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Tammy Holland

Beausejour,Canada

Summary

Community Health Nurse with significant experience in public health, education, and patient advocacy. Possess strong clinical skills enhanced by natural ability to build rapport with patients and families.

Committed to improving community health through direct patient care, health awareness initiatives and disease prevention programs. Made meaningful impact at previous work places by improving healthcare delivery systems and enhancing patient satisfaction, adapt at collaborating with families and patients for comprehensive care and advocating for patient needs

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Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience

Work History

Community health nurse/ acting nurse in charge

Indigenous services Canada
01.2020 - Current
  • Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care
  • Provide direct care to community members
  • Includes general health care, health promotion, emergency, chronic and end of life care across the life span
  • Program management of the well woman, well man, well child, prenatal program and immunization programs
  • Provide direct care by performing comprehensive health assessments, developing differential diagnoses, order and interpreting client specific tests, prescribing medications, and treatments within scope of practice guidelines, evaluating care plan and reassessing outcomes
  • Professional consultation with physicians and support programs to optimize patient health outcomes
  • Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records using electronic charting systems
  • Manage day to day operations of the health center, staffing levels, accommodations of visiting professionals, liaison with upper management and community leaders
  • Maintain quality control systems, maintain 3 months of stock supplies keeping expiry dates current
  • Managing heating, cooling, lighting, phone and internet systems, coordinating emergency vehicles maintenance and repair schedules

Corrections nurse

Milner ridge correctional facility
Beausejour, mb
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • Provide chronic health care, first call emergency care, immunizations, communicable disease education, management, and treatment
  • Perform physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses, and treat patients as per scope of practice guidelines, coordinate transport to hospitals and out of institution medical appointments
  • First responder to all in house emergency calls
  • Conduct specified laboratory tests
  • Diagnose or treat acute health care problems such as illnesses, infections, and injuries
  • Recommend interventions to modify behavior associated with health risks
  • Professional consultation with supporting practices to optimize inmates health and wellness

Critical care flight nurse

Keewatin air ltd
Winnipeg, mb
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Triage and prioritization of medevac calls
  • Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans based on identified needs and assessment data
  • Yearly training of transfer of function skills, aeronautical medical considerations and safety training
  • Management of critical care needs of the adult, pediatric, or prenatal client
  • Advanced transfer of functions skills included intubation and ventilator management, interosseous insertion, umbilical line insertion, chest tube insertion and management, emergency cricothyrotomy
  • Managing labor and delivery and other emergencies in pregnancy
  • Stabilization and management of the preterm or critically ill neonate
  • Base management included training and mentoring new staff and providing feedback to the director of medical operations, ordering of supplies, restocking planes, ensuring day to day quality controls done, checking all equipment functioning and ready for use, checking all drugs, expiry, quantity adequate and ordering, communications and liaison with sending and receiving physicians, fellow colleagues and directors to ensure timely medevac transportation of the critically ill patient
  • Occasional repatriation of patients falling ill while out of county

Home care nurse

Interlake eastern regional health authority
Beausejour, mb
01.2010 - 01.2017
  • Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for home palliative client, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness
  • Document data related to patients' care including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes
  • And report to client’s family physician
  • Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams to plan, manage, or assess patient treatments
  • Help patients to plan for future health care needs by setting up safety devices and services
  • Manage wounds, in home treatments like peritoneal dialysis, thoracentesis, compression application, medications supervision, education to clients and family
  • Health care aid supervision and training

Procedure nurse

Dauphin regional health center
Dauphin, mb
01.2002 - 01.2004
  • Admission and monitoring of patients receiving conscious sedation procedures
  • Assistant to physicians and surgeons providing procedures such as lesion removal and biopsy's, bone marrow aspiration, gastroscopy, bronchoscopy, endoscopy, thoracentesis, paracentesis, and elective cardioversion
  • Cast care removal and application
  • Managing emergent surgical consultations included calling in on call operating room staff, patient preparation and post operative care
  • Outpatient wound care, intravenous medications, treatments such as changing of medical devices

Community health nurse

Oxford house nursing station
Oxford House, mb
01.1999 - 01.2000
  • This was a 1-year contract providing all nursing care in a remote fly in community
  • Population 4000
  • This was a 5-nurse station
  • Remarkably busy, 1 medevac per day up to 3 per day
  • This community on average had 40 prenatal clients per year
  • Approximately 200 children under the age of 18
  • Many social issues and emergencies related to this
  • Excellent experience
  • During my time in this position, I managed the immunization program

Emergency nurse

Concordia general hospital
Winnipeg, mb
01.1988 - 01.1998
  • This emergency had 2 resus beds, 1 trauma bay, 6 treatment rooms, 1 casting room, 1 eye room, 10 bed observation unit and 1 procedural room
  • Excellent experience providing emergency care to all clients
  • Part of our monthly rotation we would rotate through the intensive care unit as well

