NICOLE DUSEIGNE
Summary
I am an ambitious and self-driven Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) with eight years of experience, ranging from areas including Crisis Management, Mental Health Triage, Acute Inpatient Care, Long Term Care, and Community. Expertise in leadership, assessment skills (comprehensive mental health assessments, suicide risk assessments), and individualizing approaches to care for each person whom I work with. Special interest in eating disorders treatment, recovery, research, and advocacy, but I always find joy in every setting I work in!
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Psychiatric Nurse (N2)
Health Sciences Centre (HSC)
10.2024 - Current
- Working on an acute unit with inpatients in the Adult General Psychiatry program as well as the Adult Eating Disorders program
- Educated patients and families about mental health, diagnoses and treatment options.
- Explained useful coping methods to relieve depression and anxiety.
- Attended to patients' physical and mental health needs, triaged duties according to priority, managed multiple simultaneous demands
- Implemented/evaluated/modified care plans as required
Clinical Team Leader (CTL)
Crisis Response Services (CRS)
09.2022 - 06.2024
- Demonstrated leadership, increased responsibility, and ability to attend to simultaneous demands
- Fostered (multidisciplinary) staff development and competency through clinical supervision, coaching, safety huddles, training (which I often developed myself), and team meetings.
Nurse III (N3)
Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU)
12.2019 - 06.2024
- Strengthened ability to develop therapeutic rapport with clients over a longer period of time
- Applied principles of Motivational Interviewing to help empower clients to make positive changes in their lives
Crisis Clinician Nurse (N3)
Crisis Response Centre (CRC)
01.2018 - 06.2024
- Performed mental/physical health screens and triaged clients accordingly
- Performed comprehensive mental health assessments, addressing holistic bio/psycho/social/spiritual needs
- Strengthened skills in performing suicide risk assessments
- Enhanced skills in documentation, communication, and developing therapeutic rapport with clients
- Strengthened de-escalation skills
- Acquired skill of performing venipuncture (blood draw)
- Created a binder of over 110 community resources as well as a binder of coping skills, worksheets, and handouts for clients on a variety of topics (e.g. CBT, DBT, info sheets, general coping & wellbeing activities)
- Assisted in performing quality improvement audits
- Co-developed informational/educational television programming for the waiting area
- Worked casually in the RAAM Clinic (Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine Clinic) and became knowledgeable and skilled in working with individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders
Interim Manager
Crisis Response Centre (CRC)
01.2024 - 03.2024
- Exhibited change leadership, guiding and supporting staff through various changes during tenure
- Wrote and implemented policies and protocols for clinical staff
- Gained skills in conflict management, learning to support staff and clients with complaints
- Improved skills in the areas of communication, systems-thinking, and time-management
- Liaised with other agencies in exploring and problem-solving concerns, coordinating care plans and developing disposition plans for clients with complex needs
- January - March 2024
Registered Psychiatric Nurse (N2)
Seven Oaks General Hospital - Geriatric Mental Health (3 Units 10, 11, 12)
10.2017 - 04.2018
- Learned to attend to unique needs of older adults with complex physical and mental health conditions
- Composed and implemented care plans, evaluating outcomes and modifying as required
- Gained team-working skills while also strengthening ability to work independently
- Became able to delegate care appropriately and evaluate outcomes of delegated tasks
- Supported family members in coping with their loved ones' illness and/or death
Education
Healthcare, Indigenous Studies
Athabasca University
01.2024
B.Sc.PN - Psychiatric Nursing
Brandon University
10-2017
Music
University of Manitoba
01.2010
Skills
- Case Management
- Leadership
- Comprehensive Mental Health Assessments, SRAs
- Delegating
- Organization
- Strengths-Based Approach
- Staff Management & Development
- CBT, DBT, ACT
- De-escalation and Conflict Management
- Person with Lived Experience
Awards
Gold Medal in the Bachelor of Science in Psychiatric Nursing Brandon University, 2018, Prairie Mountain Scholarship—Gold Prairie Mountain Health, 2018, Pearson Book Award (for Leadership in Professional Practice) Brandon University, 2017, Annette Thorimbert Osted Scholarship (National) Registered Psychiatric Nurses’ Foundation, 2017, Kay Armstrong Scholarship (Provincial) Registered Psychiatric Nurses’ Foundation, 2017, Annette Thorimbert Osted Scholarship (National) Registered Psychiatric Nurses’ Foundation, 2016, John Kellie Scholarship (Provincial) Registered Psychiatric Nurses’ Foundation, 2016, General Proficiency Scholarship in Third Year Health Studies Brandon University, 2016, General Proficiency Scholarship in Second Year Health Studies Brandon University, 2015, General Proficiency Scholarship in First Year Health Studies Brandon University, 2014, Jack and Evelyn Gabel Memorial Scholarship in Psychiatric Nursing Brandon University, 2014
OTHER EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
- Brandon University Research Assistant 2015-2016
- [Self-employed] Pianist/Accompanist/Music Teacher 2005-2015
- [Self-employed] Live-in Nanny 2009-2010
- Women of Note Choral Accompanist 2006-2010
- Camp Arnes Camp Counsellor; Drama Instructor 2006-2008
- University of Manitoba Teacher's Assistant 2007
- Office Depot Sales Associate / Cashier 2006-2007
CERTIFICATIONS, ADDITIONAL TRAINING & ASSETS
- LEADS in a Caring Environment Workshop (LMS, 2024)
- Clinical Leadership Workshop - HSC, Jan 2023
- Preceptor Workshop – HSC, May 2020
- CPR (Basic Life Support) – (through February 2026)
- Emergency First Aid (through February 2026)
- Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Safety Training (MICST)—August 2022 (8-week online program)
- Hearing Voices Workshop—(MSS, Spring 2016)
- Valid Driver's License
- Valid Criminal Record Check / Adult Abuse Record Check / Child Abuse Record Check
- Introduction to LEADS in a Caring Environment, 2023
Languages
English
Affiliations
- Association of Registered Nurses of Manitoba (ARNM)
- International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (ISPN)
Timeline
Registered Psychiatric Nurse (N2)
Health Sciences Centre (HSC)
10.2024 - Current
Interim Manager
Crisis Response Centre (CRC)
01.2024 - 03.2024
Clinical Team Leader (CTL)
Crisis Response Services (CRS)
09.2022 - 06.2024
Nurse III (N3)
Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU)
12.2019 - 06.2024
Crisis Clinician Nurse (N3)
Crisis Response Centre (CRC)
01.2018 - 06.2024
Registered Psychiatric Nurse (N2)
Seven Oaks General Hospital - Geriatric Mental Health (3 Units 10, 11, 12)
10.2017 - 04.2018
Healthcare, Indigenous Studies
Athabasca University
B.Sc.PN - Psychiatric Nursing
Brandon University
Music
University of Manitoba
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