Charmaine Fennell
Richmond,ON
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with 18 years of experience in direct patient care, coordinating nurse, and charge nursing. Demonstrated ability to remain calm and composed in high-pressure and stressful situations. Consistently fosters strong relationships with patients, their families, and the interdisciplinary team through a respectful attitude and empathetic communication. Highly skilled in coordinating patient care with interdisciplinary professionals to ensure excellent patient outcomes. Driven clinical teacher with 12 years of experience in the clinical setting, focused on helping students achieve personal and professional goals while enhancing patient care. Expertise in collaborating with students to meet objectives within set timelines. Committed to transferring nursing knowledge and upholding safe and ethical practices. Adaptable teaching techniques and timely constructive feedback contribute to effective learning experiences. Organized, efficient, reliable, and dependable, approaching tasks and situations with a responsible mindset.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Clinical Teacher
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
2012.01 - Current
- Review patient population to consider best fit patients for students while preparing students assignments.
- Assist students acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes required of the nursing profession .
- Supervise and provide directions to students during skills performance.
- Provide timely feedback to students such as after completing skills in the practice setting.
- Ensure students learning synchronizes with semester's learning outcomes.
- Review concept maps to aid student's learning.
- Continuously analyzing students performance to ensure professional development, consistency in achieving learning outcomes.
- Integrate teaching models and theorist into clinical practice while mentoring and supporting students.
- Facilitates teamwork among the students and interdisciplinary.
- Ensure students work safely with patients and care team.
- Support students in their search for knowledge and facilitate how they transfer theoretical knowledge into practice to foster their critical thinking.
- Creates learning opportunities and uses teaching/learning strategies and technologies to facilitate the learning process of students.
- Good understanding of the policies and procedures that direct patient care at the various clinical sites while adhering to the CNO standards of care.
- Evaluate students at midterm and end of semester to ensure their learning outcomes and goals are fulfilled.
Coordinating Nurse
Trillium Health Partners
2006.08 - Current
- Coordinate, organizes, prioritize and manages daily patient care activities, staffing and staff assignment for 24-hour periods.
- Promotes teamwork and effective work practice.
- Assess, coordinates and evaluates plan of care for and with patients, families and interdisciplinary team.
- Provide leadership, guidance, direction, education, support and mentorship to staff to ensure integrated care planning for patient so they achieve outcomes that are safe and of the best quality.
- Acts as liaison with physician, interdisciplinary care team, families and community care.
- Daily rounding with interdisciplinary team members and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to ensure patient receive tests ordered in a timely manner.
- Supports THP patient care system that fosters professional autonomy, accountability and patient-centered care.
- Addresses patient and family's satisfaction with care and care plan.
- Promotes and Implements evidence-based practice that improve patient outcomes.
- Monitors patient progress and ensure their safe discharge from the unit.
- Provides regular reports to interprofessional team and nurse at shift change.
- Monitors health and safety concerns within the physical environment for patient care to ensure it meets THP standards for best practice.
- Assess risk management initiative to ensure patient safety, evaluate and anticipate risks to patient safety and ensure incidents are entered into the Report System RL6.
- Provides clinical education to patients and families using resources available on THP intranet and the unit.
- Uses technology and teaching /learning strategies to facilitate teaching/learning of staff at the bedside.
- Aware of THP practice standards, mission, values and goals.
- Good understanding of THP policies and procedures that directs patient care, where and how to locate them while keeping informed regarding policies changes.
- Good standing with CNO and follows their standards of care.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing (Teaching & Learning)
York University
06.2016
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
York University
06.2006
Skills
- Excellent in patient care.
- Ability to coordinate and delegate duties
- Ability to work as part of an interprofessional team.
- Ability to educate, mentor, advise and provide feedback while fostering a positive work environment.
- Excellent listening and communication skills.
- Clinical and leadership skills.
- Strong multitasking, critical thinking, problem solving and conflict resolution skills.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Commitment to evidence-based practice and quality in patient safety.
- Commitment to patient, public and global health.
Certification
- College of Nurses of Ontario, 12/2024
- RNAO, 11/2024
- BCLS, 05/2025
- EPIC CARE, 10/2020
- SUNRISE CLINICAL MANAGER, 09/2020
- MEDITECH/MEDITECH EXPANSE, 01/2012
Timeline
Clinical Teacher
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
2012.01 - Current
Coordinating Nurse
Trillium Health Partners
2006.08 - Current
Master of Science - Nursing (Teaching & Learning)
York University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
York University
- College of Nurses of Ontario, 12/2024
- RNAO, 11/2024
- BCLS, 05/2025
- EPIC CARE, 10/2020
- SUNRISE CLINICAL MANAGER, 09/2020
- MEDITECH/MEDITECH EXPANSE, 01/2012
Undergraduateclinicalpracticumtaught
- BSCN 3605: Critical Path - Mandatory Professional Practicum - Nursing
- NURS 1136: Clinical Practicum: Wellness and Chronicity
- NURS 3073: Clinical Practicum: Acute Health Practicum
- NURS 4123: Clinical Practicum Nursing Families in Complex Situations
- NURS 4127: Integrated Nursing Practicum – Clinical Advisor
References
Available upon request
Undergraduateclinicalpracticumtaught
- BSCN 3605: Critical Path - Mandatory Professional Practicum - Nursing
- NURS 1136: Clinical Practicum: Wellness and Chronicity
- NURS 3073: Clinical Practicum: Acute Health Practicum
- NURS 4123: Clinical Practicum Nursing Families in Complex Situations
- NURS 4127: Integrated Nursing Practicum – Clinical Advisor
References
Available upon request
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