Cassandra McKillop
Calgary
Summary
Dynamic Nurse Clinician at Foothill Medical Center, skilled in advanced clinical procedures such as intubation and central line insertion. Recognized for enhancing patient outcomes through evidence-based practices and exceptional communication. A dedicated mentor, fostering a supportive environment and improving retention rates while leading educational initiatives for new medical staff.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nure Clinician, SANTS RN
Foothill Medical Center Unit 55 NICU
02.2009 - Current
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Stabilize and transport sick neonates through out the province
- Attend deliveries of neonates who require resuscitation
- Educated families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and implementing evidence-based practices.
- Mentored new nursing staff, contributing to a supportive work environment and improved retention rates.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Educate level 1 and 2 centers on neonatal care and stabilization
- Maintain and perform advanced skills such as endotracheal intubation, UAC/UC insertion, PICC line insertion, thoracentesis
- Educated/train medical learners in advanced practices procedures: UVC/UAC, PICC lines
- NRP instructor
Education
Bachelor in Nursing - Nursing
Lethbridge University
Lethbridge, AB07-2000
Skills
* Advanced clinical skills: Intubation, central line insertion, thoracentesis
* Computer charting: Connect care
* Proficient in Word, Microsoft office, excell, powerpoint
* Education/ Teaching: creating presentations and setting up a teaching or sim environment with SANTS out reach program, NRP as well as new Medical staff teaching
*Teaching at Kid Sim, running skill stations and scenarios
* Mentoring/ coaching: training new TRN to the team; facilitating learning opportunities, evaluation and goal setting
* clinical resource for staff
* collecting and reporting data for our transport data base
* Great communication, critical thinking and problem solving skills
* Quality improvement: participated in helping create clinical practise guidelines for the SANTS team as well as a return to work guidelines
Certification
- CPR
- NRP instructor
- NICU certificate Mount Royal College
- WISE
Timeline
Nure Clinician, SANTS RN
Foothill Medical Center Unit 55 NICU
02.2009 - Current
Bachelor in Nursing - Nursing
Lethbridge University
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