Ashley Medeiros
** ********* ***, ********, ******* L9C 7J6 *********@*******.*** 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:
Available upon Request