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Sharon Fonger

London,Canada

Summary

Dedicated, empathetic and patient-focused Registered Nurse with a passion for providing high quality nursing care that exceeds conventional standards. - Exceptional capacity to function productively in a demanding environment; facilitate management of numerous, often competing priorities with ease and foster the provision of superior patient care. - Demonstrated effective interpersonal and collaborative communication skills; builds profitable rapport with patients, and collaborate efficiently with interdisciplinary team. - Well developed physical assessment and critical thinking skills; respond promptly to emergent situations and intervene appropriately. - Administrative and referral experience including admissions, discharges, referrals, and processing orders in a timely manner. - Widely recognized as an excellent care provider and patient advocate. Reliable and trustworthy employee; works well independently or as an active team player. - Committed to self-directed learning and development in nursing. Dedicated infusion nurse with comprehensive expertise in patient care, infusion therapies, and education. Proven ability to coordinate diverse treatment plans and deliver exceptional nursing services in outpatient settings. Compassionate infusion nurse specializing in oncology and rare diseases, with a strong background in clinical care and patient education. Experienced in collaborating with healthcare teams to ensure timely and effective treatment delivery. Results-driven healthcare professional with extensive experience in infusion therapy and patient monitoring. Known for exceptional collaboration skills and commitment to enhancing patient outcomes through education and coordinated care.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Infusion Nurse

Innomar Strategies
04.2017 - Current
  • As an infusion nurse, I provide specialized infusion and injection therapies and nursing services to oncology, auto-immune and rare disease patients in an outpatient clinic setting.
  • Administration of biologics either IV, IM, SC and monitoring of patients post injection/infusion.
  • Provide patient education based on program protocols, individually or in groups.
  • Coordinate daily with patients, case managers, physicians, and scheduling departments to meet established timelines for treatments and communication of information.

Registered Nurse

LHSC Emergency Care Program
01.2000 - 12.2018
  • Provided care for critically ill patients from a variety of complex medical backgrounds including acute trauma, cardiac, neurology, neurosurgical, respirology, hematology, GI and orthopaedics.
  • I ensured the provision of quality emergency medical care to patients, in accordance with physician orders, hospital policy, and standard emergency department medical directives.
  • Daily tasks include the implementation of nursing/physician directives, providing care for patients requiring continuous cardiac and/or ventilation/perfusion monitoring, coordinating patient referrals, discharge or admission planning, and providing nursing care to patients, in a fast paced, high turnover department.

Registered Nurse

LHSC University Campus
01.1998 - 12.2018
  • During my twenty year tenure at LHSC I had many opportunities to work, on a part time basis, in conjunction with the Emergency Care Program, in the following departments: Intensive care unit, Internal medicine program, and Cardiovascular Surgical program.

Patient Flow Shift Manager

St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital
02.2010 - 12.2011
  • As a member of the Quality, Risk and Safety Management Team, I was responsible for and contributed to the appropriate placement of designated admitted patients utilizing Continuum information.
  • Collaborated with the health care team, management. And On-call administration and provided administrative, management and leadership functions to all staff in a supportive, facilitative and empowering manner.
  • Developed and implemented routine patient chart audits in order to access quality of patient care and patient safety, and learning needs of registered nurses.

Northern Community Nursing

Bayshore Health Care
08.2009 - 02.2010
  • Travelled to Northern Ontario locations in the Sioux Lookout zone.
  • Provided primary care nursing in a clinical setting for members of the First Nations community.
  • Clinic duties included IV initiation and blood draw, head to toe assessments, well baby assessment, woman health assessment (birth control teaching, pelvic exams, obtaining gynecological specimens, pre and post natal care and teaching), suicide intervention-family support, referrals to outside communities (Thunder Bay and Sioux Lookout) for psychiatry support, and addiction services.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - BSCN

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
London, Ontario
04.1998

Certification

Registered Nurse (RN), College of Nurses of Ontario

Qualifications Summary

  • Dedicated, empathetic and patient-focused Registered Nurse with a passion for providing high quality nursing care that exceeds conventional standards.
  • Exceptional capacity to function productively in a demanding environment; facilitate management of numerous, often competing priorities with ease and foster the provision of superior patient care.
  • Demonstrated effective interpersonal and collaborative communication skills; builds profitable rapport with patients, and collaborate efficiently with interdisciplinary team.
  • Well developed physical assessment and critical thinking skills; respond promptly to emergent situations and intervene appropriately.
  • Administrative and referral experience including admissions, discharges, referrals, and processing orders in a timely manner.
  • Widely recognized as an excellent care provider and patient advocate. Reliable and trustworthy employee; works well independently or as an active team player.
  • Committed to self-directed learning and development in nursing.

Professional Development

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Basic ECG Interpretation, Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC), International Trauma Life Support course, Emergency Core Care Nursing, Annual Mask Fit testing, Annually teach 3rd year Medical Student phlebotomy and PIV insertion for 7 years., Intensive Care Nursing, Medical/Surgical nursing, Cardiovascular Surgical nursing, Intravenous and Central Line management (femoral and radial arterial lines, PICC lines and porta caths), Management of Ventilated patients, Care plan creation and administration, Patient/family education, DAR and SOAPE documentation, Computer skills include Cerner, Groupwise, EPR., Nursing Professional Practice (LHSC), Infection Control Committee-Co Chair (St. Thomas General Hospital), Emergency Code Team Committee-Co Chair (STEGH), Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) (LHSC)

Timeline

Infusion Nurse

Innomar Strategies
04.2017 - Current

Patient Flow Shift Manager

St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital
02.2010 - 12.2011

Northern Community Nursing

Bayshore Health Care
08.2009 - 02.2010

Registered Nurse

LHSC Emergency Care Program
01.2000 - 12.2018

Registered Nurse

LHSC University Campus
01.1998 - 12.2018

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - BSCN

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
Sharon Fonger