Vanessa Honeywell

Experienced Registered Nurse with over six years of nursing experience, including more than four years in a high-acuity Neuro-Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Demonstrated expertise in complex patient assessment, clinical decision-making, advanced monitoring, patient and family education, interdisciplinary collaboration, and care coordination. Recognized for delivering compassionate, patient-centred care while effectively managing complex clinical situations and supporting patients and families through critical and life-changing healthcare experiences.

Critical Care Nurse - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

(2021-07)

• Provide comprehensive assessment, monitoring, and management of critically ill medical, surgical, trauma, and neurological patients.
• Perform detailed cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, and systemic assessments to identify changes in patient condition and implement timely interventions.
• Manage complex patient care needs and treatment-related complications while collaborating with interdisciplinary teams.
• Educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, treatments, procedures, medications, and ongoing care needs.
• Participate in family meetings, goals-of-care discussions, transitions of care, and end-of-life decision-making.
• Mentor newly hired nurses and contribute to ongoing professional development.

Registered Nurse - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

(2019-12 - 2021-07)

• Delivered patient-centred nursing care across Trauma, Neurosurgery/Orthopedics, Psychiatry, and Critical Care settings.
• Conducted comprehensive patient assessments and developed individualized plans of care.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes and facilitate safe transitions of care.

Personal Care Worker - Shannex Health Care

(2011-09 - 2019-05)

Bachelor of Science - Nursing - Dalhousie University (2019)

Certificate - Critical Care Nursing - George Brown College (2021)