Emma Tucker
Victoria,Victoria BC
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse with over two years experience working in acute care with expertise in complex respiratory patients. Organized and dependable employee with strong relationship-building and communication skills that translate into strong relationships with patients and patient families. A calm demeanor and level-headed nature well suited to managing high-stress situations skillfully and efficiently.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Royal Jubilee Hospital, General Medicine And Lung Health
05.2021 - Current
- Work collaboratively alongside an excellent interdisciplinary team on a 32-bed acute care unit specializing in patients with respiratory illnesses
- Provide care to 3-6 patients per 12 hour shift dependant on patient acuity and shift type (day shift, night shift)
- Care for patients with complex respiratory conditions requiring ventilation, tracheostomies, chest tubes, and high flow oxygen
- Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing changing conditions
- Supervise and mentor nursing students and employed student nurses
Home Care Worker
Terry Gunning
04.2019 - 01.2023
- Provide attentive, professional home care for an adult with quadriplegia
- Nursing skills: catheter care, dressing changes, overhead lift use, personal care, support with activities of daily living
- Provided training and orientation for multiple new home care workers
Home Care Worker
Trina Preugschas
06.2018 - 01.2023
- Provide care and companionship for an adult with quadriplegia
- Attended to activities of daily living including personal care, food preparation, toileting, range of motion exercises, and assistance with transfers
Home Care Worker Nurse
Next Door
06.2018 - 08.2018
- Provided home care and assist with activities of daily living for diverse clients throughout greater Victoria
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC 05.2021
Skills
- Patient and family advocacy
- Wound care and care plan management
- Safe medication administration via oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous routes with appropriate monitoring
- Tracheostomy assessment and care
- Chest tube assessment and care, flushing and draining pleur-x drains
- Monitoring patients on ventilators and high flow oxygen devices
- Foley catheter insertion and removal
- Acute care admissions and discharges
Additional Information
- University of Victoria Entrance Scholarship
- University of Victoria Green Team project coordinator
- Kelowna Female Athlete of the Year finalist
- Pacific Sport Athletic Excellence Award
- Silver medalist world trampoline competition, 6X trampoline national title
Certification
- BLS and CPR HCP 2022
- Violence Prevention for Medium and High Risk Departments 2021
- WHMIS - Provincial course 2021
- Foundations of Influenza and Influenza Vaccine modules 2020
- Building Bridges Through Understanding the Village Workshop (Indigenous Health and wellbeing) 2020
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Royal Jubilee Hospital, General Medicine And Lung Health
05.2021 - Current
Home Care Worker
Terry Gunning
04.2019 - 01.2023
Home Care Worker
Trina Preugschas
06.2018 - 01.2023
Home Care Worker Nurse
Next Door
06.2018 - 08.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Victoria
- BLS and CPR HCP 2022
- Violence Prevention for Medium and High Risk Departments 2021
- WHMIS - Provincial course 2021
- Foundations of Influenza and Influenza Vaccine modules 2020
- Building Bridges Through Understanding the Village Workshop (Indigenous Health and wellbeing) 2020
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