Ellen Diab

• Currently working as Nursing Team Leader and Liaison for KCMH has allowed me to enhance my supervisor role
• Within this role, I supervise all home care nurses and work at an independent level
• As Nursing Team Leader, I am given a wide range of experience; currently coordinating care of all nursing clients, creating comprehensive care plans, liaison between hospital/home care client, attending family meetings, staffing, completing intakes, and prioritizing referrals
• I am responsible to coordinate care for many nursing clients, and determine care needs of those clients
• Implementing policies and following protocols while managing nursing staff
• This role has allowed me to exercise strong communication skills between all staff, home care clients, and other disciplines
• Have the opportunity to currently sit on the OH & S, Quality and Control committee
• This role has enhanced my leadership, problem solving, and independence skills
• Educated and evaluated clinical staff regarding care quality management regulations and standards of care
• Coordinated and analyze person-centered care plans involving internal and external organizations within health
• Coordinate referrals, hospitalizations, ER visits, and other community services for patients.
• Involved with hiring of new RN's and training staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to registered nurses
• Create customized care plans, working with hospital staff and families to assess and meet individual needs
• Liaised with other healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive patient care plans and provide highest quality of care delivered in a clients home

· Within this role, I independently worked throughout the community providing in depth comprehensive assessments to clients in their homes

· I was responsible for implementing care, creating care plans, and following treatment plans

· Strong assessment and nursing intervention skills are required in order to provide physical, mental, and social assessments with patients, and their families

· This position allows to complete nursing procedures, dressing changes, IV therapy, and injections

· Being able to complete

· Mini mental status exams (MMSE) and completing SAST safety assessments while in the home to deem whether a patient is safe in their living environment

· Having the ability to assess and recognize deficits in normal functioning and be able to encourage self care and independence

· Being able to provide care to Palliative clients, discuss advanced care planning, and documentation of GOC forms with clients and their families

· Completing the ESAS screening tool to evaluate palliative clients

· This position has provided me with strong communication, leadership, organizational, and conflict resolution skills

· Supervising home support workers on weekends

· Educating clients and families on health promotion and illness prevention

· Advocating for clients, and being a resource for community services that are readily available

· Work collaboratively with multiple disciplines- Care Coordinators, Social Workers, Dieticians, Nurse

· Practitioners, and Physicians to ensure clients remain in their home for as long as possible.

· Updated and developed care plans to establish goals based on patient's nursing diagnosis.

· Educated and supervised patients and family members regarding prevention strategies, self-care techniques and nursing care needs.

· Observed patient to chart and report changes in patient condition and adverse reactions to medications and treatments.

· Coordinated and collaborated with various multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care and promote patient safety and health.

· Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.

· Working in the Emergency room I was able to gain strong assessment, communication and personal skills while working in an emergency environment

· I was able to cater to the needs of the patients in order to ensure their safety and health

· Code, and trauma trained for critically ill patients

· Emergency mental health training for adult, and the pediatric population

· Provide safe environment for psychiatric and forensic patients

· To advocate and care for these patients by following the Mental Health Act, policies and protocols

· While working in the ER, I was able to care for many culturally diverse populations, and always provided respect of each patients individualized care needs

· Triaging patients effectively by demonstrating quick decision making skills that improve patient outcomes in emergency situations

· Providing high quality patient and family centered care

· Collaborating with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams to provide the highest level of care possible.

• The RN's role on the unit is to manage acute neurology patients in a fast pace environment
• RN's focus was to provide family centered care for the patients and family
• I was responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care
• Provide in-depth neurology assessments on many acute and chronic patients
• Experience with and caring for clients in the seizure monitoring unit
• On this unit patients were admitted for continuous EEG monitoring and medication adjustments
• During this experience, I was in the role of charge nurse
• I was able to attend charge workshops on how to provide the most effective leadership role while supervising RN's, LPN's, and
• RCW's
• Provide expert leadership through guidance to staff, and overseeing the direct flow of the forty bed unit
• This charge nurse role lead me to possess strong communication skills, team leadership, organizational skills, and an advocator for patients & staff.

• As the psychiatric registered nurse in this hospital, you work as the Team Leader and charge nurse, providing guidance to Licensed Practical Nurses, and Patient Care workers
• Work closely with psychiatrist's and medical physicians
• Handling diverse psychiatric patients, and maintaining composure in stressful situations
• Providing professionalism with staff and ensure following Health
• PEI policy and protocols
• Dedicated to providing safe, ethical, and professional protocols for all staff
• Allowed me to enhance my problem solving, team oriented, leadership, and organizational skills
• Be familiar and have knowledge of of the Mental Health Act
• Know the services such as addiction support services within the community
• History of providing clear, polite, and positive communication with patients and co-workers.