Ruwan Ekanayake
11 Rue Des Mineurs, Gatineau,QC
Summary
Experienced Registered Nurse bringing demonstrated clinical expertise, leadership skills and technical knowledge. Proficient in updating charts, monitoring medications and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care. Quality-driven and efficient with strong interpersonal abilities.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Personal Support Worker
Bruyer Transitional Care Unit (Greystone)
Ottawa, ON
11.2020 - Current
- Assisted clients with daily activities such as toileting, bathing, dressing, and grooming.
- Created safe and positive living situations for clients by communicating with family and other staff about concerns or challenges.
- Lifted, moved and adjusted clients to ambulate individuals for diverse needs.
- Provided emotional support for terminally ill patients and their families.
- Developed positive relationships with patients by demonstrating empathy and respect for their needs.
Registered Nurse CardiowThoracic ICU
General Hospital
Kandy-Sri Lanka
07.2009 - 12.2017
- Provide immediate post operative care for the patients who have undergone Open Cardiac surgeries such as CABG, all valve procedures-repairs and replacements, major aortic procedures, correction of congenital defects, and thoracic surgeries.
- Responded quickly to changes in a patient's condition and reported them to the physician immediately.
- Supervised cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms and oxygen delivery devices.
- Prepare the patients unit and admission of the of the patients.
- Respiratory management in both the mechanically-ventilated and spontaneously breathing patients.
- Care for the patients on ventilators, Intra-Aortic Balloon pump(IABP), Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT).
- Evaluation and recording Glasgow Coma Scale. Ventilator charting, vital signs etc. to evaluate the patients condition.
- Assisting in various procedures such as emergency tracheostomy, endotracheal (ET) tube insertion, central venous pressure (CVP), arterial blood pressure (IBP), non invasive blood pressure (NIBP), arterial blood gasses, and identification of emergencies to provide nursing care according to priority.
- Maintained knowledge of current evidence-based guidelines related to cardiac ICU nursing care.
- Participated in daily rounds with attending physicians discussing progress of assigned patients.
- Maintained accurate documentation of assessments, treatments, medications administered and any changes in the patient's condition.
- Helped patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues.
- Administered medications as ordered by physician according to hospital policy and procedure.
- Operating modern equipments such as mechanical ventilators, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) machine, different types of syringe pumps with the base, infusion pumps, portable ventilators, cardiac multi monitors, picco monitoring, defibrillators, nebulizers, sucker machines, blood warmers, patients warmers, blood gas analyzer.
RN, Medical-Surgical
General Hospital
Kandy, Sri Lanka
02.2006 - 07.2009
- Provide nursing care for pre-operative, post operative and patients with medical illnesses.
- Administered medications, intravenous therapies, and other medical interventions according to physician orders.
- Detected emerging problems by monitoring patients' behavior, vital signs and fluid intake and output.
- Supervised cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms and oxygen delivery devices.
- Performed invasive procedures such as arterial line insertion and central line management.
- Provided emotional support to family members during difficult times.
- Assessed patient condition, developed plans of care, implemented treatments, monitored progress, and evaluated outcomes.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare team members to ensure optimal patient care.
- Monitored vital signs, fluid balance, laboratory values, and cardiac rhythms.
- Maintained accurate documentation of patient assessments, plan of care, interventions, and responses to treatment in the EMR system.
Education
Diploma in General Nursing - Nursing
College of Nursing
Kandy Sri LankaSkills
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Patient Assessments
- EKG interpretation
- CRRT
- Critical and Creative thinking
- Strong clinical judgement
- Intra-Aortic Balloon pump
- Thorough physical assessments
Certification
- Registered Nurse in Ontario, License number-24813463
- Registered Nurse New York, License number-915414
- Registered Nurse Sri Lanka, License number-10579
- RNAO membership-24WP5038
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Personal Support Worker
Bruyer Transitional Care Unit (Greystone)
11.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse CardiowThoracic ICU
General Hospital
07.2009 - 12.2017
RN, Medical-Surgical
General Hospital
02.2006 - 07.2009
Diploma in General Nursing - Nursing
College of Nursing
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