Susan Serra
Calgary,AB
Summary
Compassionate Community Health Nurse with extensive expertise in maternal and child health, specializing in breastfeeding education and patient advocacy. Demonstrates exceptional clinical skills while building strong relationships with families to ensure holistic care. Proven success in enhancing health awareness and implementing effective disease prevention programs to promote community well-being. Dedicated to empowering new families through tailored healthcare solutions and confidence-building initiatives.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Community Health Nurse Antepartum Homecare
Alberta Health Services
01.2019 - Current
- Assessment of high risk pregnant women in home setting
- Teaching them self assessment and assisting them with when to know to return to hospital
- Monitoring of fetal wellbeing through non stress tests as well as teaching parents to monitor themselves in the home
- Supporting parents who are experiencing stressful high risk perinatal period
Staff Nurse, Labour and Delivery
Peter Lougheed Hospital
01.2012 - 01.2019
- Care for women during Antepartum/Intrapartum/Postpartum period
- Scrub and circulate in Cesarean Sections
- Triage, Breast feeding, anticipatory guidance for discharge
- Working closely with team of OB and resuscitation teams
- Stillbirth and loss support and care
Staff Nurse, Short Stay Mental Health
Peter Lougheed Hospital
01.2008 - 01.2013
- Challenging unit with patients in acute crisis with a quick turn over
- Assessment of the following challenges: Addiction and Withdrawal management, Acute drug psychosis, Suicide risk assessment and intervention, Personality Disorders, Anxiety and Depression
Telephone Triage Nurse
Health Link
01.2002 - 01.2008
- Assessment, triage, and education of callers with an extremely broad range of health concerns including; assessment of health concerns and triage to the appropriate care level and facility, critically ill needing transfer to emergency medical service, parents with children who are ill, mental health crisis, breastfeeding assessments and education, vaccination information, disease monitoring, addictions, mental health crisis, general health information
Staff Nurse Emergency
Peter Lougheed Hospital
01.2001 - 01.2002
- Assessment and treatment of people with a variety of acute injury, illness, cardiac events, respiratory assessment and treatment, miscarriages, diabetic, cellulitis, fractures, lacerations, infection assessment, abdominal pain, drug and alcohol related illness, psych assessments
Staff Nurse Labour and Delivery
Peter Lougheed Hospital
01.1997 - 01.2002
- Care for families during the perinatal period as above
Education
Bachelor of Nursing *with Distinction - Nursing
University of Calgary
Calgary, None04-1997
Skills
- Health education
- Patient assessment
- Prenatal care
- Home healthcare
- Preventive health
- Mental health support
- Home visits
- Accurate documentation
- Breastfeeding support
- Blood pressure monitoring
- At-risk patient care
Accomplishments
- Commissioned officer in the the Canadian Naval Reserve
- Awarded Best Officer Cadet
Certification
- Fetal monitoring
- CPR
- AHS breast feeding training
- Non Violent Communication
- Comfortable using Connect Care
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Community Health Nurse Antepartum Homecare
Alberta Health Services
01.2019 - Current
Staff Nurse, Labour and Delivery
Peter Lougheed Hospital
01.2012 - 01.2019
Staff Nurse, Short Stay Mental Health
Peter Lougheed Hospital
01.2008 - 01.2013
Telephone Triage Nurse
Health Link
01.2002 - 01.2008
Staff Nurse Emergency
Peter Lougheed Hospital
01.2001 - 01.2002
Staff Nurse Labour and Delivery
Peter Lougheed Hospital
01.1997 - 01.2002
Bachelor of Nursing *with Distinction - Nursing
University of Calgary
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