Rina Abdulnour
Saskatoon,SK
Summary
Dedicated Registered Psychiatric Nurse with over 10 years of experience in providing compassionate care to patients with various mental health conditions. Expertise includes comprehensive knowledge of medications, medical terminology, and holistic coping mechanisms, paired with strong organizational skills. Proven ability to manage multiple projects while delivering acute care treatment and fostering a safe, supportive environment for patients. Currently pursuing a Master’s in Psychiatric Nursing to enhance clinical skills and advance professional practice.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Community Health Nurse
Willow Cree Health Center
Beardy's And Okemasis Cree Nation, SK
01.2023 - Current
- Managed immunization clinics, ensuring timely administration of vaccinations, and reducing the spread of communicable diseases.
- Perform venipunctures for Sexually Transmitted Blood Born Infections, transported samples safely to the lab as well as provided the necessary treatment interventions both with oral and intramuscular medications for various STI's.
- Develop and distribute health education materials to increase understanding, promote mental health, healthy lifestyles, and prevent chronic diseases.
- Conduct assessments of social determinants of health impacting patient wellbeing and factored these into holistic care approaches designed around each individual's unique circumstances.
- Maintain accurate and complete records to document program activities and outcomes.
- Promote available resources and connect individuals with services.
- Participate in community outreach activities to promote health education initiatives.
- Provide individualistic approach with mental, physical and emotional support, meeting the client where they are at.
Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Preston Special Care Home
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
09.2022 - 12.2024
- Implement both medical and therapeutic responsibilities in this position.
- Collaboration with an interdisciplinary team to carry out patients' treatment plans.
- Oral interventions, subcontinuous medication management and monitoring, vital signs, working with physicians during patient examinations, and providing wound, ostomy, and continence care.
- Assisting patients with range-of-motion exercises.
- Providing emotional and mental support to patients and their families.
- Educating patients about their conditions, as well as their care plans, diabetes management, chronic pain management, and dementia care.
Clinical Care Aid Clinical Instructor
Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Saskatoon, SK
03.2023 - 06.2024
- Adapt teaching techniques and instructional resources to accommodate diverse student needs, skills, and interests.
- Set clear targets for lessons, units, and projects while conveying these objectives to students.
- Led instructional sessions through lectures, discussions, and interactive demonstrations.
- Developed recommendations for revising, developing, or eliminating courses by reviewing instructional feedback.
Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Corrections Services Canada
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
10.2015 - 01.2024
- Federal multi-security Regional Psychiatric Center (RPC) focuses on delivering specialized specific services that reflect the needs of the inmate population.
- Oversaw initiatives in infectious disease prevention, methadone programs, addictions counseling and inmate suicide prevention.
- Facilitated mental health interventions such as CBT, DBT, medication management, patient teaching, infectious disease prevention and control, methadone maintenance programs, addictions, inmate suicide prevention, NSSI behavior (non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors), intensive trauma care, and life-saving interventions, phlebotomy, medication administration, rehabilitation, and discharge care planning.
- Developed enhanced discharge plans to help ensure continuity of care upon patient release.
- Developed comprehensive treatment plans.
- Facilitated cross-functional collaboration to execute medical, physical, psychiatric interventions.
- Contributed to formulating safe strategies by working with an interdisciplinary team during crisis events.
- Monitored treatment outcomes by assessing patient progress.
- Facilitated seamless integration of expert input into patient treatment planning processes.
Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Alberta Hospital Edmonton (AHE)
Edmonton, Alberta
01.2013 - 10.2015
- Developed comprehensive knowledge across diverse units, including Electrical Convulsive Therapy, Pervasive Developmental Disorder programs, forensics, acute inpatient, psychiatric emergency, and admissions services.
- Applied critical thinking, clinical judgment, and problem-solving techniques to enhance patient outcomes.
- Maintained a focus on patient safety by fostering an inclusive approach to individual needs and backgrounds.
- Monitored, recorded, and evaluated psychiatric conditions to deliver quality care.
- Managed care for high-risk suicidal individuals and implemented interventions to mitigate harm.
- Introduced effective techniques to manage depression and anxiety.
- Administered medications and treatments to patients, monitoring their responses.
- Safeguarded patient well-being by actively upholding their health, safety, and rights.
- Conducted patient evaluations to track medication responses.
Mental Health Therapist
Community Urgent Services And Stabilization Team
Edmonton, Alberta
01.2014 - 10.2015
- Responsible for providing timely interventions, as well as a range of in-home assessments and support services to clients and their families who are in an acute mental health crisis in the community, and promoting engagement and positive resolutions to the presenting situational crisis.
- Interventions include assessments, consultations, one-on-one counseling, stabilization, referrals to community resources, and collaboration with emergency services.
Education
Diploma - Psychiatric Nursing
Stenberg College
Vancouver, BC12.2012
Bachelor of Arts - Completing Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK, Canada2006
Skills
- Proficient in English
- Competent in Lebanese Arabic
- Japanese Language Studies
Certification
- Venipuncture for Specialty Practices -Saskpolytech (2023)
- AED/Basic Life Support - BLS (HCP) Instructor (2021-2024)
- Meal Assistance Training (2023)
- Transfer Lift and Repositioning Training (Oct 2022)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy - Intro and Coaching Training (2021)
- Participated in the Violence and Aggression Symposium (2018)
- Trauma & PTSD Standardized 2 day intensive workshop with the Canadian Psychological Association (2017)
- Suboxone Therapy – nursing administration of suboxone (2015)
- Influenza immunization administration (2014)
- Non-Violence Crisis Intervention Level I &2 (2014)
*Certificates available upon request
References
References available upon request
Timeline
Clinical Care Aid Clinical Instructor
Saskatchewan Polytechnic
03.2023 - 06.2024
Community Health Nurse
Willow Cree Health Center
01.2023 - Current
Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Preston Special Care Home
09.2022 - 12.2024
Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Corrections Services Canada
10.2015 - 01.2024
Mental Health Therapist
Community Urgent Services And Stabilization Team
01.2014 - 10.2015
Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Alberta Hospital Edmonton (AHE)
01.2013 - 10.2015
Diploma - Psychiatric Nursing
Stenberg College
Bachelor of Arts - Completing Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
University of Saskatchewan
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