Juliana Gannon
Edmonton,AB
Summary
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering outstanding patient-focused care. Adept at addressing patient needs with compassion and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN
Homecare -Northeast Edmonton Hub
09.2023 - Current
- Flexibly managing time and patient load in an ever changing schedule.
- Completing wound care as per protocol.
- Teaching clients how to manage their wounds at home.
- Making assessments of overall client health and home situation and communicating with case manager when concerns arise.
- Accurately documenting client care and/or wound healing in pixalere and /or meditech. Communicating in outlook calendar to promote continuity of care for each client.
LPN
AHS-Alberta Kidney Care-North
RAH, West Edmonton Kidney Car
10.2016 - Current
- Providing safe, quality patient and family-centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS. Knowledge of Fresenius, Bellco and Artis Hemodialysis machines.
- Practicing central line access and care, accessing fistulas and grafts using large bore needles, and monitoring patients during and after hemodialysis.
Knowing when and how to intervene as complications arise. - Knowledge of NIS and Connect Care.
- Establishing and maintaining a trusting environment for my patients in which to provide high-quality patient- centered care.
- Regularly practicing de-escalation with patients who are in mental/emotional distress.
- Monthly mental health and wellness assessments and foot checks, sometimes including wound care.
LPN
AHS-Stollery Children's Hospital
Unit 5F3 Pediatric Observation Unit
11.2012 - 08.2013
- Practiced Full scope of nursing practice within AHS and Stollery guidelines. Responsibilities included:
- Created a position for an LPN on a unit where there was no LPN previously employed.
- Customized a daily plan for LPN's to follow to best assist RN's, as well as performing my own duties.
- Worked closely with patients and their families to form a trusting relationship, especially for children who were treated regularly on unit 5F3 with IV therapy.
- Cultivated a fun and light environment for chronically ill children who were facing fears and health issues on a regular basis.
- Regularly practiced skills such as IV initiation and IV medication administration, accessing and maintaining patency of IVAD, central line care, central line dressing changes, taking blood samples from central lines, NG tube insertion, and bowel clean-outs.
- Caring for day surgery patients, including pre and post-op care, particularly for tonsil and adenoid removal. This included close assessment and accurate charting and reporting.
- Set up for and assisted the nephrologist with infant circumcisions.
LPN
Stollery Children's Hospital
Pediatric Medicine, Observation And Surgery Units
07.2006 - 11.2012
- Practiced full scope nursing in the role of Licensed Practical Nurse within Alberta Health Services guidelines in a family- centered care environment.
Responsibilities included: - Pre and post-op care for a vast variety of surgical procedures from tonsil and adenoidectomy to spinal instrumentation.
- Working with and monitoring children with various syndromes and sequences in a medical setting, 1:1 nursing care for children requiring mechanical ventilation including tracheostomy care and airway maintenance .
- Monitoring children on telemetry for seizures, including depth electrode telemetry.
- Cast cutting.
- Assisted patients with activities of daily living.
Education
Practical Nurse Program
NorQuest College
Edmonton, AB06.2006
Skills
- Good communication skills
- Reliable and professional
- Organized
- Good time management skills
- Team player
- Dedicated fast learner
- Motivated
- Active and empathetic listener
Timeline
LPN
Homecare -Northeast Edmonton Hub
09.2023 - Current
LPN
AHS-Alberta Kidney Care-North
10.2016 - Current
LPN
AHS-Stollery Children's Hospital
11.2012 - 08.2013
LPN
Stollery Children's Hospital
07.2006 - 11.2012
Practical Nurse Program
NorQuest College