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Joshua Drygeese

Yellowknife,NT

Summary

Long-Term Care Facility - AVENS: A Community for Seniors - 153 hours

  • Providing relational, emotional, spiritual, and cultural support to residents, family members, and community members in the healthcare setting.
  • Performing basic nursing skills such as vital signs, personal hygiene, feeding (nutrition), focused assessments, etc.
  • Ensuring the safety of long-term care residents.
  • Communicating with the staff at the long-term care facility.

Medicine Unit - Stanton Territorial Hospital - 225 hours

  • Providing relational, emotional, spiritual, and cultural support to patients, family members, and community members in the healthcare setting.
  • Performing nursing skills such as vital signs, system assessments, personal hygiene, medications (PO, topical, INH, SC, IN), injections (SC), IV basics (flushing IVs, assessing IV catheter sites), blood glucose checks, etc.
  • Ensuring the safety of patients admitted to the unit.
  • Communicating with the interprofessional team regarding patient care, teaching, findings, and diagnostic testing.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Volunteer Work

Yellowknives Dene First Nation
04.2015 - Current

Volunteering for the Community Wellness of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation includes volunteering at events such as Spring Carnivals, drum dances, National Indigenous Day, etc.

Summer Student - Hospital Unit Clerk

Government of the Northwest Territories
06.2024 - 08.2024
  • Answered unit calls and took messages for healthcare staff to maximize team productivity.
  • Prepared admissions charts and scanned records.
  • Maintained a clean and organized work environment, supporting infection control measures within the healthcare facility.
  • Arranged discharges and patient transportations.
  • Organized patient charts, enhancing the flow of information among healthcare providers and contributing to better-informed treatment decisions.
  • Managed unit resources effectively, ensuring optimal utilization of equipment and supplies.
  • Obtained and organized medical records for office visits and scheduled labs.

Summer Student

Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning
06.2023 - 09.2023
  • Collaborated on group projects to complete professional deliverables.
  • Administration work.
  • Medicinal plants project.

Weekend Gym Worker

Community Wellness - YKDFN
10.2022 - 03.2023
  • Followed instructions and procedures to complete assigned tasks.
  • Maintained work areas by cleaning and straightening for maximum productivity and safety.
  • Cooking for both workers and children.
  • Ensuring the safety of the youth.

Summer Day Camp Supervisor

Community Wellness - YKDFN
06.2022 - 08.2022
  • Created detailed schedules for each day of camp, accommodating various age groups, interests, and activity preferences among participants.
  • Oversaw daily operations of the day camp, ensuring smooth transitions between activities and resolving any logistical issues promptly.
  • Organized successful field trips and special events that enriched the camp experience for both the youth and staff members.
  • Established strong partnerships with local organizations to enhance programming options available to the youth

Environmental Summer Student

Environment Department - YKDFN
06.2021 - 08.2021
  • collaborated on group projects to complete professional deliverables.
  • Water and soil sampling.
  • Data input.
  • Environmental observatory.

Gym Worker

Community Wellness - YKDFN
11.2020 - 06.2021
  • Ensuring the safety of the youth.
  • Cooking for both workers and youth.
  • Cleaning the facility.
  • Encouraging physical activity to youth.

Summer Day Camp Supervisor

Community Wellness - YKDFN
06.2020 - 08.2020
  • Created detailed schedules for each day of camp, accommodating various age groups, interests, and activity preferences among participants.
  • Oversaw daily operations of the day camp, ensuring smooth transitions between activities and resolving any logistical issues promptly.
  • Organized successful field trips and special events that enriched the camp experience for both the youth and staff members.
  • Established strong partnerships with local organizations to enhance programming options available to the youth.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2nd Year) -

Aurora College
06-2027

High School Diploma -

Sir John Franklin High School
Yellowknife, NT
06-2023

Skills

  • Task prioritization
  • Vital signs monitoring
  • Patient assessments
  • Patient monitoring
  • Infection control standards
  • Medication administration
  • Medical documentation
  • Mobility assistance
  • Patient feeding
  • Basic nursing care
  • Critical thinking
  • Decision-making
  • BLS certified

Certification

  • Class 4W, Drivers License, NT
  • Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) (Healthcare) - November 2023 - November 2025
  • BLS (Basic-Life Support) - December 2024 - December 2025
  • Active Living Exercise Program (ALEP) Certificate - February 2024 - Present
  • WHMIS Certification - June 2024 - June 2025
  • NTHSSA (Northwest Territories Health & Social Services Authority) Code Brown Certification - October 2024 - October 2025
  • Plum 360 Infusion System Certification - October 2024 - October 2025
  • StatStrip Meter Training (CANADA) Certification - October 2024 - October 2025

Timeline

Summer Student - Hospital Unit Clerk

Government of the Northwest Territories
06.2024 - 08.2024

Summer Student

Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning
06.2023 - 09.2023

Weekend Gym Worker

Community Wellness - YKDFN
10.2022 - 03.2023

Summer Day Camp Supervisor

Community Wellness - YKDFN
06.2022 - 08.2022

Environmental Summer Student

Environment Department - YKDFN
06.2021 - 08.2021

Gym Worker

Community Wellness - YKDFN
11.2020 - 06.2021

Summer Day Camp Supervisor

Community Wellness - YKDFN
06.2020 - 08.2020

Volunteer Work

Yellowknives Dene First Nation
04.2015 - Current

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2nd Year) -

Aurora College

High School Diploma -

Sir John Franklin High School
Joshua Drygeese