DANA BLACKADDER
Loganholme,QLD
Summary
I am a reliable and honest individual with seven years of nursing experience. I have a passion for teaching and mentoring students and new staff, recently appointed as Clinical Coach on Ward 2M. I am friendly and approachable and have developed resilient leadership skills, undertaking the responsibility of clinical lead of the Falls Prevention portfolio, introducing quality initiatives across the ward, undertaking audits, clinical incident reviews and presenting in-services. I have been given the opportunity to undertake the shift coordinator package, trusted by my peers to undertake the role of Team Leader. My goal is to provide support to nurses and nursing students through education and understanding.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Metro South Health, Logan Hospital Ward 2M
2021.11 - Current
- Appointed 2023 Clinical Coach for Ward 2M, attended up skilling workshop to support new graduates and new starters to the ward
- NSQHS Standard 5 Falls Portfolio Clinical Leader
- Implement quality initiatives across the ward
- Undertake ward audits and surveys
- Presented in-services
- Complete SAC 2 clinical incident reviews
- Shift Coordinator package and team leader experience
- Collaboration with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Riskman, Trendcare, HBCIS , EDS and patient flow competent
- Completion of all corporate and clinical mandatories including ward specific mandatories eg. Coursera Vital signs course.
Registered Nurse
Metro South Health, Logan Hospital, Ward 3A
2021.09 - 2022.11
- Advanced decision-making, critical thinking skills and task prioritisation
- Provide leadership and support to colleagues
- Provide mentoring to nursing students
- Initiate task delegation to EEN’s and AIN’s
- Follow through on task delegation as per scope of practice
- Accountability for own nursing practice
- Strictly adheres to policy, procedures, standards and scope of practice
- Punctuality and adaptability while staying calm in high-pressure situations.
- Safe work place practice and manual handling
- Excellent therapeutic communication skills including thorough clinical handover and timely documentation skills
- Planning and providing care for patients on telemetry
- Provide oxygen therapy including high flow oxygen
- PIVC and PICC management
- Follows policy and procedure to administer a range of IV infusions including the administration of Iron, Blood products, Magnesium and electrolytes, TPN, Insulin, Heparin and Furosemide infusions
- Applies principles of infection control and aseptic technique
- Detects and escalates care of the deteriorating patient
- Advocates for patients and provide patient education
- Medication administration (IV, SC, IM, PO, PR, PV, NG, PEG, Transdermal, S8 Medications)
- Vital signs, Blood Glucose and Ketone monitoring, complete ECG recordings and Bladder scans
- Management of NGT, NIKI pump, PEG, IDC, SPC and stomas
- Completes a variety of assessments including AWS, 4AT, Falls Risk, Waterlow, Skin, Pain, Neurological, Neurovascular, Behavioural, admission/discharge and Nutritional assessments.
- Positive patient identification and specimen collection
- Perioperative care
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Metro South Health, Logan Hospital Ward 2M.
2020.02 - 2021.09
- Dementia awareness and behavioural distraction techniques
- Provide comfort cares and promote patient dignity
- Completes nursing assessments and contributes to care plans
- Accepts delegation from and reports to the RN/Team leader whilst being accountable for own actions
- Access and operate Pyxis
- Thorough, timely documentation
- Communication with multidisciplinary team and families
- Deployment to wards including the Emergency Department, Surgical wards, Respiratory ward, General medical wards, Palliative care ward and the Rehabilitation unit.
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Lions Haven For The Aged
2016.08 - 2020.02
- Leadership experience and mandatory reporting
- Task delegation to personal care staff
- Conflict resolution amongst personal care staff
- Training and orientating new Enrolled Nurses and Registered Nurses to the facility
- Conference calls with families
- Comfort cares
Education
Bachelor of Nursing - Nursing
University of Southern Queensland
Ipswich, QLD.06.2021
Diploma of Nursing - Nursing
TAFE Queensland
Loganlea, QLD07.2016
Skills
- Integrity
- Compassion
- Accountability
- Respect
- Honesty
- Loyalty
- Positivity
- Dependability
- Trust
- Teamwork
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
Accomplishments
- Bachelor of Nursing
- Diploma of Nursing
- NSQHS Standard 5 Portfolio Clinical Leader
- Clinical Coach, Ward 2M 2023
- Shift Coordinator Package
- University of Tasmania Understanding Dementia MOOC
Clinical References
1. NAME: Tafadzwa Matebvu
COMPANY: Metro South Health, Logan Hospital.
POSTION: Nurse Unit Manager, Ward 2M.
CONTACT NUMBER: 28915410
EMAIL ADDRESS: tafadzwa.matebvu@health.qld.gov.au
2. NAME: Rachele Fox
COMPANY: Metro South Health, Logan Hospital.
POSTION: Clinical Nurse Consultant, Ward 2M. (Currently CNC on Ward 2Q as of September 2023)
CONTACT NUMBER: 28915410
EMAIL ADDRESS: Rachele.fox@health.qld.gov.au
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Metro South Health, Logan Hospital Ward 2M
2021.11 - Current
Registered Nurse
Metro South Health, Logan Hospital, Ward 3A
2021.09 - 2022.11
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Metro South Health, Logan Hospital Ward 2M.
2020.02 - 2021.09
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
Lions Haven For The Aged
2016.08 - 2020.02
Bachelor of Nursing - Nursing
University of Southern Queensland
Diploma of Nursing - Nursing
TAFE Queensland
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