Brianna Holdal
Red Deer,AB
Summary
A passionate Licensed Practical Nurse seeking to further progress nursing experience through compassionate and holistic care. Eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail, excellent communication, and strong engagement skills. Clear understanding of collaborative, safe and ethical care. Motivated to learn, grow, and excel in the nursing profession.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Alberta Health Services
08.2023 - Current
- Care for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Assist with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Document accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Obtain patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Manage patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Perform routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Administer controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Monitor, track, and convey important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Alberta Health Services
05.2021 - Current
- Actively answers incoming phone calls from various healthcare, legal professionals and guardians to provide client specific information pertaining to treatment and care plans
- Obtaining lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreting results to diagnose patients.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Proactively evaluates patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Administer oral medications and IM injections to patients.
- Provide patient education on health care issues, prescribed medications, and substances. Develop and implement individualized patient care plans.
- Monitor patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Provide emotional support to patients and families throughout care process
- Accurate and complete documentation of patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Perform routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
Harm Reduction Specialist
Turning Point Society
04.2019 - 08.2021
- Completed intake documentation on all program participants
- Monitored of participants actively consuming substances
- Assisted in emergency situations as directed by OPS Nurse; administration of Naloxone
- Provision of consumption related education (take home Naloxone, overdose prevention, safer consumption)
- Maintained records and documentation
- Completed referrals
- Distributed harm reduction supplies and provided related education
Administrative Support III
Alberta Health Services
11.2011 - 09.2021
- Assigned patients ULI/PHN unique identifiers and access electronic health records
- Processed regional mail using College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta directory
- Operated switchboard console for Red Deer Regional Hospital Initiate procedure for Code Alarm Panel when activated
- Accessed patient's health records for departments and surrounding hospitals within Canada
- Complied with Health Information Act and Freedom of Information, Privacy and Protection Act
- Filed and assembled patient's medical records
- Interviewed, registered and admited patients into Regional Registration System
Education
Licensed Practical Nursing Program
Red Deer College
Red Deer, AB05.2021
Medical Office Assistant
Reeves College
Edmonton, Alberta2010
High School Diploma -
Parkview Adventist Academy
Lacombe, AB2009
Skills
- Compassionate and Empathetic
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize and manage time effectively Knowledgeable in regulation and maintenance of continuing education and need to maintain relevancy with current standards of practice and policies
- Substantial interpersonal relationship-building skills
- Active collaborative team member
- Effectively able to adapt to ever-changing environment
- Consistently seeks out learning opportunities for enhancement of abilities and skills
- Implements feedback to enhance professional practice
- Passionate about community service and holistic wellness
Certification
- ENPEP
- Respiratory Fit Testing
- It's Your Move Certificate
- Advanced Care Planning: Goals of Care Designations - Adults
- Basic Life Support Provider Certificate - August 2024
- BBIT - Basal Bolus Insulin Therapy
- Certificate of Learning: Diagnostics Testing & Laboratory Values
- Certificate of Learning: Pressure Ulcers
- Certificate of Learning: Health Assessment
- Connect Care - Red Deer Emergency
References
Kimberley Salmon
Manager Unit 39 and Acute at Home
Children's Mental Health and Addiction
C: 403-318-0898
W: 403-343-4639
E: kimberley.salmon@alberthealthservices.ca
Tracey Pavlick
Administrative Support
Health Information Management
W: 403-343-4775
E: tracey.pavlick@albertahealthservices.ca
Gail Standing
Registration Clerk
Health Information Management
C: 403-864-9869
W: 403-343-4775
E: Gail.Standing@albertahealthservices.ca
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Alberta Health Services
08.2023 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse
Alberta Health Services
05.2021 - Current
Harm Reduction Specialist
Turning Point Society
04.2019 - 08.2021
Administrative Support III
Alberta Health Services
11.2011 - 09.2021
Licensed Practical Nursing Program
Red Deer College
Medical Office Assistant
Reeves College
High School Diploma -
Parkview Adventist Academy
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