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Education
Association Involvement
Volunteer Experience
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Jennifer Toews

Winnipeg,MB

Summary

  • Strong prioritization skills expected at the student nurse level
  • Effective critical thinking skills ensures patient safety
  • Successful at acquiring appropriate resources and preparation materials to perform nursing skills
  • Developing time management skills as it relates to documentation, medication administration, and patient tasks/care
  • Strong advocate for holistic patient care
  • Work well independently and within nursing and allied health teams
  • Good at accepting and incorporating feedback from other team members
  • Strong administrative and problem solving abilities
  • Willing to take on challenging tasks and do what it takes to be prepared and grow as a nurse
  • Knowledgeable about Shared Health Language access policies, procedures, and resources as it relates to interpretation services in health care
  • Over 14 years of experience as an ASL-English interpreter
  • Experience working with Deaf-Blind individuals

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Sorenson Community & Over Video Interpreter

03.2019 - Current
  • Community Interpreter
  • Interpret in person and over video for community interpreting

Sorenson Video-relay Interpreter

02.2013 - Current
  • Facilitate interactions between Deaf, hard of hearing, and non-deaf video relay service users

Independent Contractor ASL-English Interpreter

04.2010 - Current
  • Facilitate interactions using ASL and English between Deaf and non-deaf consumers in various settings such as meetings, medical, educational, K-12, spiritual, employment, and recreation, creative arts
  • Experience with interpreting for one Deaf and one non-deaf consumer, as well as small groups, and conference interpreting
  • Intervene interactions between Deaf/blind and non-deaf/blind consumers
  • Collaborate with an educational team and interpret for a Deaf student in a public school (2014-2015 school year)

Sorenson Assessment Department

01.2018 - 01.2021
  • Screening/rater
  • Part of the screening assessment team to determine applicants qualified to join the Sorenson Community Interpreting department

Education

Bachelor of Nursing -

College of Nursing University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
08.2025

Bachelor of Arts - Linguistics

Red River College/University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
04.2010

Deaf Studies Program Certificate -

Red River College
Winnipeg, MB
06.2021

Association Involvement


  • CASLI, Active member in good standing
  • MAVLI, Active member in good standing

Volunteer Experience

  • WRHA accessibility committee, Manitoba Deaf Association (MDA) representative 2023- current
  • Manitoba Deaf Association (MDA) WRHA/heath committee representative 2023- current
  • Run 4 Your Cause race, Co-Race Director
  • Manitoba Runner's Association (MRA), Board Member/Youth Committee Liaison
  • Manitoba Association of Visual Language Interpreters (MAVLI), MAVLI Educational Committee co-chair

References

References available upon request

Accomplishments

  • Accessibility presentation for NURS 2522 students at UofM - 2023

Timeline

Sorenson Community & Over Video Interpreter

03.2019 - Current

Sorenson Assessment Department

01.2018 - 01.2021

Sorenson Video-relay Interpreter

02.2013 - Current

Independent Contractor ASL-English Interpreter

04.2010 - Current

Bachelor of Nursing -

College of Nursing University of Manitoba

Bachelor of Arts - Linguistics

Red River College/University of Manitoba

Deaf Studies Program Certificate -

Red River College

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