Taylor Duncan
North Rustico,PE
Summary
Enthusiastic and knowledgeable Registered Nurse with four years of nursing experience caring for patients within both acute care and long term care settings. Dedicated to providing top quality care within multidisciplinary team environment that is evidenced based and patient/family centered. Committed to ongoing learning, patient advocation, and leadership.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Prince County Hospital Medical/Palliative Unit
02.2022 - Current
- Provide direct, safe, quality, patient and family centered nursing care and assessment to patients within an acute care medical palliative care setting
- Work in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team to monitor the effectiveness of patient care plans, goals for discharge planning
- Use critical thinking skills to evaluate patient care in a timely manner
- Educate and verify that patients understand essential information and skills to be active participants in their own care
- Assess and plan patient care in collaboration with the healthcare team
- Develop individualized care plans with patients and families that set realistic patient goals and have measurable outcomes
- Critical thinking skills and conflict resolution
- Provided end of life care, emotional support, and education to patients and their families to support a peaceful death
- Participate in a unit mentorship program and offer support and guidance to new staff members/new graduate nurses
- Fluid administration via IV infusion, and hypodermoclysis
- Tracheostomy care and suctioning
- Management of wounds, dressings, and skin integrity
- CVAD and PICC dressing changes, and care
- Ostomy care and assessment (ex: nephrostomy, colostomy, etc.)
- Catheter insertion, removal, and care (ex: supra pubic, indwelling, etc)
- Other duties as required
Registered Nurse Supervisor
Prince Edward Home
06.2019 - 06.2022
- Provide direct, safe, quality, patient and family centered nursing care and assessment to patients within a long term care care setting
- Collaborated with Nurse Practitioner within the organization and help coordinate the administration of all flu and COVID-19 vaccines to residents and staff members
- Create, and manage care plans with residents and their families to ensure individualized care for each resident
- Supervise nursing staff and manage patient care in a 120-bed facility
- Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare personnel to meet residents' personal, physical, psychological, and cognitive needs
- Monitored and communicated patient health status with an multidisciplinary team of nurses, nurse practitioner, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, residents and resident's family
- Collaborated with Home Care, and occupational therapy to ensure resident's nursing care and equipment needs were met to aid in transition to long-term care facility
- Provided end of life care, support and education to residents and their families
- Other duties as required
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, PE05.2019
Skills
- Strong critical thinking, nursing assessment, and clinical judgement skills
- Experienced in patient care plan development, implementation, and evaluation
- Vaccine administration, monitoring and reporting of adverse reactions
- Working collaboratively with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams within healthcare and community based services
- Planning and scheduling of patient appointments and procedures
- Excellent time management, prioritization, and organizational skills and able to work in a fast-paced work environment
- Proficient in a variety on nursing skills such as but not limited to venipuncture, management of wounds, dressings, and skin integrity, medication administration (both oral and IV), tracheostomy care and suctioning, Care of Central Venous Access Devices, etc
- Clinical documentation and management of patient charts (both paper and electronic) including chart auditing and data collection
- Patient and family education regarding treatment plan, diagnosis, medications etc
- Strong communication, interpersonal skills and knowledge of adult learning
- Staff evaluations and performance appraisals
- Chronic Disease Management
Certification
Registered Nurse, PEI, License # 006346, 10/31/24
CPR 09/01/24
WHIMS, 09/01/24
Transfer, Lifting, Repositioning, 10/01/24
Influenza Module on Administration & Adverse Effects, 11/01/24
References
Carson Trainor, cjtrainor@ihis.org, (902)214-1298
Jana Corish, jlcorish@ihis.org
Jennifer Pitre, jrpitre@ihis.org
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Prince County Hospital Medical/Palliative Unit
02.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse Supervisor
Prince Edward Home
06.2019 - 06.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Prince Edward Island
Registered Nurse, PEI, License # 006346, 10/31/24
CPR 09/01/24
WHIMS, 09/01/24
Transfer, Lifting, Repositioning, 10/01/24
Influenza Module on Administration & Adverse Effects, 11/01/24
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