Alexa Rudell
London
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse looking to obtain a position at a workplace that encourages quality care as well as opportunity for growth and continued learning
Dedicated to providing competent, evidence-based care for complex and unstable patient populations in a variety of settings
Eagar to learn by continued education through courses
Experience precepting RN students in their final consolidation
Primarily working with women and neonates in Family Birthing Centre with cross-training to float to Medical-Surgical Unit as needed
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
General Surgery and Urology
London Health Sciences Centre
2023.01 - Current
- Cared for complex, tertiary level pre-operative and post-operative patients with a wide variety of illnesses
- Proficient with wound care, ostomy care, tubes, drains, PCA pumps, central lines and epidural blocks
- Competent in assessing patients for adverse events within a complex setting
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility
- Proficient with IV insertion and lab drawing
- Strong knowledge of general and urological surgeries
- Educated patients on procedures within my scope of practice, what to expect and look out for upon discharge home as well as pain management and benefits of early ambulation
- Educated patients on wound and ostomy care
- Safely and competently able to manage a patient load
Family Birthing Centre
South Bruce Grey Health Centre
2020.07 - Current
- Collaborated with interprofessional team to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Created therapeutic professional relationships with patients
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and use critical thinking to determine next course of action.
- Triaged antenatal, labouring and postpartum patients
- Administered follow up appointments for postpartum moms and newborns
- Labour 1:1 with patients while providing fetal surveillance, administering drugs, assessing vitals, monitoring epidurals and other infusions such as oxytocin and magnesium sulfate
- Cared for antenatal, labouring and postpartum patients
- Administered non-stress tests, cervical exams, head-to-toe assessments, postpartum assessments, and newborn assessments
- Prepared and administered medications via subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous routes (including oxytocin drips), inserted urinary catheters, monitored patients with epidurals
- Assisted in delivery of newborns
- Prepared patients for urgent and emergent transfers and accompanied them via EMS
- Monitored and assessed newborns immediately following Caesarean sections
Medicine/Surgical Unit
South Bruce Grey Health Centre
2019.06 - Current
- Competent in caring for unstable, high acuity patients
- Cared for those with wide variety of illnesses from cardiac and post-operative patients to long- term care patients.
- Proficient in head-to-toe assessments and focused assessments
- Competent in telemetry monitoring and caring for cardiac patients
- Administered ECGs, wound care, tracheostomy care, nasogastric tube care, PEG tube care, ostomy care and appliance changes, PICC line care (including dressing changes and blood drawing), hanging and monitoring blood products, catheter care, chest tube care, palliative care, post-mortem care and drain care.
- Involved in code blues, adverse events and transportation of urgent and emergent patients via EMS
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Minor in Psychology
Nipissing University
North Bay, ON2019
Skills
- Proficient with documentation programs such as Meditech, Powerchart (Citrix) and OB-Traceview
Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)-Heart and Stroke Foundation
- Basic Life Support (BLS)-Heart and Stroke Foundation
- Cardiac Rhythm Interpretation-Michener Institute
- 12-Lead ECG Interpretation- Michener Institute
- Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP)-Canadian Pediatric Society
- Fetal Health Surveillance (EFM)-University of British Columbia
- Breastfeeding Course-RNAO
References
- Dr. Kristine Schipper, MD (Family Doctor specializing in Obstetrics),
South Bruce Grey Health Centre: Walkerton Site
Email: krisschipper@gmail.com - Rose Beyersbergen, RN (Former Nurse Manager), South Bruce Grey
Health Centre: Walkerton Site
Cell: 289-880-8818 - Delaney Evans, RN (Charge Nurse), South Bruce Grey Health Centre:
Walkerton Site
Cell: 226-930-1897
Timeline
General Surgery and Urology
London Health Sciences Centre
2023.01 - Current
Family Birthing Centre
South Bruce Grey Health Centre
2020.07 - Current
Medicine/Surgical Unit
South Bruce Grey Health Centre
2019.06 - Current
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Minor in Psychology
Nipissing University
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)-Heart and Stroke Foundation
- Basic Life Support (BLS)-Heart and Stroke Foundation
- Cardiac Rhythm Interpretation-Michener Institute
- 12-Lead ECG Interpretation- Michener Institute
- Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP)-Canadian Pediatric Society
- Fetal Health Surveillance (EFM)-University of British Columbia
- Breastfeeding Course-RNAO
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