TINA VARGHESE
Kitchener,Canada
Summary
Seeking a Registered Nurse position where my sound judgment, commitment to patient centered care and strong cultural sensitivity in working with diverse populations in delivering safe and high-quality care to patients and their families.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
RN In patient Mental Health Unit 1F
Grand River Hospital
05.2023 - Current
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care plans, resulting in better health outcomes.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and implementing evidence-based practices.
- Facilitating therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities
- Assessed and evaluated mental health needs working with multidisciplinary team to initiate, manage and modify individualized care plan
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention and interventions to control and deescalate situations
- Monitoring patients undergoing ECT Pre and post procedure.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
RPN Acute Medicine 5C
Grand River Hospital
05.2021 - 04.2023
- Monitored and provided direct care to medically complex patients
- Ensured doctors orders are effectively carried out, including testing, bedside procedures, physical and mental assessment, counselling and lab work, patient/family education, patient admission, transfers and discharge
- Monitored PICC lines, total parental nutrition, colostomies, wound Vacs, bladder scans, foleys catheters, managing drains and follow ups
- Proficient in aspects of documentation, computer, and written form
- Collaborating with muti disciplinary team for the preparation of patient discharge maintaining good lesion with the social worker, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and home health care.
RPN In Cardiac Surgery
St Mary’s Hospital
- 01.2023
- Provided care for 5-6 cardiac patients in a shift
- Monitored patients on IV administration on heparin drip and its titration and chest tube monitoring (Water seal) Administered cardiac medications, administered oxygen therapy, and monitored patients vitals resulting in early detection of potential emergencies
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to implement comprehensive care plans
- Educate patient and families on post operative care measures, resulting in improved patient satisfaction scores and faster recovery time.
RPN Palliative Nurse
Paramed community care
01.2021 - 12.2022
- Provided home nursing care for terminally ill patients
- Developed, collaborate, and implemented personalized care plans
- Collaborated with the health care team in Assessment and implementing of CADD pumps, managing drains, doing any wound dressing if necessary, getting wound team involved
- Managing subcutaneous port and hypodermoclysis infusion.
RPN In patient surgery
Grand River Hospital
05.2019 - 04.2021
- Collected, critically analyzed, and interpreted patient’s health care data and information
- Electronically documented patient’s response to nursing and non-nursing interventions
- Performed complete head – to- toe assessments, focusing on physiologic and psychological changes, on each patient every 12 hour
- Confident in using drains, post op dressing, suture removals
- Provided preoperative and post operative education to patients and their families
- Manages patients pain using pharmacological and non- pharmacological pain management interventions.
RPN
Winston Park Nursing Home
10.2017 - 01.2020
- Provided safe, quality healthcare to average of 30 patients according to physician treatment plan
- Educated patients and families regarding treatment aspects, therapeutic procedures
- Assess health parameters and provided dressing for wounds, colostomy, catheter care and treated bedsores
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
RPN Complex Respiratory and palliative Care
Grand River – Freeport Hospital
01.2018 - 05.2019
- Provided safe, quality healthcare according to physician treatment plan
- Educated patients and families regarding treatment aspects, therapeutic procedures
- Assess health parameters and provided Ventilator care, Tracheostomy care dressing for wounds, colostomy, catheter care and treated bedsores
- Identified risk factors for acute care or hospitalization needs.
RN in Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Sikkim Manipal Institute of Health Sciences
11.2012 - 12.2013
- Provided the high-quality nursing care and service, to both patients and families
- Worked as a team member in collaborative manner with nurses, physicians, and other allied health professionals
- Care for patients with various neurological disorders with the emphasis of patients with strokes and aneurysms, vascular malformations, Spinal Cord injuries & traumatic head injuries
- Administered the prescribed medications, changed dressings, clean the wounds, and monitor the body.
RN in Medical and Social Pediatrics
Bishop Benziger Hospital
09.2008 - 10.2012
- Assessed, planned, coordinated, and organized patient care in different settings in hospital, Intensive care unit, Medical, Surgical, post-operative Units
- Identified and solved numerous problems related to patient care which improved recovery rates
- Showed competency in nursing procedures with improved patient outcome
- Developed and revised plans of care for the mental health patients and family units.
RN in Pediatric Medical and Burns Unit
RVS Institute of Health Hospital
08.2001 - 05.2006
- Charted and logged patient activity regularly for physician review
- Administered medication and prescribed therapies and recorded adverse reactions and outcomes
- Performed periodic checks of patient vital signs and used diagnostic tests to establish physical and medical condition
- Treated different types of burns children and used different types of burns treatment methods such as different dressing, skin transplantation and burns rehabilitation.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
Dr MGR Medical University
INDIA06.2008
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Dr MGR Medical University
INDIA11.2000
Skills
- Basic Life Support
- Clinical judgment
- Compassion and Empathy
- Discharge Planning
- Medication and IV administration
- Direct Patient Care
- Team Coordination
- Patient education and counseling
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Infection control measures
- Patient and family advocacy
Accreditations And Licenses
- Current CPR
- Gentle Persuasive Approach
- Palliative Care
References Available
True
Registrations
- RN, 23792576
Volunteer Experience
Breakfast club for School, 2015, 2017
Habitat for Humans 2023 to till date
Timeline
RN In patient Mental Health Unit 1F
Grand River Hospital
05.2023 - Current
RPN Acute Medicine 5C
Grand River Hospital
05.2021 - 04.2023
RPN Palliative Nurse
Paramed community care
01.2021 - 12.2022
RPN In patient surgery
Grand River Hospital
05.2019 - 04.2021
RPN Complex Respiratory and palliative Care
Grand River – Freeport Hospital
01.2018 - 05.2019
RPN
Winston Park Nursing Home
10.2017 - 01.2020
RN in Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Sikkim Manipal Institute of Health Sciences
11.2012 - 12.2013
RN in Medical and Social Pediatrics
Bishop Benziger Hospital
09.2008 - 10.2012
RN in Pediatric Medical and Burns Unit
RVS Institute of Health Hospital
08.2001 - 05.2006
RPN In Cardiac Surgery
St Mary’s Hospital
- 01.2023
Master of Science - Nursing
Dr MGR Medical University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Dr MGR Medical University