Lindsay Lewis

Registered Nurse at HQ Toronto
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, CA

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Experience

    • Canada
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Registered Nurse
      • Apr 2022 - Present

    • Canada
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Registered Nurse
      • Jan 2021 - Present

      Working within the scope of a community palliative care Registered Nurse, supporting patients through their end of life journey. This entails closely monitoring disease processes and providing comfort measures accordingly. Other skills include: • Creating strong therapeutic relationships with patients and their families • Providing pain control and management for chronic/terminal illnesses and managing pain crisis' • Administering and monitoring effectiveness of medications via PICC, implanted port, PIV, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and oral routes • Performing PICC line and implanted port care following best practice guidelines • Starting peripheral IVs following best practice guidelines • Liaising with all members of the interdisciplinary team (I.e. Physicians, the LHIN, pharmacists, PSWs, various hospital care teams) to ensure the patient is receiving the best standard of care • Providing wound care following best practice guidelines • Administering hydration therapy and Antibiotics as indicated through PIV, PICC lines & Ports • Inserting, removing, irrigating, and providing catheter care as per MD orders while following best practice guidelines • Caring for post-op surgical patients following discharge from hospital/transition to home • Donning and Doffing proper PPE and practicing the recommended infection prevention and protection measures throughout each shift Show less

    • Canada
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Personal Support Worker
      • Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

      UCP/PSW for independent-living residents. Responsible for medication administration, assessments, basic wound care, outbreak management, routine documentation and interprofessional communication to meet health needs of residents. UCP/PSW for independent-living residents. Responsible for medication administration, assessments, basic wound care, outbreak management, routine documentation and interprofessional communication to meet health needs of residents.

Education

  • Ryerson University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
    2016 - 2020
  • Western University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology, General and Classical History
    2012 - 2016

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