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Victor Skrzypczynski

Victoria,BC

Summary

Dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) with a focus in Mental Health. Progressive career history in direct patient care, triage, and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and to handle behavioral emergencies and high-stress situations. Consistently developing therapeutic relationships with patients and families through strong communication and a client-centered approach.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Nurse, Psychiatric Emergency Services

Vancouver Island Health Authority
09.2022 - Current
  • Performed comprehensive mental status, risk, and substance use initial assessments at a large urban emergency unit in order to help determine appropriate treatment needs.
  • Helped stabilize patients experiencing acute withdrawal, personal crisis, mood-disturbance, psychosis, and behavioral dysregulation.
  • Coordinated patient care trajectories with a variety of internal and external contacts, including physicians, case managers, community agency representatives, families, and social workers in order to ensure that patients received the appropriate outpatient or inpatient supports.
  • Managed code-white and crisis scenarios using de-escalation techniques, non-violent crisis-intervention principles, and appropriate restraint methods. Ensured patient safety in this high acuity setting by coordinating with team members, Police, and security teams.

Registered Nurse, Acute Adult Psychiatry

Vancouver Island Health Authority
10.2021 - Current
  • Provided comprehensive admission-to-discharge care for patients requiring acute short-term or long-term hospitalization using trauma-informed and recovery oriented care principles.
  • Used patient-centered approaches to help patients reach personal treatment goals
  • Demonstrated the ability to employ effective education, communication, and counseling skills with individuals, families and groups.
  • Demonstrated the ability to monitor, evaluate, and document patient progress, symptoms and behavioral changes, and used evidence based nursing interventions to address both medical and psychiatric problems.


Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
06.2021

Bachelor of Science - Biopsychology

University of Victoria
Victoria, BC
04.2017

Skills

  • Mental Health and Physical Assessments
  • Suicide Risk Assessments
  • Crisis Resolution
  • De-escalation
  • Restraint management
  • IV management
  • Wound Care
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Withdrawal management
  • CIWA and COWS assessments
  • Patient Education
  • DBT CBT skills education

Certification

  • BLS (recently renewed)
  • Trauma-Informed De-escalation Education for Safety and Self-Protection (TIDES) training
  • Harm reduction certification

Timeline

Registered Nurse, Psychiatric Emergency Services

Vancouver Island Health Authority
09.2022 - Current

Registered Nurse, Acute Adult Psychiatry

Vancouver Island Health Authority
10.2021 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Toronto

Bachelor of Science - Biopsychology

University of Victoria

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