Education

N326 Health Assessment -

Athabasca University
01.2023

PALS/ACLS/BLS/ITLS -

01.2023

First Nations Health -

Saint Elizabeth College
01.2022

Trauma Informed Relationships -

Saint Elizabeth College
01.2021

Manitoba Immunization certification -

01.2019

NRP & S.T.A.B.L.E. course -

01.2017

Palliative care management and end of life care -

01.2016

Legalities in nursing -

01.2013

Non-violence crisis intervention -

01.2012

Compassion fatigue workshop -

01.2011

Applied suicide intervention skills training -

01.2009

Emergency Pediatric Nursing -

01.2001

Neonatal & Pediatric Intensive Care Course -

HSC, Winnipeg
01.1995

Maternal Newborn course -

Red River College, Winnipeg
01.1989

Skills

  • Diabetes education and management
  • Advanced cardiac care management
  • STEMI protocol
  • EKG interpretation
  • Pacemaker management
  • Advanced airway training
  • Intubation
  • Troubleshooting difficult airways
  • Advanced wound care
  • Basic suturing skills
  • Dragon portable Xray operation
  • Interpretation of Xray
  • Basic cast application
  • Sexually transmitted disease management
  • Blood borne disease management
  • Immunization management
  • French basics for health care
  • Aeronautical radiotelephone certification
  • Airport vehicle operations
  • Cultural competence
  • Communication
  • Liaison between medical professionals and indigenous people
  • Treatment coordination
  • Pediatric nursing
  • Community Education
  • Home visits
  • Referral Coordination

Personalassets

  • Calm and clear minded during times of crisis
  • Confident being the lead during times of crisis
  • Resourceful
  • Knowledgeable
  • Qualified
  • Skilled
  • Experienced
  • Organized
  • Effective
  • Problem solver

Nursingexperience

  • Community health nurse/ acting nurse in charge, Indigenous services Canada, 01/2020, present, Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care., Provide direct care to community members., Program management of the well woman, well man, well child, prenatal program and immunization programs., Perform comprehensive health assessments, develop differential diagnoses, order and interpret client specific tests, prescribe medications, and treatments within scope of practice guidelines., Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records using electronic charting systems., Manage day to day operations of the health center.
  • Corrections nurse, Milner ridge correctional facility, Beausejour, MB, 01/2019, 01/2021, Provide chronic health care, first call emergency care, immunizations, communicable disease education, management, and treatment., Perform physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses, and treat patients as per scope of practice guidelines., Conduct specified laboratory tests.
  • Critical care flight nurse, Keewatin air ltd, Winnipeg, MB, 01/2017, 01/2019, Triage and prioritization of medevac calls., Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans., Management of critical care needs of the adult, pediatric, or prenatal client.
  • Home care nurse, Interlake eastern regional health authority, Beausejour, MB, 01/2010, 01/2017, Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction., Document data related to patients' care., Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams.
  • Procedure nurse, Dauphin regional health center, Dauphin, MB, 01/2002, 01/2004, Admission and monitoring of patients receiving conscious sedation procedures., Assistant to physicians and surgeons providing procedures., Managing emergent surgical consultations.
  • Community health nurse, Oxford house nursing station, Oxford House, MB, 01/1999, 01/2000, Providing all nursing care in a remote fly in community., Managed the immunization program.
  • Emergency nurse, Concordia general hospital, Winnipeg, MB, 01/1988, 01/1998, Providing emergency care to all clients., Part of monthly rotation through the intensive care unit.

References

Available on request

Timeline

Community health nurse/ acting nurse in charge

Indigenous services Canada
01.2020 - Current

Corrections nurse

Milner ridge correctional facility
01.2019 - 01.2021

Critical care flight nurse

Keewatin air ltd
01.2017 - 01.2019

Home care nurse

Interlake eastern regional health authority
01.2010 - 01.2017

Procedure nurse

Dauphin regional health center
01.2002 - 01.2004

Community health nurse

Oxford house nursing station
01.1999 - 01.2000

Emergency nurse

Concordia general hospital
01.1988 - 01.1998

N326 Health Assessment -

Athabasca University

PALS/ACLS/BLS/ITLS -

First Nations Health -

Saint Elizabeth College

Trauma Informed Relationships -

Saint Elizabeth College

Manitoba Immunization certification -

NRP & S.T.A.B.L.E. course -

Palliative care management and end of life care -

Legalities in nursing -

Non-violence crisis intervention -

Compassion fatigue workshop -

Applied suicide intervention skills training -

Emergency Pediatric Nursing -

Neonatal & Pediatric Intensive Care Course -

HSC, Winnipeg

Maternal Newborn course -

Red River College, Winnipeg
Tammy Holland