SARA HALEY

Dedicated and compassionate Paediatric and NICU Registered nurse. Organized and motivated individual, eager to utilize time management and organizational skills. Collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members to facilitate great patient care in a women's and children's area. Focused on supporting team success and achieving positive results for the patients and families.

Lakeridge Health | Multiple Locations 

MEDICINE/ISOLATION UNIT, Lakeridge Health Oshawa - Student nurse, 06/01/19 - 07/01/19

• Conduct head-to-toe assessments.
• Develop skills to work with elderly who have diagnosis of dementia and delirium. Conducted ADL's and basic documentation skills and recorded vital signs. Follow correct donning and doffing of PPE in isolation rooms.

INPATIENT ABDOMEN AND THROACIC SURGICAL UNIT, Lakeridge Health Oshawa - Student nurse, 09/01/19 - 12/01/19, 

• Assessed and changed surgical dressings. Removed stitches and staples, completed catheter maintenance and insertion, nasogastric care, ostomy care, IV maintenance. Safely administrated medications PO, SC, IV.

MATERNAL CHILD UNIT, Lakeridge Health Oshawa - Student nurse, 01/01/20 - 04/01/20

• Effectively cared for mothers and newborn babies in the post-partum unit after birth.

COMMUNITY AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, Virtual Learning - Student nurse, 09/01/20 - 04/01/21

• Understand the importance of community health nursing and immunization schedules.
• Accurately conduct a Mental status assessment (MSA) on a variety of different patients and understand the different signs and symptoms related to mania, hypomania, hallucinations and delusions. Provide treatment plans and community resources.

MED/SURG UNIT (Pre-consolidation), Lakeridge Health Bowmanville - Student nurse, 09/01/21 - 12/01/21

• Accurately prepared, administered and recorded ordered medications., Monitored and cared for a wide variety of medical patients including, post and pre-operative patients. Assisted my nurse with telemetry readings. Provided surgical wound care, catheter care, IV insertion.

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (Consolidation), Lakeridge Health Bowmanville - Student nurse, 01/01/22 - 04/01/22

• Assist with traumas. Participate in code blues; conduct chest compressions and maintain a student role during the code.
• Insert peripheral IV's. Learn basic telemetry readings.
• Observe and participate in cardioversions.
• Safely administer medications and conduct head to toe assessments to patients of all ages; from infants to elderly.
• Conduct basic dressing changes and wound care to outpatient's.
• Administer antibiotic IV infusions to outpatients in the ER setting.
• Work in a fast-paced environment with care for a variety of different patient health conditions.
• Work alongside and collaborate with physicians and surgeons in emergency situations.

• Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Best Practice Champion, 2021
• Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), 2024
• Neonatal resuscitation (NRP), 2022
• CPR/AED & First Aid - Level HCP (BLS), 2024
• Current N95 Mask Fitting, 2023
• Coronary Care 1 certified, 2023
• Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network Certified (PAIL), 2023

• Ontario Scholar, Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School, 2017
• Perseverance of Excellence, Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School, 2017

References will be given upon request.