Heidi

I have been a Registered Practical nurse for 7 years. I have been working various units within the GTA. These include rehabilitation, surgical post op, specialty clinic and community rehabilitation. I also float to various units and welcome new challenges. I am also interested in managerial positions, experience in clinical and administrative duties.

Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Registered Practical Nurse - Spectrum Health - Mississauga, ON

(2025-02 - 2026-02)

Community care nurse. Caseloads are from Ontario Home At Health. Various clients and care including wound care / complex, cancer care, post chemotherapy, IV medication administration. Catheter and ostomy care, drain care post op. Various care/complex care, palliative care. Documentation, administration duties ordering medical supplies. Various in service training, involving new supplies and various modalities.

Registered Practical Nurse - Bayshore HealthCare - Collingwood, ON

(2023-08 - 2024-11)

Community RPN, visiting nurse for patients returning from hospital, on home bundle programs. Health assessments, intakes, wound care, catheter, ostomy care, patients teaching, post op, rehab various nursing care modalities

Registered Practical Nurse - Scarborough Health Network- Centenary Hospital - Toronto, ON

(2022-09 - 2023-05)

Surgical post op- short stay Rehabilitation. Various post op surgical patients.

• Maintains IV, IM/ SC medications
• PCA pain pumps, CBI, recovery patients
• Discharges, Admissions
• Electronic documentation, Pyxis, Meditech

Registered Practical Nurse - UHN-, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - Toronto, ON

(2020-04 - 2023-05)

• Maintains 12 pt care assignments
• Medication Administration
• Maintains G Tube feeds
• Tracheostomy Care
• Colostomy, Foley Catheter Care
• Wound care
• Electronic Documentation, Pyxis
• Maintains Care Plans
• Behavioral pts.
• Critical thinking skills
• Performs Covid swabs and administers Covid vaccine to pts.
• Specialty Clinic- Physiatry- assists MRP with patient care and documentation, preparing botox injections, clinic opening duties and clinic setup

Massage Therapist - In Your Home Therapy Inc - Toronto, ON

(2017-08 - 2023-05)

Therapeutic, deep tissue, prenatal, hot stone. Opening and closing duties, assist to manage spa (Axion clinic, West mount Montreal, Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville and various Club Link Resorts) 20 plus years.

Registered Practical Nurse - ALL CARE NURSING - Toronto, ON

(2019-11 - 2022-11)

RPN agency nurse. Various assignments

• Hospital, Community
• Covid Assessment for City Of Toronto
• Patient Care
• Medication Administration

Registered Practical Nurse - Toronto Public Health - Toronto, ON

(2021-04 - 2022-05)

Vaccination clinic assessing and giving vaccines

RPN student - COPERNICUS LODGE - Toronto, ON

(2019-01 - 2019-03)

RPN placement, medication administration, various oral, injection, insulin, wound care, documentation (POC).

• Assist, monitor PSW staff
• Behavior modification
• Critical thinking skills
• Patient / family advocacy
• Report to charge nurse

RPN student - St Joseph's Health Centre Toronto - Toronto, ON

(2018-09 - 2018-12)

Clinical placement with assigned nurse.

• Medication administration
• Various duties
• Assess vital signs
• Head to toe assessment
• Documentation ADLs

RPN student - Humber River Regional Hospital - Toronto, ON

(2018-05 - 2018-08)

Clinical placement

• Perform ADL's
• Medication administration
• Injections
• Vital signs
• Head to toe assessments
• Documentation

Nursing (Registered practical nurse graduate) - Nursing - George Brown College (2016-09 - 2019-04)

Therapeutic massage (Registered Massage Therapist) - Therapeutic massage - SNMQ (1999-02 - 2018-12)

Personal support worker (PSW) - Personal support worker - Canadian College (2016-01 - 2016-06)