Christie Boyton
Summary
Having worked as a paediatric nurse for over 20 years, I am passionate and committed to providing excellent patient care. I have demonstrated skills in collaborating with various healthcare teams to identify and implement patient-centred strategies to improve care quality and outcomes. I am dedicated to promoting patient education and advocating for evidence-based practice through participation in research.
I am organised and reliable with proven ability to manage multiple priorities with a positive attitude.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Cystic Fibrosis Coordinator
Sydney Children's Hospital Network
01.2017 - Current
- Clinical service planning and management
- Care coordination
- Delivery of education, support and resources to families, patients and other health care professionals
- Provide expert knowledge
- Order pathology and medical imaging investigations and interprete test results and maintain patient records.
- Evaluate child's response to treatment through phone calls and follow up visits.
- Policy review and update
Clinical Nurse Specialist -Cystic Fibrosis
Sydney Children's Hospital Network
08.2010 - Current
- Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to devise and manage individualised plans of care.
- Support patient self-advocacy within family relationships and during treatment plans.
- Identify opportunities to improve patient care, outcomes and nursing staff performance.
Clinical Nurse Specialist- Adolescent/medical
Sydney Children's Hospital Network
03.2005 - Current
- Obtained CNS qualification
- Provide expert care in an inpatient environment
- Preceptor new staff members
- Deliver education through inservicing and mentorship
- Display leadership and management through Team leader role
Registered Nurse
Sydney Children's Hospital Network
02.2001 - Current
- Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administer medications and treatment to patients and monitor responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Administer medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitor responses. ( CVAD accredited)
Education
Bachelor of Health Sciences - Nursing
University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW11.2000
Skills
- Patient and family advocacy and education
- Empathy
- Clinical Quality Improvement
- Efficient care coordination/ collaboration
- Adaptability
- Leadership
Presentations/ achievements/ Abstracts
Mini-symposium: Transition to adult care 2: cystic fibrosis and asthma-Transition to adult care in cystic fibrosis: The challenges and the structure Implementation and evaluation of ultra-low dose CT in early cystic fibrosis lung disease
Short term nasogastric tube feeding in children with Cystic fibrosis: Is there a long term benefit?
Allison Grech, Sharon Hunt, Sharon Simonds, Christie Boyton, Sarah Slack, Andrea Kench
The Children's Hospital Westmead
Meeting the challenge of NTM in CF
Saddi Vishal, Lu Mimi, Simonds Sharon, Hunt Sharon, Boyton Christie, Fitzgerald Dominic
Children's Hospital Westmead
Social media: The introduction of Facebook as a communication platform in the paediatric health setting
Andrea Kench, Sarah Slack, Sharon Hunt, Sharon Simonds, Christie Boyton
The Children's Hospital Westmead
QUAK award – Midlines for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) admissions
Jagdev Singh a b, Susan Towns a b d, Geshani Jayasuriya a b c d, Sharon Hunt a, Sharon Simonds a, Christie Boyton a, Anna Middleton a, Andrea Kench a, Chetan Pandit a b c, Lucy R. Keatley e, Jimmy Chien e f, Jennifer Bishop e, Yang Song e f, Paul Robinson a b c, Hiran Selvadurai a b, Peter G. Middleton d e, Dominic A. Fitzgerald a b
Eur Respir J
. 2023 Jul 7;62(1):2300286. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00286-2023. Print 2023 Jul.
Katie J Bayfield 1 2,Oliver Weinheimer 3 4 2,Christie Boyton 1,Rachel Fitzpatrick 1,Anna Middleton 1,Brendan Kennedy 1,Anneliese Blaxland 1,Geshani Jayasuriya 1 5,Neil Caplain 1,Hana Issa 1,Robert Goetti 1,Mark O Wielpütz 3 4,Lifeng Yu 6,Craig J Galban 7,Terry E Robinson 8,Brian Bartholmai 6,Dominic Fitzgerald 1 9,Hiran Selvadurai 1 9,Paul D Robinson 1 5 9
Timeline
Cystic Fibrosis Coordinator
Sydney Children's Hospital Network
01.2017 - Current
Clinical Nurse Specialist -Cystic Fibrosis
Sydney Children's Hospital Network
08.2010 - Current
Clinical Nurse Specialist- Adolescent/medical
Sydney Children's Hospital Network
03.2005 - Current
Registered Nurse
Sydney Children's Hospital Network
02.2001 - Current
Bachelor of Health Sciences - Nursing
University of Sydney
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