Dona Shaji
Clyde North
Summary
I am a dedicated and compassionate patient focused Registered Nurse with experience working in general medicine, surgical and rehabilitation wards. I am seeking an opportunity in a fast-moving environment where I can consolidate my knowledge, previous experiences and clinical skills to provide excellent services to its consumers.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Monash Health
06.2022 - Current
- Management of pre and post-surgical patients.
- Works in partnership with the education team to precept undergraduate students and graduate nurses.
- Able to think critically and analyse nursing practice to link them with appropriate nursing care and patient medications.
- Admission, discharge, and transfer of patients.
- Insertion of lines including IDC, NGT and IVC
- Consulted and referred with the multi-disciplinary team and family members for evidence-based patient care.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Performed frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions.
- Sustained quality standards by performing routine medication and hand hygiene audits and upholding internal and industry best practices.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Provided education on manual handling, decreasing work place injury rates.
Registered Nurse
Monash Health
08.2021 - 06.2022
- Administration of medications via different routes such as IV, subcutaneous injections, intramuscular injections and oral. Enhanced the skill of reconstitution and administration of IV antibiotics.
- Able to think critically and analyses nursing practice by researching unfamiliar conditions and link them with appropriate nursing care and patient medications.
- Demonstrated competency in performing wound assessments and wound dressings, locating ECG landmarks, and analysing the result.
- Developed the ability to complete thorough primary and secondary assessment.
- Admission, discharge, and transfer of patients.
- Insertion of lines including IDC and NGT.
- Consulted and referred with the multi-disciplinary team and family members for evidence based patient care.
Registered Nurse
Monash Health
02.2021 - 08.2021
- Management of patients with tracheostomy, colostomy and PICC lines.
- Development of documentation of assessments, care plans and outcomes.
- Demonstrated competency in venipuncture.
- Management of patients post falls, fractures, and dislocations.
- Excelled at use of mechanical lifting equipments.
Education
Bachelor of Nursing -
Victoria University
01.2020
Higher Secondary Education - undefined
St Francis Xavier College
01.2017
Skills
- Time management
- Infectious disease control
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Great critical thinking and analysis skills
- Accountability and responsibility of work
- Clinical skills
- Basic Life support care
- Diabetes management
- Wound care Management
- Catheterisation/ insertions of lines (IVC, NGT, IDC, etc)
- Safe blood/ manufactured transfusions
- Delirium and Dementia management
- Risk Assessments and Falls prevention
- Drain management
- IV management
- Post op Care
- Management and removal of central venous catheters
- Management of enteral and parenteral nutrition
- Nursing staff leadership
- Precepting
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Monash Health
06.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse
Monash Health
08.2021 - 06.2022
Registered Nurse
Monash Health
02.2021 - 08.2021
Higher Secondary Education - undefined
St Francis Xavier College
Bachelor of Nursing -
Victoria University