Meghan Lavallee

• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Assessed patient vital signs and recorded in electronic medical records.

• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Collaborated with physicians to assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses.
• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals.
• Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
• Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
• Initiated IV therapies and maintained IV acces

• Worked in various settings including acute and inpatient mental health unit, stroke/rehab unit, and medicine/nephrology unit.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
• Helped patients complete bathing, dressing and eating.
• Delivered emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
• Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.

• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals.
• Administered medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
• Provided culturally competent, trauma informed care to patients of diverse populations.
• Maintained safety on the unit in accordance to unit policies and best practices.
• Provide therapeutic interventions, including crisis management and de-escalation techniques for patients in acute distress.
• Encourage patient involvement in their care decisions, empowering them to take an active role in their mental health journey.

Pursuing a BScN at the University of Toronto. Currently enrolled in German and language studies in order to complete the prerequisites required to apply to the nursing program at UofT.