Dedicated Registered Nurse with over 28 years experience providing comprehensive care to a diverse population in a variety of settings. Highly adaptable and self-motivated with demonstrated ability to lead, plan, problem-solve, organize and prioritize. Detail-orientated with advanced critical thinking and communication skills matched with the ability to implement and manage multiple processes and priorities.
- Assessment of patient conditions and management of medical treatments in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve patient health and wellness.
- Responds to pre-hospital trauma and emergency situations with expertise and level-headed approaches to provide life saving interventions and safe knowledge-based care in challenging environments.
- Collaboration with internal partners to streamline services and patient care.
-Including the above, as well as contributing to patient safety and continuity of care, effectively and efficiently, by coordinating medication management including direct patient care, patient support and education, supporting health services team, and by liaising with regional pharmacy, contract pharmacy, and internal and external partners.
- Active participant in Medication Management Self Assessment Action Planning team in preparation for Accreditation 2023.
- Member of the Critical Incident Stress Management team, certification obtained in April 2022.
- Collaborates with management to resolve staffing, nursing care and medication
delivery challenges within our organization.
- Worked as a part of the institutional team to provide IPAC-train the trainor
education to correctional partners.
- Participated in COVID-19 mass testing clinics and mass immunization clinics for
patients in accordance with competency guidelines.
- Collaborates with operational partners in the implementation of emergency
response procedures through use of force incident reviews.
- Facilitates team-building and staff development by acting as a clinical role model and resource for the interdisciplinary team; resolves practice issues within the interdisciplinary team.
- Designs and implements innovative quality improvement strategies to improve
clinical practices, services and operations.
- Acute Care, Obstetrics, Emergency and Charge Nurse roles
- Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to carry out
interventions to deliver comprehensive services in a 33 bed unit.
- Worked closely with physicians and other emergency room professionals to
triage, assess and treat patients in a 6 bed active emergency room.
- Maintained active certification in BLS, ACLS, TNCC, moreOB, NRP and other
relevant learning throughout my 22 years employment with Drumheller Hospital.
- Active Registration with CRNA
- Current BLS-HCP August 2023
- TNCC Certification August 2023
- ACLS Certification August 2023