Imelda Fernandez

Dependable healthcare team member with sound judgment, excellent clinical abilities and smooth bedside manner. Track and chart vitals and other markers to help patients, support team treatment goals and boost outcomes. Proficient and caring nursing team member offering over 25 years of patient-facing experience. Addresses patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Dementia Unit, Chinook Care Centre- Intercare Corp. Group

• Assessed, records and reports the health status of assigned residents to identify and document resident status by performing duties such as:

    - Collects resident data from chart other related records, observing resident condition and conducting physical, mental, emotional and social      

     assessments;

    - Collaborate with other members of the nursing team, multi-disciplinary team, communitycare partners, residents and family

    - Documenting health care status 

    - Reports current status or changes in status to appropriate personnel as required.

• Provided nursing care by performing nursing functions commensurate with level of education such as:

     - Providing direct nursing care to assigned residents, by:

     - Administering oral, topical, rectal and vaginal medications and medications through IM, SC, NG tube, IV, inhalation and butterfly insertion;

     - Conducting physical, mental and emotional status assessment.

     - Administering oral, topical, rectal and vaginal medications and medications through IM, SC, NG tube, IV, inhalation and butterfly insertion;

     - Taking and recording blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration, O2 Saturation and measuring fluid intake and output, and weight.

Unit 78, Orthopedic and Surgical Unit- South Health Campus

• Carried out parenteral therapy including IV pumps, IV sites assessment and IV troubleshooting.
• Routinely performed and accurately documented head to toe physical assessment.
• Performed skin and wound care including applying sterile and non sterile dressing and maintaining and removing drains and irrigating wounds.
• Performed catheterization and routine inspections and maintenance of urinary catheters including drainage system and cleaning the area adjacent to the insertion.
• Administered medications through IM, SC, NG tube, IV, and inhalation. Maintained a pain management scheduled, administered pain medications and observe and document therapeutic effects.
• Provides pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care,
• Monitor patients vital signs according to the post op vital signs protocol.
• Accurately maintained patients charts and updated the electronic charting system routinely through Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM).

Mahogany & East Unit, Assisted Living- Age Care Seton

 of the individual by:

• Collaborates with the nursing team, multi-disciplinary team members and the residents and family and assists in development and modification of residents care plan, including the flow of care, to address the assessed needs of the individual by:

    - Assisting residents to develop health promoting relationships;

    - Assisting in the establishment in short and long term health status goal;

    - Assisting in the identification and prioritization of appropriate nursing actions such as preventative, therapeutic, and rehabilitative aspects of          

       care.

• Demonstrated skills and abilities within scope of LPN practice and in accordance with competencies and procedures.
• Utilizes therapeutic communication techniques, in order to facilitate the resident's optimum level of wellness.
• Administering medications and injections and keeping complete records of these activities.
• Performed nursing interventions such as taking vital signs, applied aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensuring infection control, monitoring nutritional intake and conducting specimen collection.

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BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (HEALTH CARE PROVIDER) 2022, Calgary, Alberta

REFERENCES:

Vimal Geet Sandhu, RN- Carewest, Signal Pointe

403-701-5032

vimalgeetsandhu@gmail.com

Annaliza Zabat, RN, Unit Manager-Intercare Corp. Group, Chinook Care Centre

403-252-0141 Ext. 378

azabat@intercarecorpgroup.com

Anna Yap, LPN- Age Care, Seton

403-808-3447

anna2boz@gmail.com