Jennifer Lucas
44 Hudsons Bay East St. Paul,Canada
Summary
Experienced professional with a strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, prepared to excel in this role. Adaptable and reliable, excels in dynamic environments and skilled in communication, problem-solving, and time management. Known for integrity, efficiency, and proactive approach to challenges, brings a wealth of expertise to support organizational operations and enhance team efficiency. Proven track record in managing daily tasks and contributing to strategic initiatives, possesses the demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and solve problems.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Nurse, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Health Sciences Centre
01.2025 - Current
- Kept work areas clean, organized, and safe to promote efficiency and team safety.
- Established positive and professional relationships with patients, families and staff
- Cultural sensitivity and awareness to patients with a variety diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Developed strong relationships with patients through consistent communication and attentive assesments, resulting in increased overall satisfaction.
- Flexible and adaptable to take on the challenges associated with the various conditions admitted to the ICU as well as management of changes in patient status.
- Consistent reevaluation and accurately performed patient assessments identifying and notifying team of status changes.
- Safely and independently care for various modes of ventilation including BIPAP, CPAP, conventional mechanical ventilation
- Ability to critically think through complex situations and troubleshoot solutions further developing problem solving skills
- Management and care of high acuity patients including trauma, surgical, complex medical and post-operative patients as some example
Staff Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Health Sciences Centre
10.2016 - Current
- Flexible and adaptable to take on the challenges associated with the various conditions admitted to the PICU as well as management of changes in patient status
- Established professional and therapeutic relationships with various members of the healthcare team, patients and families
- Independently and accurately performed patient assessments identifying and notifying team of status changes
- Safely and independently care for various modes of ventilation including Bipap, CPAP, conventional mechanical ventilation and High Frequency Jet and Oscillator Ventilation
- Ability to critically think through complex situations and troubleshoot solutions further developing problem solving skills
- Managing busy patient care including patients requiring peritoneal dialysis as well as initiate, manage and terminate CRRT dialysis care of both patient and machine
- Management and care of high acuity patients including trauma, surgical, complex medical and post-operative patients as some example
- Active member of the Child Health Code Blue Team, the Child Health Rapid Response team, CRRT team as well as the role of charge nurse and senior leadership mentoring new staff and students and other PICU related social and team building activities and committees
- Able to adapt to pandemic related changes in health care such as admitting and caring for adult ICU patients in both the MICU and with in the PICU at HSC
Staff Nurse, Urgent Care
Concordia Urgent Care
03.2024 - 01.2025
- Treatment and management of a variety of patient from childhood through to the older adult
- Prioritization of acuity and treatment and constantly reevaluating and assessing changes in the priority
- Providing care in a variety of treatment areas including the quick treatment area, the general treatment areas and the observation area
- Monitoring and assessing for changes in patient status
- Interdisciplinary communication with physicians and allied health when changes in status present
Staff Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Health Sciences Centre
05.2014 - 10.2016
- Developed and implemented various techniques to maintain asepsis for increased patient safety within all roles as a neonatal nurse
- Established professional and therapeutic relationships with various members of the healthcare team, patients and families
- Independently and accurately performed patient assessments identifying and notifying team of status changes
- Safely and independently care for neonates on various modes of ventilation including Nasal prong, Ram Cannula, BIPAP, CPAP, conventional mechanical ventilation and High Frequency Jet Ventilation
- Ability to critically think through complex situations and troubleshoot solutions further developing problem solving skills
- Displayed flexibility in the work environment as patient status and situations change as well as those specific to the neonatal population
Pediatric Stream
Winnipeg Critical Care Nursing Education Program (WCCNEP)
09.2015 - 02.2016
- Applied for and successfully completed the pediatric stream of the WCCNEP
- Completed rotations in both Neonatal Intensive Care and Pediatric Intensive Care
- Competently cared for a variety of patients with varying acuity
- Further developed base knowledge and critical thinking skills
Education
WCCNEP - Pediatric Focus
Winnipeg Critical Care Nursing Education Program
Winnipeg, MB02.2016
Nursing
University of Manitoba, Faculty of Nursing
Winnipeg, MB04.2014
Skills
- Patient safety
- Compassionate care
- Family-centered care
- Professionalism and ethics
- Clinical documentation
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- End-of-life care
- Family support
- Pediatric advanced life support
- Critical care
- Honest and dependable
- Time management
- Parental education
- Acute care nursing
- Multitasking Abilities
- Emergent care
- Post operative care
- Excellent communication
- Team collaboration
- Active listening
- Clinical judgment
- Compassionate
- Pediatric care
- Adaptable and flexible
Certificates And Licenses
- CRNM: Active Membership
- CACCN(P): Active Membership
- CNA Pediatric Critical Care Certified
- BLS
- PALS
- ENCP
- TNCC
Timeline
Staff Nurse, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Health Sciences Centre
01.2025 - Current
Staff Nurse, Urgent Care
Concordia Urgent Care
03.2024 - 01.2025
Staff Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Health Sciences Centre
10.2016 - Current
Pediatric Stream
Winnipeg Critical Care Nursing Education Program (WCCNEP)
09.2015 - 02.2016
Staff Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Health Sciences Centre
05.2014 - 10.2016
WCCNEP - Pediatric Focus
Winnipeg Critical Care Nursing Education Program
Nursing
University of Manitoba, Faculty of Nursing
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