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Macey McArthur

Chatham,ON

Summary

Passionate Nurse with demonstrated experience in homecare settings. Proven ability to build strong relationships with patients and families while providing compassionate care. Offers strong task prioritization, organizational skills and eagerness to learn.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Visiting RPN

Care Partners
01.2021 - Current
  • Educated patients and families regarding disease processes, interventions and lifestyle changes.
  • Using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System, assessed vitals, pain and symptom management for clients with progressive diseases.
  • Delivered emotional support to patients and families during disease progression and end of life support. Advocated strongly for clients and their wishes through end of life care and palliation.
  • Collaboratively worked with clients healthcare team, including physicians, therapists and specialists to efficiently manage change in health status.
  • Using best practice guidelines, provided wound care with advanced assessment. Educated in different wound care products and able to assess when treatments need to be changed and what may work best for different types of wounds.
  • Successfully started PVADs, including assessment of IV site and patency. Worked with clients to manage infusion therapy independently at home. Can confidently change PICC/Port dressings and often participate in routine maintenance like flushing with saline and locking with Heparin.


Personal Support Worker

Georgian Heights
09.2019 - 12.2020
  • Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness. Including bathing, incontinence care and getting clients ready for the day.
  • Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives
  • Assisted with nursing staff with vitals, fall assessments and successfully following bladder and bowel routines.

Nursing Student

Hannah Walker Place Retirement Community
06.2018 - 08.2019
  • Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
  • Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
  • Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to nurse on duty.
  • Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean. Assisted kitchen staff with meal preparation, serving times and clean up.

Education

College Diploma - Practical Nursing

Georgian College of Applied Arts And Technology
Owen Sound, ON
08.2020

Skills

  • Efficient, optimistic and willing to learn
  • Empathetic and provides compassionate care
  • Excellent patient care following the standards of the CNO
  • Proficient in online documentation, timely charting and able to troubleshoot electronic devices
  • Clear communication with co-workers, management and other professionals in healthcare circle

Certification

  • Healthcare Provider CPR
  • WHIMIS and Worker Health and Safety Awareness
  • Wound Resource Nurse: providing advanced level of wound care assessment following best practice guidelines. Measures ankle brachial pressure indexes, initiates compression therapy and carries out conservative sharp wound debridement.
  • Intravenous and Infusion Therapy: successfully started peripheral IVs, carried out routine management of central venous access devices including accessing and de-accessing port-a-caths and sterile dressing changes for PICCs, ports and midlines.


Timeline

Visiting RPN

Care Partners
01.2021 - Current

Personal Support Worker

Georgian Heights
09.2019 - 12.2020

Nursing Student

Hannah Walker Place Retirement Community
06.2018 - 08.2019

College Diploma - Practical Nursing

Georgian College of Applied Arts And Technology

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