COURTNEY RAWDING
Halifax,,NS
Summary
Dynamic nursing professional experienced in medical, surgical and perioperative nursing as well as pandemic preparedness and response. Committed to optimizing patient and family-centered care through sound clinical judgement, excellent communication skills, effective interdisciplinary coordination and ongoing professional training.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
IWK Health Centre, Pediatric OR
08.2022 - Current
- Responsibilities include identifying and meeting the individual needs of the surgical patient preoperatively, intraoperatively and immediately post-operatively.
- Key skills used in this position are collaboration, communication, critical thinking and sterile practices/techniques.
Teaching Assistant
Dalhousie University, School of Nursing
09.2021 - 08.2022
- Responsibilities include collaborating with course professors to develop and evaluate course assignments.
- Key skills used in this position include collaboration, critical thinking, digital literacy and various research/evaluative methods.
Registered Nurse
IWK Health Centre, MSNU
06.2020 - 07.2022
- Responsibilities included providing holistic pre- and post-operative care to patients across a variety of medical-surgical specialties (cardiology, dentistry, ENT, general surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, plastic surgery, neurosurgery/neurology).
- Key skills used on this unit include diversified physical assessments, comprehensive pain management strategies (pharmacological and non-pharmacological), multiservice collaboration, patient/family education and discharge planning.
Clinical Instructor
Dalhousie University, School of Nursing
05.2022 - 06.2022
- Responsibilities include precepting students in a clinical setting.
- Key skills used in this position include education, leadership, and evaluative methods.
Registered Nurse
IWK Health Centre, PRU
03.2020 - 06.2020
- Provided safe and quality care to patients who required hospitalization due to a known or presumptive case of COVID-19.
- Key skills used on this unit included assessment/screening for COVID-19, nasopharyngeal swab collection, meticulous infection control practices and related health promotion.
Registered Nurse
IWK Health Centre, PMU
10.2019 - 03.2020
- Delivered compassionate care to patients with various acute (infection, failure to thrive, gastrointestinal illness, mental health crisis) and chronic medical conditions (respiratory, genetic, metabolic, endocrine, cardiac, neurologic, autoimmune, rheumatic).
- Key skills used on this unit included complex patient care management, thorough respiratory assessments and associated interventions, diabetic monitoring/management, feeding support, patient/family education and discharge coordination.
Research Assistant
Strive Health Management
09.2018 - 09.2019
- Performed literature reviews, qualitative/quantitative research, data entry/analysis, transcription and report writing.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS10.2019
Skills
- Adaptability
- Advocacy
- Collaboration
- Critical thinking
Accomplishments
- Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal: Recognizing Nova Scotians who continue to build a caring society and province through their service, contributions and achievements.
Certification
- Heart and Stroke BLS Provider
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement Certification
- Interprofessional Health Education Certification
- Nova Scotia Take Home Naloxone Training Program
- Period of Purple Crying Certification
- Perioperative Nursing Program (PONP-RN)
- Safe Medicate Drug Competency Certification
Volunteer Experience
- 2018-2019: Metro West Female Hockey Association U18AA: Assistant Coach & Trainer
- 2019: Canadian Nursing Student's Association: National Conference Participant
- 2018 - 2019: Dalhousie University Nursing Society: Graduation President & Peer Mentor
- 2019 - 2022: Nova Scotia Women's Hockey League: Team Manager & League Representative
- 2022 - Current: Metro West Female Hockey Association U15AAA: Assistant Coach
Timeline
Registered Nurse
IWK Health Centre, Pediatric OR
08.2022 - Current
Clinical Instructor
Dalhousie University, School of Nursing
05.2022 - 06.2022
Teaching Assistant
Dalhousie University, School of Nursing
09.2021 - 08.2022
Registered Nurse
IWK Health Centre, MSNU
06.2020 - 07.2022
Registered Nurse
IWK Health Centre, PRU
03.2020 - 06.2020
Registered Nurse
IWK Health Centre, PMU
10.2019 - 03.2020
Research Assistant
Strive Health Management
09.2018 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Dalhousie University
- Heart and Stroke BLS Provider
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement Certification
- Interprofessional Health Education Certification
- Nova Scotia Take Home Naloxone Training Program
- Period of Purple Crying Certification
- Perioperative Nursing Program (PONP-RN)
- Safe Medicate Drug Competency Certification
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