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Lachland Scott Groves

LETHBRIDGE

Summary

Seasoned ICU nursing professional offering 27 years proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities. Knowledgeable and proficient in multiple platforms of electronic charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Driven to share knowledge through experience mentoring junior staff within ICU. I have been blessed to take on the role of final preceptor for multiple Baccalaureate Nursing students with the University of Lethbridge and also taken Paramedic students from Southern Alberta Institute of Technology within the ICU and ER environment. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

RN, Critical Care ICU

Chinook Regional Hospital
08.2010 - Current
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
  • Utilized equipment and safely inserted/managed : transvenous pacemakers, CRRT , central lines, arterial lines, Swan Ganz pa catheters, vasopressors.
  • covid management including prone positioning and much too many paralytics/sedation and pressors...

RN, Critical Care ICU/ER

Manitoba Health - Boundary Trails Hospital
10.2009 - 08.2010

Rural manitoba hospital serving 2 communities of approx 10k each.

  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions in an ER setting plus a 5 bed ICU for less critical patients not requiring care from a major center.

RN, Critical Care ICU/ER

Chinook Regional Hospital
06.1997 - 10.2009

RN ICU Fulltime June 1997 - 2002

RN ER Fulltime 2002 - 2007

RN ICU Fulltime 2007-2009

RN, Critical Care Telemetry/ICU

Doctors Regional Medical Center
03.1996 - 06.1997

RN of 40 bed telemetry unit mostly post CCU and fresh post bypass surgery patients. I also floated to the CCU and neuro ICU to learn/work to the best of my abilities.

Education

Diploma of Nursing - Nursing

Lethbridge College
Lethbridge, AB
08.1994

Skills

  • ACLS - renewed April 2023 (initial cert 1996)
  • Pals - renewed April 2023 (initial cert 2000)
  • TNCC - 2002
  • I am fully certified and safely practice with all skills and equipment found in ICU and CCU including but not limited to: CRRT, vasopressor management, paralytics, transvenous pacemakers, ALCS code team etc
  • I feel I could thrive in any ICU or CVICU but would only need some experience/training in Ecmo and balloon-pump management

Accomplishments

    Divorced 51 yr old father of 4 grown children - 2 of which have followed in the Nursing profession.

    I enjoy being active through mountain hiking, winter skiing and general enjoyment of the outdoors.

    I pride myself on my technologically advanced Christmas Lights display of 15000 lights fully computerized and set to music. I have been blessed to have been able to also collect over $12000 worth of donations through the Christmas display to donate to our local Autism Society.

Timeline

RN, Critical Care ICU

Chinook Regional Hospital
08.2010 - Current

RN, Critical Care ICU/ER

Manitoba Health - Boundary Trails Hospital
10.2009 - 08.2010

RN, Critical Care ICU/ER

Chinook Regional Hospital
06.1997 - 10.2009

RN, Critical Care Telemetry/ICU

Doctors Regional Medical Center
03.1996 - 06.1997

Diploma of Nursing - Nursing

Lethbridge College
Lachland Scott Groves