Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Publications
Hobbies and Interests
Certification
Timeline
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Violet Arenburg

St Catharines,Ontario

Summary

I'm passionate about providing compassionate and excellent care to others. I am very empathetic and considerate. In my previous jobs and placements, I have treated patients and customers with kindness and respect. I'm eager to learn and am highly motivated in my studies. So far I have demonstrated this by doing well academically in both in my previous program as well as my current nursing program. I'm eager to learn new things and I would love to join your team.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Nursing Placement: Labour and Delivery

Brock University
St Catharines, Canada
09.2023 - 12.2023
  • Placement on labour and delivery floor.

Clinical Extern

Hamilton Health Sciences
Hamilton, Canada
05.2023 - 11.2023
  • Assisted nurses and PSWs on an Acute Medicine floor with patients
  • Duties included: POCT (Point of Care Testing), Assisting with ADLs (bathing, dressing, toileting, feeding), Priming IV lines, Removing Foley Catheters and Peripheral IVs, Assisting with repositioning, mobility etc, Performing NPS, MRSA, VRE & ESBL Swabs.

Nursing Student Placement: Medicine

Brock University
St Catharines, Canada
03.2023 - 04.2023
  • Placement on a medicine unit
  • Assisted nurses and PSWs with activities of daily living.

Donor Centre Volunteer

Canadian Blood Services
Ancaster, Canada
04.2021 - 07.2022
  • Providing donors with food and drink after donation
  • Monitoring donors health by looking for signs of fainting/bleeding.

Reception Volunteer

Ronald McDonald House Charities South Central Ontario
Hamilton, Canada
08.2020 - 08.2021
  • Answering phone calls that come through reception and transferring calls to the right staff member
  • Taking temperatures and health checks of families and staff members
  • Receiving deliveries and participating in jobs as given by volunteer supervisor.

Library Page

Hamilton Public Library
Waterdown, Canada
06.2017 - 10.2020
  • Shelving library materials according to the Dewey Decimal System
  • Emptying drop box and sorter bin
  • Bending, lifting, squatting, kneeling
  • Processing materials & taking inventory of library holds
  • Shelf-reading
  • Maintaining order and cleanliness.

Kitchen Volunteer

Ronald McDonald House South Central Ontario
Hamilton, Canada
10.2016 - 03.2019
  • Working with other volunteers and staff members to serve meals to families staying at the Ronald McDonald House
  • Tidying and cleaning up after meals.

Family Room Volunteer

McMaster Children's Hospital, Ronald McDonald House South Central Ontario
Hamilton, Canada
03.2017 - 12.2018
  • Serving snacks and refreshment to families of children staying at McMaster Hospital
  • Helping families with laundry, and answering phone calls.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario
04-2027

Pre-Health Sciences Pathways to Advanced Degrees and Diplomas Certificate -

Mohawk College
Milton, Ontario
06.2022

Archives -

Mohawk College
12.2018

Information Technology for Library Technicians -

Mohawk College
12.2018

Online Searching -

Mohawk College
12.2018

Resource Description and Access I -

Mohawk College
12.2018

Circulation & Interlibrary Loan -

Mohawk College
08.2018

Genre Fiction and Reader's Advisory Service -

Mohawk College
08.2018

Intro Libr and Inform Industry -

Mohawk College
08.2018

Reference Process -

Mohawk College
08.2018

Skills

  • Ability to Work in a Team
  • Fast Learner
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Vital signs monitoring
  • Patient Care
  • Active Listening

Languages

English

Publications

  • My Skeleton: Poem, Hamilton, 06/01/22, I have a poem published in Issue 15.1 of the Hamilton Arts & Letters. I also had the opportunity to read this poem at Lit Live in November, 2023 at the Staircase Theatre in Hamilton.
  • Disfiguring: Chapbook, 05/01/21, My chapbook 'Disfiguring' is published through Frog Hollow Press as part of their Dis/Ability Series.
  • Hamilton Arts & Letters Award for Poetry, Hamilton, 11/01/20, Issued by Short Works Prize: Hamilton Arts & Letters & Hamilton Public Library. Winner in the Short Works Prize: Off-the-Radar Poetry Category.
  • Mohawk College Award for FictionHonourable Mention, Hamilton, 11/01/19, Issued by Short Works Prize: Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton Arts and Letters. Honourable Mention in the Mohawk College Award for Fiction Category.
  • Rotary Club of Hamilton AM Young Writers Prize, Hamilton, 10/01/16, Issued by Hamilton Public Library, Bryan Prince Bookseller, Hamilton Arts and Letters. Short Works Prize: Short Story Winner in the Young Adult Fiction Category.
  • Short Works Prize Off the Radar Honourable Mention, Hamilton, 09/01/14, Issued by Hamilton Public Library & Hamilton Arts & Letters.

Hobbies and Interests

  • Reading
  • Photography
  • Writing poetry and prose

Certification

  • CPR Level C
  • Mask Fit Certification

Timeline

Nursing Placement: Labour and Delivery

Brock University
09.2023 - 12.2023

Clinical Extern

Hamilton Health Sciences
05.2023 - 11.2023

Nursing Student Placement: Medicine

Brock University
03.2023 - 04.2023

Donor Centre Volunteer

Canadian Blood Services
04.2021 - 07.2022

Reception Volunteer

Ronald McDonald House Charities South Central Ontario
08.2020 - 08.2021

Library Page

Hamilton Public Library
06.2017 - 10.2020

Family Room Volunteer

McMaster Children's Hospital, Ronald McDonald House South Central Ontario
03.2017 - 12.2018

Kitchen Volunteer

Ronald McDonald House South Central Ontario
10.2016 - 03.2019
  • CPR Level C
  • Mask Fit Certification

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Brock University

Pre-Health Sciences Pathways to Advanced Degrees and Diplomas Certificate -

Mohawk College

Archives -

Mohawk College

Information Technology for Library Technicians -

Mohawk College

Online Searching -

Mohawk College

Resource Description and Access I -

Mohawk College

Circulation & Interlibrary Loan -

Mohawk College

Genre Fiction and Reader's Advisory Service -

Mohawk College

Intro Libr and Inform Industry -

Mohawk College

Reference Process -

Mohawk College
Violet Arenburg