Experience

Red Deer Hospice Society

• Canada
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Licensed Practical Nurse

  • Jul 2011 - Present

  • Provided care for palliative patients including organizing care, providing personal care, wound care, medication administration, creating care plans, pain management, catheter insertion and maintenance, subcutaneous site initiation and maintenance, and PCA pump initiation and maintenance. • Team lead for Health Care Aide’s and responsible for admissions. • Contacted physicians and reported significant changes in team conference. • Facilitated patient education in a variety of different formats to suit individual patient/family learning needs. Show less



Olds Home Care

• Olds, Alberta, Canada

• Registered Nurse

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  Description: Mentorship program with Olds, Alberta Home Care and Community Health. Training in MediTech and client case management. • Implement physicians’ orders, administer medications, start IVs, perform treatments, procedures and special tests, and document treatment as required by company policy and local/state/federal rules and regulations. • Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients' conditions. • Assess and evaluate patients' needs for, and responses to, care rendered. • Apply sound nursing judgment in patient care management decisions. • Provide primary and emergency care for occupational and non-occupational injuries and illnesses. • Administer over-the-counter and prescription medications as ordered. • Collaborate with the nursing team to create a Plan of Care for all patients. • Direct and guide ancillary personnel and maintain standards of professional nursing. Show less



Extendicare Michener Hill

• Canada
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Licensed Practical Nurse

  • Sep 2011 - Feb 2012

  • Provided care to 24 residents including assessments, wound care, and medication administration. • Direct Team Lead for four Health Care Aides at the facility. • Created care plans for residents, completed patient MDS, took doctor’s orders, and reported significant changes to charge nurse. • Provided care to 24 residents including assessments, wound care, and medication administration. • Direct Team Lead for four Health Care Aides at the facility. • Created care plans for residents, completed patient MDS, took doctor’s orders, and reported significant changes to charge nurse.



Christian Horizons Group Home

• Saint Catharine's, Ontario, Canada

• Health Care Aide

  • Oct 2008 - Dec 2010

  • Provided care for 5 special needs residents including assessments, medication administration, assisted with emergency response to sudden patient illness, and assisted residents with self-care deficits. • Monitored stocks of medical supplies, and collaborated with fellow staff in cooking meals, completed daily chores and took residents to scheduled appointments. • Provided encouragement for independence, spent quality time with residents, and provided compassionate support and understanding . • Responsible for continued updates on CPR and non-violent crisis intervention certification. Show less