Lindsay Lewis
Registered Nurse at HQ Toronto- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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HQ Toronto
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Registered Nurse
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Apr 2022 - Present
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Bayshore HealthCare
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Registered Nurse
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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
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Chartwell Retirement Residences
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Personal Support Worker
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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.
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Education
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Ryerson University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse -
Western University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology, General and Classical History