CLARINA D'COSTA
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service. Goal-oriented individual with a pleasant personality and a tenacity that knows no restrictions. Willingness to learn everyday. Currently enrolling in Graduate Certificate in Emergency Nursing.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse - Casual Role
Queensland Health
08.2023 - Current
- Worked in the casual pool of the Rockhampton Base Hospital.
- Worked in Trauma and Emergency dept, Medical dept, and mental health dept.
- Provided exceptional nursing care as per patients conditions, following patients care journey to improve patient condition.
- Reported the findings to the specific allied health team.
- Documenting all care provided and reporting incidents as per needed.
Part Time Registered Nurse - Emergency
Mater Private Hospital
12.2022 - Current
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement, and initiate treatment strategies promptly.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to providing urgent/emergency care for patients.
- Conducting rapid assessment and triage and creating immediate interventions.
- Investigating critically ill patient condition by doing basic vital signs, primary surveys, HEAD to TOE assessment based on patient presentation, drawing bloods, ECGs and other investigation.
- Communicating with Medical Officers and other healthcare team members to plan, and implement strategies.
- Providing nursing interventions or creating plans such as IVC insertion for all ages, IDC insertion, providing Oxygen as per need via different instruments, wound management, patient stabilization and pain relief all within nursing scope of the state.
- Communicating and educating patients to provide the highest level of patient centred care.
- In situations needed, assisting and conducting BLS, ALS, PALS within scope.
Registered Nurse - Aged Care
Mercy Health and Aged Care
01.2023 - 11.2023
- Assisting residents with All day living activities.
- Managing residents care by collaborating with AINs by making daily care plans, providing care, assessing conditions, and communicating with GPs, and other allied health care team involved in the residents care.
- Engaging with residents and their families to ensure optimal care is being provided.
- Resident focused care to ensure they feel like they are at home.
Registered Nurse- Graduate
Queensland Health
06.2021 - 12.2022
- Assessing patients' conditions, developing and implementing care plans.
- Administering medications, monitoring vital signs, providing wound care.
- Educating patients and their families.
- Provision of supreme quality care for mainly general acute – Adult, paediatric care, aged and palliative care and Emergency care within a busy Rural Hospital.
- Assisting in Emergency situations at the busy rural hospital with MVAs, Chest pain, Wound management, Mining injuries etcetera.
- Learned to perform basic procedure such as IV insertion, IDC insertion, and assess patient condition.
- Managing chronic wounds, assessing and assisting AGED CARE residents in the MPHHS at Blackwater.
- Making aged care residents feel like they are in their own homes and providing optimal care.
Registered Nurse - Disability Nursing
Better Oz Care
03.2022 - 06.2022
- Provide high quality care for terminally ill patient with multiple comorbidities
- Administer daily medications, injections, monitoring and dressing wounds, checking daily Blood glucose levels, Providing pressure area care and ways to manage such injury.
- Training staff on how to provide optimal care, delegating care and also how to use hoist, electric wheel chairs, checking for pressure injuries, monitoring patient signs and symptoms for deterioration and also documentation of events throughout the shift.
- Coordination with other members such as Podiatrists, Doctors, Psychologists, pharmacists and company members.
- Implemented care plans for patient treatment after assessing physician medical regimens.
Assistant in Nursing
Aveo Retirement Living
03.2021 - 03.2022
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
- Delivered individualized patient care by recording vital signs, documenting observations, administering treatments, and evaluating patient needs.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
Education
Bachelors - Nursing
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, QLD12.2021
Skills
- Rapid critical assessment and triage
- IVC and IDC insertion
- BSL,ALS,PALS
- Medication administration
- Medical assessment
- Chronic Wound Management
- Ethical decision making
- Cultural Diversity, Multilingual
- Advocate for patient safety
- Computer Skills
Accomplishments
Multiple compliments for the highest level of care provided to patients by families and patient at Mater Private Emergency Care Centre
Timeline
Registered Nurse - Casual Role
Queensland Health
08.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse - Aged Care
Mercy Health and Aged Care
01.2023 - 11.2023
Part Time Registered Nurse - Emergency
Mater Private Hospital
12.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse - Disability Nursing
Better Oz Care
03.2022 - 06.2022
Registered Nurse- Graduate
Queensland Health
06.2021 - 12.2022
Assistant in Nursing
Aveo Retirement Living
03.2021 - 03.2022
Bachelors - Nursing
Queensland University of Technology
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