Registered Nurse - Good will staffing and Recruitment / F.H Wigmore Hospital Regina - Regina
(2022-08)
Served on the medical surgical unit providing quality care to the community with acute and chronic illnesses across the spectrum including but not limited to cardiac, renal, respiratory, infectious diseases drug overdoses, mental health and oncology concerns.
- Providing patient family centered care; collaborative, interdisciplinary, and inter organisational care.
- Worked on post operative hip, knee, arm, chest and stomach surgical patients.
- Documented data related to patient care assessments, intervention and responses to care.
- Participated in daily multidisciplinary rounds and discussed patient plans and goals of care and outcomes.
- Report any critical findings to the charge nurse who in turn followed through with more tests and reported to the responsible physician.
Registered Nurse - Respirology/step down ICU unit - Humber River Hospital
(2022-04 - 2022-07)
- Liaised with the ICU team lead and respiratory therapist while caring for patients connected to ventilators and patients with breathing challenges.
- Performed multiple duties on acute to semi critical patients in a multi-disciplinary and collaborative environment, ranging from tube feeding, tracheostomy care, chest tubes care, and cardiac patients.
- Monitored and cared for patients in the step-down ICU unit ensuring that they remain stable and report any sudden changes in status accordingly.
Northern Registered Nurse, Med-Surg Unit - Meno Ya Win Health Centre - Northwest Ontario
(2020-01 - 2021-11)
Caring for 32 Aboriginal reserve communities in Northwest Ontario. Providing patient and family-centered care; collaborative, interdisciplinary, and interorganizational with other hospitals and community groups during admission and discharge, with accurate documentation via Meditech.
- Caring for patients with electrolyte imbalances, fluid resuscitations, pain control management
- Cardiac, renal, and hepatic failures; DKAs, Hepatic Encephalopathies
- Pre- and post-operative cholecystectomies, amputations, appendicitis
- Alcohol and illicit drug withdrawals and overdose
- Patients with mental health illnesses and Form 1
- Isolation precautions (MRSA/VRE/ESBL/Droplet/Airborne)
- Inter-unit assist and Team Lead roles
- CIWA, COWS, and Falls Assessments
- Peripheral IV initiation, maintenance, and central lines care
- Ostomy, paracentesis, chest tube, foley, and wound care
- ECG, telemetry, electrolyte imbalances
- Baxter (IV), PCA, and Kangaroo pumps
- Medications, blood products, high alert, and controlled drugs administration via PO, SQ, IM, IV, PR, INH, and TOP; O2 therapy
Registered Nurse - Central West Community clinic/home visiting - Spectrum Health Care Community Agency
(2014-09 - 2020-01)
Provided general nursing duties including assessing client health status to determine service needs and discharge appropriateness.
- Provided wound, ostomy, palliative care; intravenous medication administration; chemo disconnection.
- Accurately documented nursing interventions, ordered supplies and liaised with appropriate stake holders for prompt client care.
