RUBY DE GUZMAN
Edmonton,Canada
Summary
Professional with strong foundation in patient care and clinical expertise. Skilled at working in diverse healthcare settings, ensuring quality care and patient safety. Focus on team collaboration and adapting to changing needs with reliability. Proficient in critical thinking, patient assessment, and communication skills, driving positive patient outcomes.
Experienced with delivering patient care in various clinical settings and adapting to diverse healthcare needs. Utilizes advanced clinical skills and critical thinking to ensure patient safety and well-being. Track record of effective team collaboration and maintaining high standards in fast-paced environments.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Alberta Health Services
University Of Alberta Hospital
10.2011 - Current
- Served as a resource for other nurses on the Float Pool, offering guidance on policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Mentored new nursing staff, sharing best practices for patient care and fostering a supportive team atmosphere.
- Strengthened relationships between nursing teams across various units through regular collaboration on shared float pool initiatives and projects.
- Facilitated smooth transitions between shifts by providing thorough handoff reports to incoming nurses, ensuring continuity of care.
- Enhanced teamwork among nursing staff through clear communication, active listening, and constructive feedback.
- Ensured patient safety by strictly adhering to infection control protocols and maintaining a clean work environment.
Licensed Practical Nurse
University Of Alberta Hospital
Edmonton, Canada
10.2008 - 05.2011
- Handling cases in General Surgery-Urology
- Dressing Changes and wound packing application
- Administers oral and subcutaneous medications
- Actively participates on new trends in nursing for advancement of knowledge in the unit
- Clinical observation and systems assessment on patients
- Mastery in bladder irrigation and bedside nursing care
- Uses nursing judgement in patient care
- Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
- Demonstrated excellent technical skills in wound dressing changes, IV therapy administration, catheter insertion, and other routine nursing procedures.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes
- Reason for Leaving: RN position acquired
Faculty Member
Centro Escolar University
Mendiola, Manila, Philippines
11.2006 - 05.2008
- Professionally fulfill the role of nursing instructor in clinical affiliates, including planning for clinical experiences, developing patient assignments, and supervising, instructing and evaluating students
- Demonstrates and teaches patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students and instructs students in principles and application of physical, biological, and psychological subjects related to nursing
- Supervises student nurses and demonstrates patient care in clinical units of hospital
- Prepares and administers examinations, evaluates student progress, and maintains records of student classroom and clinical experience
- Participates in planning curriculum, teaching schedule, and course outline
- Regularly revise lecture notes and course materials to ensure currency and compliance with departmental and/or college formats or guidelines
- Collaborate with other nurse faculty to maintain the continuity of the curriculum
- Promote effective working relationships among course faculty
- Participate in the orientation of new faculty as requested
- Reason for Leaving: to work in Edmonton, Alberta as LPN for 2 years
Staff Nurse
Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center
Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines
12.2004 - 07.2006
- Provides quality client care and significant others through coordination between nursing and other health care team member
- Focus primarily on the patient, managing the communication and information related to the daily activities surrounding the patient's care
- Provides direct nursing care and takes over the rounding and communicating with physician
- Maximize abilities and maintain competence by mastering the ever-expanding body of knowledge
- Collaborates with all the services that touch the patient
- Participates in the assessment and revision of programs based upon changes in the service delivery, new information, equipment, and clinical feedback
- Participates in reviewing, updating, implementing and monitoring policies to ensure they comply to evidence based practice
- Maintains a positive rapport with immediate supervisor reporting in timely manner activities, program development and results achieved as well as issues and concerns
- Participates in organizing and part takes in seminars/workshops/activities towards enhancing professional development
- Demonstrate commitment to continuing education and personal development
- Performs other tasks and duties within the scope of the knowledge, skills, and experience required for the job, as assigned by the immediate supervisor
- Identifies individual and collective learning needs of nursing personnel through observation, assessment and evaluation of skills in the clinical area
- Acts as a role model and leader in clinical nursing practice through active participation in patient care
- Utilizing adult learning principles, expected outcomes and recognized education methods to improve the delivery of a ongoing quality clinical nursing improvement programme care
- Reason for leaving: Resigned
Volunteer Nurse
Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center
Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines
09.2004 - 11.2004
- Provides quality client care and significant others through coordination between nursing and other health care team member
- Focus primarily on the patient, managing the communication and information related to the daily activities surrounding the patient's care
- Provides direct nursing care and takes over the rounding and communicating with physician
- Maximize abilities and maintain competence by mastering the ever-expanding body of knowledge
- Collaborates with all the services that touch the patient
- Participates in the assessment and revision of programs based upon changes in the service delivery, new information, equipment, and clinical feedback
- Reason for leaving: ICU RN position obtained
Nursing Faculty
Chinese General Hospital College of Nursing
Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines
12.2003 - 05.2004
- Professionally fulfill the role of nursing instructor in clinical affiliates, including planning for clinical experiences, developing patient assignments, and supervising, instructing and evaluating students
- Demonstrates and teaches patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students and instructs students in principles and application of physical, biological, and psychological subjects related to nursing
- Supervises student nurses and demonstrates patient care in clinical units of hospital
- Prepares and administers examinations, evaluates student progress, and maintains records of student classroom and clinical experience
- Reason for leaving: End of Contract
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chinese General Hospital College of Nursing and Liberal Arts
01.2003
Skills
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Compassionate care
- Clinical judgment
- Intravenous therapy
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Float Pool
Alberta Health Services
10.2011 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse
University Of Alberta Hospital
10.2008 - 05.2011
Faculty Member
Centro Escolar University
11.2006 - 05.2008
Staff Nurse
Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center
12.2004 - 07.2006
Volunteer Nurse
Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center
09.2004 - 11.2004
Nursing Faculty
Chinese General Hospital College of Nursing
12.2003 - 05.2004
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chinese General Hospital College of Nursing and Liberal Arts