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SHANNAH REID

Courtice,Canada

Summary

Ambitious to obtain employment to further my practical nursing career, and balance a healthy work/life ratio.

Exceptional listener and communicator who effectively conveys information both verbally and written Confident and hard-working, committed to achieving excellence and success with minimal supervision Enthusiastic learner, eager to meet challenges and quick to comprehend new concepts Result-driven achiever with exemplary planning and organizational skills, a high degree of detail orientation Highly organized, dedicated, and committed to professionalism Highly motivated, energetic performer with a positive attitude Dependable and responsible Highly adaptable and flexible to change Resourceful individual who excels at building relationships with customers and colleagues through trust and mutual respect Innovative problem-solver who can generate workable solutions Ability to build relationships within a diverse workforce in multicultural setting

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, 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, 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, Canada
  • Greeting / assisting customers as Cashier and Floor staff
  • Opening and closing responsibilities
  • Taking inventory and restocking shelves / General cleaning and maintenance

Education

High school Diploma - Certificate of excellence grades 11 and 12 for music and communications Technology, Core French achievement certificate

Academic Upgrading - Pre-Health

practical nursing program -

Durham College

Skills

  • Exceptional listener
  • Effective communicator
  • Verbal communication
  • Written communication
  • Confident
  • Hard-working
  • Commitment to excellence
  • Commitment to success
  • Minimal supervision
  • Enthusiastic learner
  • Eager to meet challenges
  • Quick comprehension of new concepts
  • Result-driven
  • Planning skills
  • Organizational skills
  • Detail orientation
  • Highly organized
  • Dedicated
  • Professionalism
  • Highly motivated
  • Energetic performer
  • Positive attitude
  • Dependable
  • Responsible
  • Highly adaptable
  • Flexible to change
  • Resourceful
  • Building relationships
  • Customer relations
  • Colleague relations
  • Trust
  • Mutual respect
  • Innovative problem-solver
  • Generating workable solutions
  • Ability to build relationships
  • Diverse workforce
  • Multicultural setting

Volunteer Experience

  • Soper Creek Wildlife Center, Tyrone, ON, Ensuring safety and proper handling of rescue animals, Understanding and meeting the needs of rescue animals, Feeding different milk formulas for different species and age groups as well as administering other food types such as feed, seed, and fruit offerings, Offer support and encouragement to new volunteers, Assist in rehabilitation and release
  • Nova's Ark, Brooklin, ON, Volunteer counselor for summer camp for children with special needs, Insuring the safety of visitors, campers and the animals, Understanding and meeting the needs of rescue animals, Feeding and handling various animals to create a healthy environment between animal and human interactions, Assisted in animal rehabilitation
  • East Oshawa Veterinarian Clinic, Oshawa, ON, General house cleaning and sanitization of surgery / x-ray and main room areas, Clean animal cages and ensure they have food / clean water, Assist in exercising dogs, Laundry for animal use and restocking of medical supplies on shelves in examining / surgery area, Assisting veterinarian in keeping animals calm during standard procedures

References

Available upon request.

Hobbies and Interests

  • Avid equestrian
  • Musician
  • Photographer
  • Have personal experience in caring for a variety of animals
  • Have experience caring for people in the healthcare environment through both work and school endeavors

Training

  • CPI Blue Card (7 hours of non-violent crisis intervention training)
  • GPA certified
  • Smart Serve Certificate
  • Mental Health First Aid / Crisis Training
  • SMG training
  • Least restraint technique
  • EPIC/MEDITECH/Point Click Care/EMAR trained
  • CPR level C and First Aid certified including BLS certification
  • Non – Smoker

Availability

Immediate availability with flexibility in days and hours. Available most mornings, evenings, nights, and weekends.

Personal Information

Title: Registered Practical Nurse

License Number

BC781089

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

High school Diploma - Certificate of excellence grades 11 and 12 for music and communications Technology, Core French achievement certificate

Academic Upgrading - Pre-Health

practical nursing program -

Durham College
SHANNAH REID