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Christopher Cordova

BC

Summary

Empathetic Nurse promoting over 17 years of expertise in the healthcare industry. Nursing expertise in Palliative care, Complex care (LTC), Community care and Management. Registered in perfect standing under the BCCNM (previously CLPNBC) since 2007.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Palliative Nurse

Evergreen
09.2024 - Current
  • Providing Quality Palliative Comfort Care
  • Pain Management & Symptom Management
  • Inserting SC Butterflies. Administering Opioids & Other via SC route
  • Inserting and managing Foley Catheters.
  • Effective Collaboration with interdisciplinary team. Patients, Families, CHN's, SCN's, Doctors, etc.
  • Bedside Care

LPN

Broadway Pentecostal Lodge
12.2019 - Current
  • Night Shift LPN (Nurse-in-Charge)
  • Managing Health and safety for 114 Clients
  • Effective Teamwork with 6 RCA's.
  • Nursing Assessments, Interventions, Evaluations, Planning
  • LTC Complex care
  • Palliative Care
  • Vital Signs Monitoring
  • Managing Hospital Transfers as needed
  • Managing staff sick calls

Community Nurse

Wellness Pharmacy
05.2021 - 09.2024
  • Independent Community Nurse
  • 25-30 Patients per day
  • Managing Schizophrenia. Administering IM injections.
  • Managing IDDM. Assessing BG. Administering SC injections
  • Administering Oral Medications
  • Time management
  • Effective Collaboration with Clients, Families, Pharmacy, Management Team

LPN

Elim Village
03.2012 - 12.2019
  • LPN AM/PM & Nights
  • Health & Wellness of 28 Clients
  • Effective Teamwork with 4 RCA staff
  • Effective collaboration with Doctors, Dietitians, Nurses
  • Regular team meetings to provide best quality care for all clients
  • Vitals Signs monitoring
  • Medication Administration. Oral, SC, IM, PR, Topical.
  • Annual Care Conferences

LPN Charge Nurse

Deltaview Life Enrichment Center
01.2007 - 03.2012
  • First 5 Years as a Nurse
  • Years 1-3: Medication administration. PO, SC, IM, PR, Topical.
  • Nursing assessments, planning, interventions, evaluations.
  • Learning effective communication & teamwork
  • Customer service
  • Vitals signs monitoring
  • Palliative care.
  • Years 3-5. Delegated as Charge Nurse and Operations Manager for a new "Special Care Unit - Dorothy Meadows"
  • Admitting patients from Riverview hospital
  • Behavior management. Violence prevention.
  • Effective collaboration & regular meetings with Fraserhealth Interdisciplinary team. Doctors, Pharmacists, Dietitians, OT, PT, Nurses.

Education

Associate of Science - Licensed Practical Nurse

Sprott-Shaw Community College
Surrey, BC
01-2007

High School Diploma -

Ecole Kwantlen Park Secondary
Surrey, BC
06-2004

Skills

  • Nursing Expertise
  • Clinical Leadership
  • Empathetic Communication
  • Teamwork Collaboration
  • Management

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual

Certification

  • Standard First Aid CPR/AED-C (exp: 10/2027)
  • Respiratory Fit Test (3M, Model 1860. exp: 10/2026)
  • Hospice Palliative Care (FraserHealth 2012)
  • Opioids (FraserHealth 2014)
  • Persistent Pain (FraserHealth 2014)
  • Leadership (2009 &2015)
  • Violence Prevention & Management (2008 & 2016)
  • RAI-MDS (FraserHealth 2009)
  • WHMIS (2006)

Timeline

Palliative Nurse

Evergreen
09.2024 - Current

Community Nurse

Wellness Pharmacy
05.2021 - 09.2024

LPN

Broadway Pentecostal Lodge
12.2019 - Current

LPN

Elim Village
03.2012 - 12.2019

LPN Charge Nurse

Deltaview Life Enrichment Center
01.2007 - 03.2012
  • Standard First Aid CPR/AED-C (exp: 10/2027)
  • Respiratory Fit Test (3M, Model 1860. exp: 10/2026)
  • Hospice Palliative Care (FraserHealth 2012)
  • Opioids (FraserHealth 2014)
  • Persistent Pain (FraserHealth 2014)
  • Leadership (2009 &2015)
  • Violence Prevention & Management (2008 & 2016)
  • RAI-MDS (FraserHealth 2009)
  • WHMIS (2006)

Associate of Science - Licensed Practical Nurse

Sprott-Shaw Community College

High School Diploma -

Ecole Kwantlen Park Secondary
Christopher Cordova