David Gendron
Registered Nurse
Laval,QC
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse with 12 years of experience in various environments seeking a new full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude, Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Registered Nurse - COVID-19 Screening Clinics
CIUSSS Laval
10.2020 - 03.2022
- Voluntary contribution to COVID-19 screening operations after signing up through ''Je Contribue'' online recruitment platform.
- Collected oropharyngeal samples combined with superficial nasal swabs by strictly following the established procedure, both for the wearing of personal protective equipment and for the processing of the samples.
- Recorded administrative and medical data required before carrying out the examination as part of COVID-19 screening operations.
- Advised patients and caregivers of temporary but necessary lifestyle changes and of local public health guidelines that applied to them in the COVID-19 pandemic context.
Assistant Head Nurse
Résidence du Bonheur
02.2020 - 07.2020
- Communicated and participated with healthcare team members to plan, create individualized and personalized care plans for each patient, implement and improve them throughout the patient's stay, and collaborate with families.
- Strengthened unit care standards and policies with focus on patient safety and dignity.
- Cared for patients in 23-bed unit, supporting fellow nurses in delivering outstanding treatment to long-term care patients and support to their families.
- Oversaw delivery of care on a 23-bed long-term care unit, providing direct care to patients, delegating nursing assignments, and supervising team comprised of nurses, LPNs, orderlies and unit clerks.
Registered Nurse, ICU and Outpatient Clinic
Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
06.2010 - 08.2017
- In an outpatient oncology and transfusions clinic in 2017
- Nursing care for critically ill patients hospitalized at the intensive care unit as well as in the critical coronary care unit (started in 2010)
- Occasional replacements as the liaison nurse; Approached, supported and provided follow-up to families throughout the organ donation process. Collaborated with the healthcare team and the clinical coordinators/advisors of Transplant-Québec following neurological determination of death (NDD), during monitoring and maintenance of the donor, and during organ retrieval.
- Recipient of a scholarship from the Heritage Fund of the OIIQ following a provincial competition in 2013 and two scholarships from the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Foundation (2012 and 2013)
Agency Registered Nurse
Expertise en soins de santé 24/7
12.2014 - 08.2015
- Worked accordingly to specific needs and/or short-term replacements within various health establishments in the Montreal region and various care settings, for example; intensive care units, recovery room of a private surgery clinic, as well as medicine and surgery units.
- Upheld agency mission and philosophy in all nursing task performance.
- Maintained and updated all health care service documentation on a regular basis.
- Cooperated with healthcare team members to provide continuity of care and implement comprehensive care plans.
- Administered different therapies and medications in line with physician orders and treatment plan.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
Skills
- Head-to-toe Physical Assessment
- CPR/AED for Healthcare Professionals - 2021
- Staff Supervision
- Cardiac Monitoring
- Wound Care
- Nursing care of patients with IABP (Intra-aortic Balloon Pump)
- ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) - 2012
- Continuous veno-venous haemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) - Level 2
Education
DEC - Nursing
Collège De Maisonneuve
Montreal 08.2007 - 06.2010
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