Shirley Davis

• Administered emergency care to patients in critical condition, ensuring timely interventions and support.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop patient-centered treatment plans and protocols.
• Implemented quality improvement initiatives to streamline patient triage processes and reduce wait times.
• Autonomous clinical decision-making in resource limited settings
• Emergency stabilization, CTAS triage rapid assessment.
• Provided high-acuity triage and emergency nursing care, prioritizing patients based on acuity and clinical presentation
• Conducted comprehensive assessments and initiated timely interventions, escalating care appropriately
• Delivered medication administration with vigilant monitoring for adverse reactions
• Utilized de-escalation and crisis intervention techniques in complex patient situations
• Documented assessments and interventions accurately within electronic records

• Provided emergency and critical care nursing in remote community settings
• Efficient in use of EPIC and Meditech
• Charge nurse for facility, responsible for ongoing management of patients in acute, emergency and 26 patients in long-term care area
• Performed rapid assessments, medication administration, IV therapy and emergency interventions
• Demonstrated adaptability to frequent unit and assignment changes while maintaining high standards of care.
• Streamlined communication between nursing staff and physicians, ensuring timely updates on critical patient information and facilitating optimal care coordination.
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• Delivered comprehensive nursing in rural and long-term settings with limited on-site resources
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement personalized care plans.
• Supported patients and families through acute illness, chronic disease and palliative needs
• Educated patients and families on treatment options, enhancing understanding of complex health issues.

• Oversaw various aspects of telemetry in 6-bed ICU by administering PA catheters and arterials, vasoactive drugs, titration, thrombolytic therapy, dysrhythmia interpretation, and chest tubes.
• Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and reporting on conditions to maintain stats within optimal levels.
• Managed needs of chronically ill and acute patients with well-coordinated treatment strategies.
• Provided targeted care and treatment to COVID-19 patients.
• Complied with infectious disease measures to reduce spread of COVID-19 between patients, families, and medical personnel.
• Provided targeted care and treatment to COVID patients.
• Counseled patients and families on treatments, care options and discharge instructions.
• Completed diagnostic tests and patient assessments to evaluate treatment progress.
• Administered medications to treat patients' symptoms and address underlying disease progression.
• ISC Indigenous Services Canada implemented evacuation and COVID contact tracing in Fort Albany community
• Community and Addiction Nurse
• Documented work in System and updated patients' charts with orders and observations.

• Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently in 12-bed emergency unit in Northern Ontario
• Worked flexible 12 hours: night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions. Proved successful working within tight deadlines in a fast-paced atmosphere

• Ability to work across acute, emergency, aged, palliative, mental health, perioperative, and primary healthcare.
• Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing

• Critical Care RN BScn, providing Critical Care support to emergency and ICU departments in numerous hospitals across theGreater Toronto Area
• Over 20 years of documenting all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charts using the SOAPIE method.
• Provided relief support to external units such as outpatient IV therapy, pre- and post-operatives, PACU and recovery, dialysis, labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare personnel to meet patients' personal, physical, psychological and cognitive needs
• Conducted patient assessments and diagnostic tests to provide physician with important patient health information used to create focused treatment plans and manage ongoing care
• Monitored and managed various treatment and care interventions, including IV administration, wound and ostomy care and catheter insertion
• Coordinated and managed care for patients undergoing myocardial infarction screening and anticoagulation therapies
• Facilitated patient flow during emergency situations, directing evacuations, admissions and transfers

• Strong leader for nursing personnel assigned to unit/shift
• Supervised students when administering medications to ensure patient safety
• Instructed and coached students to help them overcome academic issues and personal challenges
• Liaised between patients and physicians to ensure patient comprehension of treatment plans
• Triaged patients to designated areas of treatment
• Assessed need for, ordered, obtained and interpreted appropriate lab tests
• Delivered high-quality nursing care to patients on 45-bed medical-surgical unit with emphasis on orthopedics, urology, and gastro-intestinal post-operative patients
• Delivered high-quality nursing care to patients on 45 bed medical-surgical unit with emphasis on orthopedics, urology, and gastro-intestinal post-operative patients
• Supervised ancillary staff of 5 on-call nurses, including scheduling shifts, delegating assignments and monitoring quality of care
• Oversaw efficient nursing operations in 45-bed long-term care unit

Critical care Nurse throughout GTA and surrounding areas

• Evaluated 30 patients to identify and address wounds, behavior concerns and medically relevant symptoms