Katherine McIsaac Wallace RN
Ingersoll,ON
Summary
Competent and caring Nursing professional offering 20+ years coordinating and carrying out patient care in high-volume emergency room environments. Quality-driven and efficient with strong interpersonal abilities.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Hospital Care Coordinator
Ontario Health at Home Southwest
Woodstock, Ontario
02.2020 - Current
- Coordinated with other health professionals to develop individualized plans of care for patients.
- Provided case management services to ensure the delivery of quality care.
- Conducted initial assessments and evaluations of patient's needs.
Registered Nurse, Occupational Health
Wellpoint Health
Cambridge, Ontario
07.2017 - Current
- Treated patients using pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment modalities to address various disorders, diseases and injuries
- Consistently assessed and evaluated patients' health needs by coordinating across medical disciplines to create, implement and modify personalized care plans
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Woodstock General Hospital
Woodstock, ON
08.2011 - Current
- Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving intervention
- Addressed unit staff concerns, including staffing ratios, resource management, allocation of responsibilities and optimized workload management while in the Charge nurse role
Registered Nurse, Visiting Nurse
Care Partners
Tillsonburg, Ontario
06.2015 - 04.2018
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare team plan and implement effective treatment plans
- Addressed patient care needs, collected vitals, dressed wounds, managed catheters, IV, CVAD , TPN, and did patient teaching
- Participated in on-call rotations and delivered after-hours care
Registered Nurse, Staff Nurse
Woodstock Hospital
Woodstock, Ontario
06.2015 - 06.2016
- Worked on a Medical unit in a staff nurse position
Registered Nurse, Special Care Unit
Alexandra Hospital
Ingersoll, ON
02.2010 - 02.2012
- Supervised 4-bed telemetry unit while providing direct patient care to acutely ill patients
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Credit Valley Hospital Emergency
Mississauga, ON
04.1999 - 01.2011
- Cared for patients experiencing acute traumas, including cardiac arrests, strokes and gunshot wounds
- Addressed staff concerns, including staffing ratios, resource management, allocation of responsibilities and optimized workload management in a charge nurse capacity while treating a high-volume caseload in a busy emergency room setting for both adult and pediatric pts
- Expanded Assessment skills to include a large pediatric population
Registered Nurse, Agency Relief Nurse
S.R.T. Med-Staff
Toronto, ON
01.2002 - 02.2010
- Provided skilled direct nursing care to emergency room patients in multiple facilities emergency department in Southern Ontario
Education
Nursing Diploma - Nursing
Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology
Toronto, ON06.1996
Skills
- Triaging pt's using CTAS guidelines
- Direct care of trauma and high acuity emergency room patients
- Strong Leadership skills
- Emergency preparedness Management
- Delivering information regarding care and medications to patients and caregivers in comprehensible terminology
- Certified in IV, PICC, and CVAD initiation, access, and management of
- Experience in pediatric emergency medicine
- Training and mentoring new RNs and new hires on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care
- Maintain open and clear communication with other health care team members to coordinate effective patient care
Certification
Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology
Geriatrics 101-1996
Emergency 101-1997
Emergency 201-1998
Emergency 301, 401, 501 -1999
Coronary Care 101-1998
Sheridan College
Patient Assessment - 1998
BCLS -November 2023
ACLS - November 2023
PALS -2005
ENPC - 2004,2008
TNCC -2008
NRP -2016
NVCI - January 2018
CTAS - June 2018
Accomplishments
Credit Valley Hospital
- Initiated set up of ER admits area and trained hospital float staff on er routines and policies and charting for ER admissions
- Published articles on unsafe medication handling practices in hospital newsletter
- Wound care resource nurse - set up and initiation of "Burn dressing Box"
Woodstock hospital
- Sit on the Emergency preparedness measures committee , assisted with policy implementation and teaching
- Designed night shift charge report and procedure for ER staff
- Training of multiple new hires to ER
- Set up and training for "busy boxes " for pt's with Dementia/Alzheimer s on Medical/Surgical floors
- Chart auditing and department audits
- Hand Hygiene "Germinator" (auditor)
Additional Information
Any previous nursing or non nursing employment history available upon request
References
Personal References
Renee Noseworthy, RPN - (519) 788-3532, Ren13mouse73@gmail.com, Ingersoll, Ontario
Juliette Leopardi-Smith, ECE - (416) 200-2886, Jleopardi@live.ca, MIssissauga, Ontario
Liza Gantner, RN - (519) 550-5540, gantnerrn@rogers.com, Tillsonburg, Ontario
Professional References
Heather Gunter RN- (519)421-4211x2083, Heather.Gunter@Ontariohealthathome.ca
Nikki Frigula, RN - (519) 781-1479, nfrigula@gmail.com
Barb Weryk, RN -(519) 636-9918, Barbweryk@icloud.com
Additional written references from previous employers can be provided upon request
Timeline
Hospital Care Coordinator
Ontario Health at Home Southwest
02.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse, Occupational Health
Wellpoint Health
07.2017 - Current
Registered Nurse, Visiting Nurse
Care Partners
06.2015 - 04.2018
Registered Nurse, Staff Nurse
Woodstock Hospital
06.2015 - 06.2016
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Woodstock General Hospital
08.2011 - Current
Registered Nurse, Special Care Unit
Alexandra Hospital
02.2010 - 02.2012
Registered Nurse, Agency Relief Nurse
S.R.T. Med-Staff
01.2002 - 02.2010
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Credit Valley Hospital Emergency
04.1999 - 01.2011
Nursing Diploma - Nursing
Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology
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