Registered Nurse with 12 years of diverse background providing inpatient and outpatient care to people of all ages. Dedicated team member experienced working within collaborative interdisciplinary teams to increase access to healthcare and improve patient outcomes. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient care through innovative ideas.
-Collaborate with a team of health care providers to improve patient access and quality of care.
-Use of clinical directives to independently assess and treat patients of all ages.
-Coordinate additional services within the clinic such as group medical visits and abortion care
-Mentor new family practice nurses and nursing students.
- Prioritized care of patients of varying levels of acuity.
- Utilized clinical directives to independently treat patients.
- Interviewed and assessed patients to determine medical history and current health status.
- Monitored patients’ outcomes and adjust care appropriately.
- Communicated with patients and their families in crisis.
- Triaged patients and developed care plans.
- Analyzed vital signs, utilized clinical diagnostics, and interpreted lab values to manage patients’ treatment.
- Provided care to patients under a large variety of specialties such as trauma nursing, cardiac care, medicine, surgery, oncology, neurology, orthopedics, gynecology, vascular, and more.
- Collaborated closely with an interdisciplinary team.
- Mentored and guided newly hired nurses as well as student nurses and paramedics.
- Provided care to admitted inpatients with diverse diagnosis and comorbidities.
- Monitored patient outcomes during treatment and rehabilitation.
- Identified needs and made recommendations in an interdisciplinary team to obtain optimal patient outcomes.
- Educated patients and families about their diagnosis, treatments, and discharge plan.
- Facilitated care of oncology patients in an outpatient clinic.
- Developed strong therapeutic relationships with oncology patients and their families.
- Collaborated with other health care professionals to provide holistic care.
- Conducted assessments of new and ongoing patients to analyze patients’ response to treatment.
- Educated patients and families about diagnosis and treatment plans.
- Administered medications, blood products, and parenteral fluids.
QEII Department of Emergency Medicine Rookie of the Year 2017
- For adapting well to change, keeping a positive attitude, and taking initiative in a changing world.
Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador Leadership in Nursing Award 2011
- For demonstration of leadership in nursing throughout the Bachelor of Nursing Collaborative Program.
Pearson Education Award for Excellence in Care of Middle and Older Adults 2010
- For demonstrating excellence in clinical care of adult medical/surgical patients.
Family Practice Nurse Association of Nova Scotia
Canadian Family Practice Nurse Association
Canadian Nurses Association