SARAH M. ROUSSY
Greater Sudbury,ON
Summary
Compassionate Registered Practical Nurse with experience in managing patient care, including symptom and pain management. Possess strong communication skills for effective dialogue with patients, families and other healthcare professionals about end-of-life issues and goals of care. Demonstrated ability to provide emotional support, comfort, and stability to patients during difficult times. Have contributed significantly to improving patient quality of life in previous roles.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
REGISTERED PRACTICAL NURSE
GREATER CITY OF SUDBURY - PIONEER MANOR
Greater Sudbury, Ontario
05.2025 - Current
- Administered medications and treatments as prescribed by healthcare providers on units with up to 40 residents
- Responsible for the care of the residents in the assigned unit of the long-term care facility, and supervises the care given by the PSW(s) and HCA(s).
- Respond to medical emergencies and crises, providing immediate assessment and intervention, and coordinating with emergency services.
REGISTERED PRACTICAL NURSE
PARAMED
Cambridge, Ontario
02.2024 - 05.2025
- Provided comfort measures, such as pain management, symptom control, and end-of-life care.
- Performed regular assessments of a patient's physical symptoms, such as pain, nausea, and shortness of breath.
- Assessed patient conditions, monitored behaviors, and updated supervising physicians with observations and concerns.
- Manages all needs of the palliative patient in the community as an on-call nurse.
- Liaise with the healthcare team members in emergencies that require immediate patient intervention for optimal pain and symptom management.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
PRECISE REAL ESTATE APPRAISING INC.
Kitchener, Ontario
07.2022 - 09.2023
- Maintain all office business logs
- Intake, assign and schedule appraisal orders
- Handle customer inquiries and quoting appraisal orders
- Assisting with mid-month and end of month payroll
- Assisting appraisers with duties such as client correspondence, file updates and appraisal reports
VOLUNTEER
CAMBRIDGE SELF-HELP FOOD BANK
Cambridge, Ontario
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Responsible for food basket preparation and distribution.
- Collaborated with fellow volunteers and staff while assisting those who came in for assistance.
- Gained essential knowledge of my community and those in need.
REGISTERED PRACTICAL NURSE
GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL-FREEPORT SITE
Kitchener, Ontario
05.2003 - 06.2021
- 18 years' experience of coordinating total nursing care for an assigned group of patients including palliative, stroke, traumatic brain injury, fractures, post-surgery, neurological, cardiac, dementia and varying degrees of physical and cognitive impairments
- Implement patient care for up to 6 patients including physical assessments, vital signs, health teaching, medication administration and pain management, IV therapy, catheter insertion and maintenance, perform ECG's, wound care, diabetes management, safe transfers including the use of mechanical lifts
- Performed clinical tasks according to hospital policies
- Educating patients on health care needs and conditions
- Strong rapport with patients, family's staff and physicians
- Charting and documentation of patient care using Cerner
- Mentor to practical nursing students and newly graduated nurses
- Experience in COVID patient settings, utilization of proper PPE and performing nasopharyngeal swabs
Education
DIPLOMA WITH HONORS - PRACTICAL NURSING
Conestoga College
04.2003
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
Lockerby Composite School
Greater Sudbury, ON06.1998
Skills
- Enteral Feeding
- TPN
- CADD pain pump
- Wound care
- Ostomy care
- Ventilator maintenance
- Tracheostomy care
- Nephrostomy care
- Paracentesis care
References
Available upon request
Timeline
REGISTERED PRACTICAL NURSE
GREATER CITY OF SUDBURY - PIONEER MANOR
05.2025 - Current
REGISTERED PRACTICAL NURSE
PARAMED
02.2024 - 05.2025
EXECUTIVE OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
PRECISE REAL ESTATE APPRAISING INC.
07.2022 - 09.2023
VOLUNTEER
CAMBRIDGE SELF-HELP FOOD BANK
01.2021 - 01.2022
REGISTERED PRACTICAL NURSE
GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL-FREEPORT SITE
05.2003 - 06.2021
DIPLOMA WITH HONORS - PRACTICAL NURSING
Conestoga College
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
Lockerby Composite School