Shannah Reid
Courtice,Canada
Summary
Overcoming my own mental health and physical health challenges makes me an empathetic nurse who has a “ thick skin” but can also be kind and caring. I overcame my mental health issues by asking for help and putting in the work. Im now a new grad RPN and couldn't be more proud of that,
Overview
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Certification
Work History
Registered Practical Nurse Long Term Care
Glenn Hill Strathaven
- Administer routine and PRN medications to residents
- Wound care
- Responsible for up to 70 residents at a time
- Manage PSW teams
- Act as charge nurse for two units simultaneously
- Critical decision making
- Palliative care
- Transcribe various orders
- Organize appointments for residents, labs, and foot care
- Proficiency in Point Click Care and EMAR
Oncology/Palliative Nurse
Southlake Hospital
- Administer and give daily medications as well as breakthrough and newly ordered medications
- Start IVs and monitor them
- Take and give report
- Hand out meals
- Attended to patient ADLs
- Charted all actions performed and noticed using meditech
- Gave kind, compassionate care for all patients, including those at end of life stages
- Worked closely with healthcare team as well as patients and families to ensure best practice and helped out wherever I could
- Stock carts
- Post mortem care
- Helped with communication to and from various referrals
Clinical Extern
Lakeridge Health
- Complete daily care tasks such as bathing, changing and mobilizing patients
- Restock linen carts and supplies
- Take vital signs
- Work in an interdisciplinary setting
- 1:1 shifts for patients under a form 30
- Flexible working hours taking both day and night shifts
- Assist nurses as needed
Barn Hand
Private Farm
- Turn in/out
- Muck stalls
- Feed/supplement
- Clean buckets/barn/aisle/tack
- Drive the farm tractor
- Basic human and horse first aid
- Blanket changes
- Basic lunging/exercise
Screener
Lakeridge Health
- Screen patients and staff for signs and symptoms of Covid-19 and respond appropriately
- Maintain good relationships and positive interactions with staff and patients
- Restock gloves, wipes, masks, and other screening station needs
- Keep regular contact with different units in each hospital to aid in transport of personal belongings
- Work at each hospital site, making sure to stay flexible with availability, length of shifts and sites
Personal Support Worker
Harmony Estates Retirement Facility
Courtice, ON, Canada
- Client care for multiple clients with various personal / medical needs including the administration of medication and monitoring of blood pressure as required
- Working partnership with medical professionals
- Developed positive professional relationships with family members of clients
- Preparation and serving of client meals
- General Housekeeping / Sanitary duties
Coach and Barn Maintenance
Absolute Equestrian Centre
Bowmanville, ON, Canada
- Planning and implementing riding lessons / birthday parties for various ages and abilities in a coach and coaching assistant capacity
- Taking payments and issuing receipts
- Observing and monitoring health of horses including administering meds / first aid
- Knowledgeable in food and supplement requirements
- Working closely with parents and children maintaining safety around the horses while tacking and riding
- Feeding routines, mucking stalls, releasing / catching horses to / from pasture fields
Front End Cashier
TSC Store
Bowmanville, ON, Canada
- Greeting / assisting customers as Cashier and Floor staff
- Opening and closing responsibilities
- Taking inventory and restocking shelves / General cleaning and maintenance
Education
Mental Health Nursing - Nursing
Durham College
Oshawa, NonePractical Nursing - Nursing
Durham College
Oshawa, None10.2023
Skills
- Catheter care
- Clinical judgment
- Geriatric care
- End-of-life care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Diabetes management
- Physical assessment
- Tracheostomy care
- Mental health care
- Health promotion
- Patient education and counseling
- Patient assessment
- Direct patient care
- Medication distribution
- Medication and IV administration
- Patient care
- Collecting vitals
- Patient monitoring
- Removing sutures
- Family education
- Maintaining privacy
- Personal care needs
- Care plan development
- Compassion and empathy
- Medication administration
- Hospice and palliative care
- Vaccine administration
- Long-term care
- Infection control measures
- EMR / EHR
- Wound care
- Administering immunizations
- IV setup
- Emotional awareness
- Care planning
- Diabetes and nutrition education
- Chart updating
- Nursing staff leadership
- Intake and discharge
- Palliative care awareness
- Taking vitals
- Staff supervision
- Intravenous therapy
- Patient assessments
- Medical assessment
- Feeding assistance
- Insulin medication assistance
- Acute care expertise
- Coordinating referrals
- Family advocacy
- Patient and family advocacy
- Strong clinical judgment
- At-risk patient care
- Complex Problem-solving
- Patient discharge
- Patient management
- ADL assistance
- Supply restocking
- Appointment scheduling
- Emergency care
- Managing deadlines
- Chronic disease management
- Medical records management
- Emergency response
- Oxygen saturation standards
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Elementary
Certification
CNO Registration
Timeline
Registered Practical Nurse Long Term Care
Glenn Hill Strathaven
Oncology/Palliative Nurse
Southlake Hospital
Clinical Extern
Lakeridge Health
Barn Hand
Private Farm
Screener
Lakeridge Health
Personal Support Worker
Harmony Estates Retirement Facility
Coach and Barn Maintenance
Absolute Equestrian Centre
Front End Cashier
TSC Store
Mental Health Nursing - Nursing
Durham College
Practical Nursing - Nursing
Durham College