Lori Hill
Stirling,ON
Summary
Highly motivated and experienced Registered Nurse with a desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively, unsupervised and within a team, and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Community Health Nurse
Indigenous Servises Canada
Sioux Lookout Zone, Ontario
07.2010 - Current
- Delivering health care in remote and culturally diverse First Nations communities, focusing on primary care and community health care for all ages using a comprehensive and holistic approach, and utilizing Health Canada Clinical Guidelines while collaborating with a multi-disciplinary health care team.
- Conducting initial triage, assessments, and treatments of emergency trauma, alcohol withdrawal, overdoses, obstetrical issues, gynecological issues, mental health crises, and code blue events in consultation with physicians covering the community, as well as with Ornge physicians via telephone or telemedicine video. Facilitating medical evacuations and transfers of clients requiring advanced care in hospitals.
- Performing phlebotomy, I-STAT point-of-care blood testing, ECGs, and preparation of blood samples for transportation to offsite laboratories.
- Administration of oral, intravenous, intramuscular, intraosseous, and subcutaneous medications, including reconstitution, calculating dosages, and dispensing medications to pediatric clients.
- Wound care management, including skin suturing, dura-bond application, and stabilization of sprains and fractures utilizing splints and back slabs.
- Demonstrated leadership abilities with acting-nurse-in charge assignments in 2 to 9 nurse nursing stations, mentoring nurses in clinical practice utilizing best practice guidelines, Health Canada Clinical Guidelines and standards of care policies as well as problem solving a variety of clinic and client needs.
Registered Nurse
S.R.T. Medstaff
Toronto, Ontario
07.2009 - 07.2010
- Worked in collaboration with clients, families, caregivers, and other health care professionals in a variety of Toronto hospitals as an agency nurse, providing quality nursing care.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team environment.
- Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss patient care plans.
- Documented patient progress notes accurately and efficiently in the electronic medical record system.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Kingston, Ontario
10.2006 - 06.2009
- Provided complete, complex care to adult inpatients on an acute medical care unit in consultation with a broad, interdisciplinary care team.
- Preceptor for nursing students, and mentored new nurses on best practices, hospital policies, and standards of care.
- Facility certification for peritoneal dialysis, telemetry monitoring, and PICC line access/care.
Education
3 Year Nursing Diploma - Nursing
Loyalist College of Applied Arts And Technology
Belleville, ON06-1996
Skills
- Physical assessment
- Phlebotomy techniques
- Medication administration
- Wound care management
- Health education
- Patient advocacy
- Clinical documentation
- Team collaboration
- Interdisciplinary communication
- Mentoring nurses
- Mental health support
- Treatment coordination
- Chronic disease management
- Preventive health
Certification
- Registered Nurse, College of Nurses of Ontario since 1996
- Registered Nurses Association with Professional Liability Protection since 2010
- HCP-Basic Life Support and First Aid
- Ontario Immunization Certification
Timeline
Community Health Nurse
Indigenous Servises Canada
07.2010 - Current
Registered Nurse
S.R.T. Medstaff
07.2009 - 07.2010
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Kingston Health Sciences Centre
10.2006 - 06.2009
3 Year Nursing Diploma - Nursing
Loyalist College of Applied Arts And Technology
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