Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Inservices
References
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Cassandra Glendinning

Kirwan,QLD

Summary


Reliable Enrolled Nurse enthusiastically pursuing opportunity to add immediate value to growing team. Inspired to help others and driven to apply unfailing work ethic to meet objectives. Industrious and committed with skills for multitasking and managing time well.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Support Worker

Richelle Carta
04.2022 - Current
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
  • Helped clients manage and reach individual goals, supporting independent progression and social skills.
  • Kept clients engaged in social networks and communities for personal health and growth.
  • Promoted community integration by providing extensive physical, emotional and social support.
  • Transported clients to appointments, shopping venues and entertainment events according to determined schedule.

Endorsed Enrolled Nurse

Qld Health
04.2014 - 11.2020
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
  • Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
  • Came up with treatment plans and communicated with patients about options, medications and self-management.
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
  • Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
  • Identified and assisted with opportunities for performance improvement activities on unit and with other service areas.
  • Remained calm during high-stress, critical situations, demonstrating sustained focus and problem-solving in real-time.
  • Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
  • Helped patients eat and drink when necessary for safe consumption of food consistent with recovery guidelines.
  • Educated patients and families on diagnosis, neurological conditions and processes, treatments and expected outcomes.
  • Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
  • Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
  • Evaluated charting procedures for adherence to best practices.
  • Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
  • Met with and patients to discuss and distribute information on health maintenance and disease prevention.
  • Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
  • Assisted patients in performance of routine recovery and mobility exercises, providing support when getting in and out of bed as well as walking and stretching.
  • Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
  • Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
  • Documented nursing services provided and uploaded to comprehensive tracking systems for health records and billing.
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
  • Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
  • Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
  • Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions.
  • Followed proper procedure for installation and removal of catheters, IVs and PIC lines.
  • Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.

Endorsed Enrolled Nurse

NSW Health
04.2007 - 04.2010

Personal Care Assistant

Tiwi Gardens Nursing Home
03.2003 - 01.2007
  • Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
  • Entertained, conversed, and read aloud to keep patients mentally alert.
  • Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
  • Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
  • Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
  • Monitored and assisted residents through individual service plans.
  • Assisted with daily living activities, running errands, and household chores.
  • Planned, prepared, and served meals and snacks according to prescribed diets.
  • Conferred with supervisor to discuss patient condition and medical care.
  • Documented residents' mental status, sleep, and eating patterns in medical record books.
  • Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
  • Remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and competently responded.
  • Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
  • Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.

Education

Inservices -

Townsville University Hospital

Cert IV In Enrolled Nursing -

TAFE NSW
Measowbank, NSW
2017

Personal Care Assistant -

Cameron Morley Taskforce
2003

Skills

*Documentation care needs and report critical changes to either the senior nurse or the medical team

*Adminstratiing medications within my scope of practice

*Working effectively and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team

*Build rapport and trust with patients and their family and advocate their concerns to the appropriate discipline

* Manage time effectively

Inservices

Mental Health First Aid


Diabetes Management


Complex Care Wound Management


Management of Spinal Cord injuries


Transferring patients post stroke, spinal injury etc


Management of Brain Injuries


Education on administration of medications


Managing airways on ventilated and tracheotomy patients.



References

Richelle Carta

Owner/manager Carta Care Team

Ph: 0450601976


Eceni Narayan

Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse- TUH

Ph:0431203897

Timeline

Support Worker

Richelle Carta
04.2022 - Current

Endorsed Enrolled Nurse

Qld Health
04.2014 - 11.2020

Endorsed Enrolled Nurse

NSW Health
04.2007 - 04.2010

Personal Care Assistant

Tiwi Gardens Nursing Home
03.2003 - 01.2007

Inservices -

Townsville University Hospital

Cert IV In Enrolled Nursing -

TAFE NSW

Personal Care Assistant -

Cameron Morley Taskforce

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