• Medical terminology and medication administration skills

• Maintaining sterile fields and wound care dressings

• Catheterization

• Acute and chronic care experience

• Certificate of Phlebotomy

• C.P.R issued July 2010

• Tracheotomy care

• Peg sites

• Integrating and interaction with the whole Health Care team

• PSA pain pumps

• Charting, documentation and health teaching

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Unregulated Health Care Professional. Villa Italia Retirement Residence -Hamilton, Ontario. May/ 2007- Present

• Assistant to the Director of Care

• Responsible for 120 residents along side an RPN

• Wound and dressing care

• Medication certificate and administration

• Extensive Health Teaching and Emotional Support

• Transcribing medication, blood work and treatment orders

• ADL’s and patient care

• Participated in blood work clinics and collection of blood work

• Working in outbreak precautions

Senior Sports Advisor. National Sports Centre- Hamilton, Ontario. April/ 2000- Present

• Extensive Customer Service

• WHMIS training

• Worked in teams with people of all different ages and cultures

• Extensive knowledge of proper footwear and postural abnormalities

• Team leadership skills

• Organizational skills

PERSONAL DETAILS:

In my free time I have volunteered for the Jennifer Ashleigh Children’s Charity for approximately ten years. I have participated in Golf tournaments, Silent auctions, Ranch BBQ’s, and personally raising over 100,000 dollars with four other individuals in the past ten years. I enjoy donating my time to this organization as I personally interact with more than half of the recipients of this charity each year. I also am fluent in Portuguese and Italian, and enjoy expressing my heritage.

REFERENCES:

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