Alison Craven

New Registered Nurse with extensive experience in diverse inpatient and outpatient community settings. Exceptional critical thinking, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills. Proficient in ConnectCare charting, medication administration, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Committed to securing a position that further develops my expertise in internal medicine and critical care areas.

1,670 student nurse hours completed through Mount Royal University

General Medicine - Rockyview General Hospital - 105 hours

Colorectal Surgery - Rockyview General Hospital - 210 hours

Orthopedic Trauma Surgery - Foothills Medical Hospital - 120 hours

Community Health - Mount Royal Residency - 145 hours

Seniors Health - Swan Evergreen Village - 120 hours

Mental Health - South Health Campus - 120 hours

Postpartum & Newborn Health - Peter Lougheed Centre - 120 hours

Child Health - Niitsitapi Learning Centre - 120 hours

General & Oncological Surgery - Foothills Medical Hospital - 120 hours

Roles and responsibilities: 

• Competently provided and prioritized care for up to 4 patients based on acuity, patient-needs, and clinical judgment
• Collaborated with the healthcare team to carry out care plans and achieve desired patient outcomes
• Built rapport with patients and their families in order to advocate for their individualized healthcare needs
• Provided patient care including personal hygiene, dressing, feeding, and linen changes
• Assisted with ambulation, range of motion exercises, and activities of daily living
• Performed and documented thorough head to toe assessments and reported abnormal findings or changes from baseline to the healthcare team
• Performed dressing changes, catheter insertion and removal, and IV insertion and removal
• Safely administered and monitored patient client responses to oral, nebulized, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous medications, and blood products

Final Nursing Practicum - Emergency Department 

Peter Lougheed Centre - 370 hours

Roles and responsibilities:

• Quickly adapted to the fast-paced environment and worked autonomously within the interdisciplinary team
• Developed a proactive approach to anticipating the needs of the patient clients, fellow nurses, and clinicians
• Responded calmly and efficiently when patient health conditions changed or deteriorated rapidly, effectively informing the healthcare team of the patients dynamic status and needs
• Recognized as a valued contributing member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the various sections of the emergency department including intake, overflow, high-observation areas and the code-room

NCLEX

Passed May 14, 2024

Mask Fit Testing

Completed August 2, 2024

Basic Cardiac Life Support - Heart and Stroke Foundation Completed July 27, 2024

It’s Your Move - AHS Ergonomics Training

Completed July 26, 2023

WHS - Move Safe Training

Completed September 26, 2024

Accu-chek Glucose Meter Certification

Completed May 14, 2023

Harm Reduction and Naloxone Training Course Completed November, 2022

Expressed Breast Milk Certification

Completed August 5, 2022

Proserve Liquor Staff Training Certification

Completed May 3, 2021

Medical Clinic Set-up in Guatemala - September 2024 

Roles and responsibilities:

• Integral part of a small interdisciplinary team that opened a new volunteer-run medical clinic in Antigua, Guatemala,
• Provided local residents access to free and accessible medical care including initial assessment, care plans, treatment, and follow-up
• Established baseline patient client medical records for future use in the clinic
• Collaborated with local clinic administrative staff and other international medical volunteers to triage, assess, formulate and implement treatment plans for various conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, upper respiratory illness, and arthritis
• Educated patient clients regarding healthcare conditions, causes and prevention of illness, treatment, medications, and signs and symptoms requiring immediate intervention to improve health literacy and facilitate health promotion with patients
• Assessed efficacy of the initial treatment plan through follow up appointments, and made changes accordingly
• As a bilingual volunteer, provided assessment, care, and treatment in Spanish
• These volunteer efforts helped to establish the clinic as a key part of this remote communities healthcare system

• Dean's honor list - Mount Royal University - 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Jason Lang Scholarship - 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Alexander Rutherford Scholarship - 2018, 2019, 2020

Provided upon request