Rachel Aslan

Compassionate and experienced Nurse with extensive background in delivering patient-centred care. Skilled in conducting health assessments, managing chronic conditions, and providing health education to diverse populations. Strong collaborator with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes and promote community wellness.

Patient-focused nursing professional trained in optimum care, safety standards and documentation requirements. Confident in delivering treatments and conducting assessments to promote patient wellbeing and encourage recovery. Strong collaboration skills with colleagues and outside departments to coordinate safe, successful care.

Registered Nurse - Ottawa Hospital - Ottawa, Canada

(2024-02 - 2024-09)

Provided care for medical patients on an acute medical unit. Care for adult patients with various medical concerns who require short acute medical intervention.

Registered Nurse - Sandy Hill Community Health Centre - Ottawa, Ontario

(2024-01 - 2024-09)

Provided health services for to individuals who use drugs and/or were involved in survival sex trade. Worked alongside harm reduction workers, social workers, doctors and case workers, to provide harm reduction distribution, safe injection sites, treatment for overdose when necessary, skin (wound care), as well as provide access to social services.

Community Health Nurse - Queensway Pinecreast Community Health Centre - Ottawa, Ontario

(2022-05 - 2024-06)

Worked as part of a team at the centre's integrated health clinic, alongside medical doctors, pharmacists, social workers and nurses. providing community, primary and secondary health care. The clinic served many different communities but focused on new arrivals in Canada. The role of the nurse was to triage and identify needs, provide nursing care, such as vaccination catch up, teaching and monitoring of non-communicable diseases and referrals as required.

Registered Nurse - Family Health Team, Ottawa Hospital - Ottawa, ON, Canada

(2020-06 - 2024-01)

Nursing Care at a family health care center including: RPN's, medical doctors, pharmacists, dieticians, a mental health team, and other clinics. Provided patient care in the form of telephone triage, medical information, health education and clinical care (primary and secondary)

Community Health Nurse - Indigenous Services Canada - Northern Ontario, Canada

(2020-10 - 2021-12)

Provided primary care in remote indigenous communities including assessment, treatment and health education. Supervised the pre-natal program in the community. Care of emergent and urgent patients when required, to stabilize and transfer to Emergency Department

Reproductive Health Advisor (volunteer) - Relief International - Amman, Jordan

(2017-09 - 2018-04)

Assess and improve reproductive health program in southern Syria. Prepared teaching material and reproductive health guidelines for use by midwives and nurses at a hospital and several community health care centers in southern Syria

School Nurse - Lycee Francais International d'Amman - Amman, Jordan

(2017-01 - 2017-09)

Assist in the physical and emotional well being of children from pre-school to secondary school. Assessment and treatment of minor illnesses and first aid. Provided health education through classroom teaching and collaboration with school teaching

Staff Nurse - The Morgentaler Clinic - Ottawa, ON, Canada

(2016-03 - 2016-08)

Provided physical and psychological care to women in the field of sexual health. Including assessment, teaching, counseling and ensuring follow up care as needed. Assisted in operating room as a circulating nurse

Staff Nurse, Birthing Unit - Ottawa Hospital - Ottawa, ON, Canada

(2006-09 - 2013-08)

Provided care for low and high-risk obstetrical patients including patient history, ongoing physical assessment, documentation, labor support prescribed treatment and ongoing communication with the obstetrical team. Early post partum care and breastfeeding support. Assisted in operating room as scrub/circulating nurse for cesarean section, and post-operative care

Staff Nurse, Gyn/Onc - Ottawa Hospital - Ottawa, ON, Canada

(2004-01 - 2006-08)

Provided care for gynecology and gynecology-oncology patients including history and documentation, assessment and treatment. Administered chemotherapy and blood products as needed. Post operative bedside care, emotional and family support as well as discharge planning and teaching

Staff Nurse, Acute Medicine - Jewish General Hospital - Montreal, Quebec, Canada

(2002-12 - 2003-12)

Provided care and management of patients with various medical problems including cardiac disease, diabetes, respiratory disease and at times end of life care. Responsibilities included history and assessment, documentation, creating and follow up of care plans, as well as prescribed treatment. Participated in weekly multidisciplinary report to ensure exemplary patient care

Staff Nurse, Medical Oncology - Ottawa Hospital - Ottawa, ON, Canada

(2000-09 - 2002-06)

Provided care for oncology patients within a multi disciplinary team. Responsibilities included assessment, treatment and ongoing evaluation. Administering chemotherapy and blood products. Palliative care and family support

Staff Nurse, Birthing Unit - Jewish General Hospital - Montreal, Quebec, Canada

(1999-09 - 2000-07)

Provided care for low and high-risk obstetrical patients including triage, assessment and treatment. Documentation and communication with obstetrical team. Labor support, assistance with the delivery of newborns, as well as post partum care. Immediate post partum and newborn care, breastfeeding assistance and post-natal education. Assisted patients through both therapeutic and spontaneous terminations

Staff Nurse, Acute Medicine - Montreal Children's Hospital - Montreal, Quebec, Canada

(1998-02 - 1999-07)

Provided care for infants, children and adolescents with renal and respiratory illnesses. Position included rotation through short stay unit of the Emergency Room. Including patients requiring post kidney transplant management and peritoneal dialysis, as well as the clinical management of acute and chronic respiratory illnesses such as asthma, pneumonia and cystic fibrosis

Bachelor of Science - Nursing - University of Ottawa (2001-01)

CEGEP Diploma - Nursing - John Abbott College (1997-01)

Bachelor of Arts - Concordia University (1994-01)