Overview
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Triston Duchscherer

Edmonton,AB

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Operating Room RN

MHRH OR
05.2024 - Current
  • Demonstrates proficiency in the role of scrub nurse and circulating nurse during elective and emergent surgical procedures across the age spectrum in: gynecology, obstetrics, urology, opthalmology, orthopedics, general, plastics and otolaryngology
  • Most time spent in orthopedics including: hip, knee and shoulder arthroplasty, tendon repairs, sports surgeries, arthroscopy and ortho trauma
  • Work within the multidisciplinary team to ensure patient safety within the peri-operative environment
  • Ensuring provincial standards with proper surgical counts and utilizing critical thinking based on procedure for vault, cavity and skin counts
  • Occasionally took role of charge nurse on weekends, after hours and on-call shifts

Recovery Room RN

MHRH PACU
05.2024 - Current
  • Provide all Phase 1 nursing care and interventions to pediatric and adult patients immediately after surgery until discharge to Phase 2 or admission to unit
  • Care for patients under general, spinal, regional and local anesthesia and understand the required assessments and interventions for each
  • Extubated LMAs, I-Gels and ET tubes in accordance with patient presentation and physician orders
  • Direct IV administration of narcotics, adjunct analgesia, antiemetics and re-assessment of those interventions
  • Monitor and assess cardio-pulmonary function and hemodynamics, titration of pressors as necessary based on physician orders
  • Assist anesthesia, psychiatry and cardiology with elective ECTs and cardioversions in the morning
  • Occasionally took role of charge nurse on weekends, after hours and on-call shifts

Rural ER and Acute Care Charge RN

Big Country Hospital
04.2023 - 04.2024
  • Recognizing critical presenting symptoms during triage and ensuring timely interventions and re-assessments
  • Utilizing effective communication to ensure efficient patient flow from triage to the acute unit or out to higher acuity care
  • Lead a small team during critical and code situations until the physician arrives
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
  • Supervised patient admissions and discharges from hospital to home care, rehabilitative facility, or self-care.
  • Educated patients on various chronic disease management such as CHF, COPD and diabetes
  • Assisted in roll out of Connect Care at this site and helped troubleshoot any issues staff had

Undergraduate Med-Surg Nurse

MHRH 5W
04.2022 - 09.2022
  • Worked within the interdisciplinary team to ensure all patients needs were meet in the post-operative period
  • Worked with the charge nurse and surgical team to handle admissions, pre-ops, post-ops and discharges
  • Recognizing adverse events that can occur post-operatively and performing timely interventions
  • Specialized in orthopedic post-ops and worked with physiotherapy to enable the patient to quickly regain range of motion and independence
  • Assisted in implementing ERAS protocol pre-op during the launch of the new provincial guidelines at this site

Education

Bachelors in Nursing -

University of Calgary- Medicine Hat Site
04.2023

High School Diploma -

Eagle Butte High School
Medicine Hat, AB
06.2019

Skills

  • ACLS Certified September 2023
  • BLS Certified April 2025
  • ENPEP Emergency Rural Nursing June 2023
  • Connect Care Super User
  • Level 2 Laser Certification/Training
  • Macewan Perioperative Nursing Course April 2025

Volunteer Experience

Assistant Basketball Coach- SCHS (Grade 10-12) Winter 2022

Parasports- Adaptive Physical Education Fall 2021

Assistant Soccer Coach- Timbits Minor Soccer League Summer 2021

Personal Care Products Drive- Salvation Army Winter 2020

Shelter Intake- Salvation Army Fall 2020

Hot Supper Program- Salvation Army Fall 2020

Head Basketball Coach- Margaret Wooding School (Grade 6-7) Fall 2019

Voulnteen Program- Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Summer 2018-2019


References

Cara Maclean (OR and PACU Manager, MHRH)

Phone #- 403 581 8949

Email- Cara.Maclean@albertahealthservices.ca

*Prefers phone call if possible


Shelaine Woods (ER and Acute Care Manager, Big Country Hospital)

Phone #- 403 664 9471

Email- Shelaine.Woods2@albertahealthservices.ca


Travis Luckacs (OR and PACU CNE, MHRH)

Phone #- 403 502 2449

*Reference letter attached


Randi Galenzoski (Perioperative and Perianethsia Educator, Macewan/MHRH)

Phone #- 403 866 3766

*Reference letter attached 


Debakant Jena (Chief of Orthopedic Surgery, MHRH)

Phone #- 403 977 3875

Email- debkant_jena@yahoo.com

*Prefers email if possible

*Reference letter attached


Mohammed Jogiat (Anesthesiologist, MHRH)

Phone #- 403 878 3485

*Reference letter attached




Timeline

Operating Room RN

MHRH OR
05.2024 - Current

Recovery Room RN

MHRH PACU
05.2024 - Current

Rural ER and Acute Care Charge RN

Big Country Hospital
04.2023 - 04.2024

Undergraduate Med-Surg Nurse

MHRH 5W
04.2022 - 09.2022

Bachelors in Nursing -

University of Calgary- Medicine Hat Site

High School Diploma -

Eagle Butte High School

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