DANIELLE GIBSON

200 HOURS- Medical Assessment Unit

• Monitored and maintained catheters, IVs and bandages.
• Monitored patient status and reported update to senior medical staff.
• Multiple code blue's & blacks
• Last offices
• Maintained safe and comfortable environment for each patient.
• Operated under direction of licensed nursing professionals and pursued opportunities to learn new skills.
• Supported personal hygiene needs of patients and monitored fluid input and output for permanent records.
• Read and understood patient assignment list and reviewed charts to check for special conditions.
• Established immediate and long-term care goals and worked with interdisciplinary team to create plans to achieve goals.
• Investigated diagnoses to learn more about mechanism, action, peak and onset of each.
• Communicated diagnosis and prognosis updates to patients and family members.
• Assisted terminally ill patients with bathing, grooming and dressing.
• Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
• Administered oral, IV and intra-muscular medications and monitored patient reactions.
• Cared for patients with various wounds caused by injuries, medical treatments and diseases.

72 Hours - Ward 2A Respiratory, Neurology, Cardiology, Renal

• IVABS (oral/push dose), PEG/NGT medications

• Paediatric medication calculations

• PEG & NGT care/feeds/PHtesting

• Subcutaneous injections

• Taking 4 patient loads

• Developing a time planner

• Paediatric Neurological observations & vital signs

• Developing a therapeutic relationship

• Communicating with family members

• Documented nursing assessments, treatments and follow-up care to maintain patient safety and optimize workflow

• Conducted respiratory, cardiac and neurology assessments

• Setting up for NGT Kangaroo pump feeds

• Assisted new mothers with oral/bottle feeding

• Educating parents with feeding, medications, kangaroo pumps and fluid balance charts

• Supported personal hygiene needs of patients and monitored fluid input and output for permanent records.

120 hours - Intensive Care Unit

• IVABS (oral/push dose)

• PEG/NGT medications

• Subcutaneous injections

• Full head to toe assessment and bed checks

• Documentation of nursing assessments (neurological, respiratory, skin integrity, renal, cardiovascular)

• ECG monitoring

• Developing a therapeutic relationship

• CVC & PICC line management and administration of IV fluid and IV push doses

• TPN management

• Completing multiple IV infusions, fluid and antibiotics using 6 rights of medication administration

• Blood Transfusions

• Maintaining personal hygiene hourly

• Monitoring and responding to changes in client condition

• Wound management (post coronary artery bypass graft)

• Completing FRAMPS, delirium screening, skin integrity bundle

• Established and implemented nursing care plans for each patient through assessment, development, activation and evaluation

•Worked with patients and families to provide in-hospital and after-hospital follow-up through teaching and referrals.

80 Hours - Medical & Surgical

•IV therapy, push doses, antibiotics

•Drain care

•Subcutaneous injections

•Taking 4 patient loads

•Developing a time planner

•Medication administration with RN

•Completing pre- and post-op vital signs

•Pre operation admission paperwork

•Documentation of nursing assessments, vital signs, medications, notes

•Developing a therapeutic relationship

•Toileting and showering patient

120 Hours - Mental Health

•MSE assessments

•Medication administration

• Building rapport with my patients

• Patient education

• Observation of ECT

• Frequent observations post ECT and medication administration

•Administered psychotropic drugs and other medications, adhering to medication schedules and making adjustments commensurate with patients' condition and response.

• Accurately documented all observations, interventions, and concerns in patient charts and electronic systems, sustaining continuum of care from admission through to discharge.

•Implemented evidence-based and best practice problem-solving interventions to establish protective measures for suicide prevention and self-harm.

• Assessed patient conditions, monitored behaviors and updated supervising physicians with observations and concerns.

120 hours - Hospital Ward/Maternity/Theatre

• IV push doses

•Medication administration with RN

•Completing vital signs

•Completing BSL’s, and administering insulin

•Documentation of nursing assessments, vital signs, medications, notes

•Developing a therapeutic relationship

•Transporting Pt with mobility aids eg Sara steady, walkers, wheelchair

• Toileting and showering •Assisting in would care procedures

•Observations of patients

• Cleaning and making beds

•Filled out fluid balance sheets, care plans mobility sheets, wound care plans

• Watched dental surgery’s (oral teeth extractions)

· Assisted with recovery (post-surgical) observations

•Took blood glucose levels

•Tested stomach PH levels

•Fed patient through NGT tubing

•Set up IV line and attached the drip

•Flushed IV cannula with

•Prepare oxygen through nasal tubing

•Assisted with showering of

•Assisted in toileting of patient

•Assisted in feeding of patient

•Transportation of patients using hoist, wheelchairs

80 Hours- Breast Care Center

•Setting up sterile wound care

•Assisting in would care procedures

•Placement of steri-strips on wounds

• Bringing in clients into clinic

• Introducing myself, explaining procedure,3-point ID check

•Developing a therapeutic relationship

•Setting up for basic procedure

• Positioning client comfortably on the bed

• Reassuring client during procedure

•Assessing the patient for cognitive impairment and mobility status

80 Hours- Aged Care

• Cleaning and making beds

• Blood glucose management

• Wound care management

• Transporting patients via hoists, wheelchairs, slide sheets

•Dressing residents

•Toileting residents

•Changing of pads

• Showering of residents

• Breakfast and lunchtime feeding of the residents

•Provided clients with emotional support and companionship.

• Maintained daily living standards by assisting clients with personal hygiene needs.

•Made beds, swept floors and sanitized surfaces to support activities of daily living

•Supervised medication administration, personal hygiene and other activities of daily living.

64 Hours - Maternity

•Watched cesarean

•Took vital signs

• Handled medications

•Provided individualized support and transport

•Communication with clients

•Monitored condition of newborns and directed postpartum care with special focus on premature babies and babies with abnormalities.

•Discharged mothers and babies after patiently guiding parents through at-home care and follow-up medical care.

• Newborn screening

• Post care for mother (personal hygiene, breastfeeding, assessments, documentation)

319.5 hours - Emergency Department/Hospital/Maternity Ward

•Watched delivery of baby

•Removed cannula

•Restocked items

• Made beds

•Collected medications

•Assisted nurses showering elderly people

•Took observations and recorded them

•Checked emergency supplies (oxygen level, suction)

•Learnt cast preparations and applications

•Put the CTG machine of multiple pregnant women

•Restocked items

•Collected Medications

•Fed Babies

•Took observations independently and recorded them

•Watched the delivery of a baby

•Assist in bathing of babies

• Assisted Nurses in bathing/showering elderly people

•Restocked items

•Bathed Babies

•Assisted Nurses/Midwives

• Fed Premature Twins

• Nappy Changing

•Watched the delivery of a baby in the whole amniotic sac

•Took observations of patients with nurse’s assistance

•Delivered meals and snacks, helped patients feed themselves and documented intake for medical records.

42 hours - Nursing Home

• Transportation of patients (hoists, wheelchairs, slide sheets)

• personal hygiene assisting in showering, mouth care, skin assessments and integrity, assisting in dressing/clothing clients)

• Handed out and cleared plates, cutlery, bowls

•Assisted in a client transfer from bed to chair

•Help conduct a physio exercise class

•Played dominos, table games, floor games and interacted with the clients

• Assisted with making art and craft activities with the clients

• Provided hand massages for the clients

•Interacted with the elderly people

•Watched physiotherapy sessions