Susanne Kocsis
Berwick
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse (Recovery Support Centre – Mental Health and Addictions)
Nova Scotia Health Authority - Soldier's Memorial Hospital
03.2023 - Current
- -Coordinate all aspects of client care including admission interview and assessment, care planning, client teaching, supportive counselling and discharge planning for clients wishing addiction treatment, in collaboration with the client and the interdisciplinary team.
- -Provide care to clients undergoing outpatient withdrawal management, including assessment, distribution of medications as appropriate, monitoring client condition and progress.
- -Ongoing education and skill building to clients managing recovery, including group facilitated programs.
Registered Nurse (OR, Day Surgery Cataract Program)
Nova Scotia Health Authority - Soldier's Memorial Hospital
02.2020 - 12.2023
- -Admit patients to Day Surgery, preparing them for cataract surgery, including post op assessment and teaching.
- -Perform both the scrub and circulating roles for patients receiving cataract surgery
Registered Nurse (OR)
Nova Scotia Health Authority - Valley Regional Hospital
09.2017 - 06.2022
- -Perform both scrub and circulating roles for various specialties. Team leading within the room, coordinating the plan of care between the surgeon and anesthesia to facilitate best patient outcomes.
- -Scrub Role - Establish and maintain the sterile field and assisting the surgeon throughout the procedure
Registered Nurse - Surgical Services (Day Surgery, OR, & PACU)
Health PEI - Prince County Hospital
02.2013 - 05.2017
- Day Surgery:
- -Manage patient’s admission to surgical services
- -Receive patients from the Post Anesthetic Care Unit, with careful monitoring of their physiological status and comfort level
- -Pre and post operative teaching
- Operating Room:
- -Perform scrub and circulating roles
- PACU:
- -Monitor patient’s airway and oxygenation status, as well as changes in blood pressure and temperature
- -Minimize postoperative pain and nausea
Registered Nurse (Unit 4)
Health PEI - Queen Elizabeth Hospital
01.2012 - 06.2014
- -Triage incoming labour patients
- -Labour management of low and high-risk intrapartum patients
- -Provide postpartum/post op care to moms and babies
- -Teaching mom normal newborn care
Registered Nurse (Maternal Child Health)
Nova Scotia Health Authority – Valley Regional Hospital
12.2005 - 12.2011
- -Assessment of incoming labour patients
- -Labour management of low-risk intrapartum patients
- -Immediate postpartum care
- -Postpartum care/teaching for mom and baby
Registered Nurse (Labour and Delivery)
River Valley Health - Dr Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
04.1998 - 06.2005
- -Assess and triage incoming labour patients
- -Labour management of low and high-risk intrapartum patients while providing appropriate maternal-fetal assessments
- -Immediate postpartum and postoperative care
- -Care of high-risk antepartum patients
- -Maternal-Fetal Medicine Clinic – perform biophysical profiles
Registered Nurse (Obstetrical Unit)
Health Services Association of the South Shore - South Shore Regional Hospital
07.1996 - 04.1998
- -Antepartum and postpartum care
- -Labour and Delivery – monitoring patient’s labour progress and fetal wellbeing for low-risk intrapartum patients
- -Newborn Nursery – care of normal and moderately ill newborns
- -Care of gynecological surgery patients
Education
Mental Health and Addictions Nursing Specialty Program -
01.2024
Perioperative Nursing Program - undefined
Registered Nurses Professional Development Centre
01.2012
Diploma of Nursing, with Distinction - undefined
Saint John School of Nursing
01.1995
Bachelor of Arts - French
Mount Saint Vincent University
01.1990
Related Experiences
- Interpretation of Basic Cardiac Rhythms (2016)
- Current certification in BCLS
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral
- English and French
- The Clinical Frailty Scale (June 2023)
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Registered Nurse (Recovery Support Centre – Mental Health and Addictions)
Nova Scotia Health Authority - Soldier's Memorial Hospital
03.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse (OR, Day Surgery Cataract Program)
Nova Scotia Health Authority - Soldier's Memorial Hospital
02.2020 - 12.2023
Registered Nurse (OR)
Nova Scotia Health Authority - Valley Regional Hospital
09.2017 - 06.2022
Registered Nurse - Surgical Services (Day Surgery, OR, & PACU)
Health PEI - Prince County Hospital
02.2013 - 05.2017
Registered Nurse (Unit 4)
Health PEI - Queen Elizabeth Hospital
01.2012 - 06.2014
Registered Nurse (Maternal Child Health)
Nova Scotia Health Authority – Valley Regional Hospital
12.2005 - 12.2011
Registered Nurse (Labour and Delivery)
River Valley Health - Dr Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
04.1998 - 06.2005
Registered Nurse (Obstetrical Unit)
Health Services Association of the South Shore - South Shore Regional Hospital
07.1996 - 04.1998
Perioperative Nursing Program - undefined
Registered Nurses Professional Development Centre
Diploma of Nursing, with Distinction - undefined
Saint John School of Nursing
Bachelor of Arts - French
Mount Saint Vincent University
Mental Health and Addictions Nursing Specialty Program -
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