Ellie Nielsen
Parrearra,Australia
Summary
Dedicated Nurse Practitioner with over twelve years of experience in Emergency Nursing, specializing in paediatric care. Proven expertise in clinical prioritization, rapid assessment, and maintaining composure in high-pressure environments. Committed to continuous professional development and excellence in patient care, with a focus on educating families about acute and chronic health conditions. Actively pursuing advancement within Sunshine Coast University Hospital Emergency Department as a Paediatric Emergency Nurse Practitioner.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Practitioner
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
QLD, Australia
04.2025 - Current
- Working full time (68-70hours a fortnight) in the emergency department, primarily based within the paediatric section and flexing to adults pending department surge and flow.
- Successfully managed high volumes of complex pediatric and adult emergency cases, demonstrating strong clinical decision-making and prioritization skills in a fast-paced environment.
- Provided expert clinical leadership and mentorship to nursing staff and graduate nurses, fostering professional development and a collaborative team environment.
- Actively participated in interdisciplinary team meetings (PEM, morbidity and mortality, NP operational group, SNO, Nursing governance, and performance steering committee) and patient case reviews to optimize patient care plans.
- Helped and contributed to the creation of an emergency nurse practitioner reporting dashboard.
- Currently collaborating with ED consultants, physio and orthopaedic team to create a paediatric orthopaedics guideline.
- Currently involved in the creation and implementation of nurse led stretching of inhaled salbutamol.
- Involved in quality and safety of department through being an active hand hygiene auditor.
Nurse Practitioner Candidate
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
QLD, Australia
02.2024 - 04.2025
- Working part time (30hours a fortnight) throughout the final year of my Masters of Nurse Practitioner. Mentored by Scott Schofield, Paul Negus and Kristian Masters.
- Over 700 hours of complete episodes of paediatric emergency patient care including assessment, initiation of treatment, ordering of imaging and pathology, review of same, discussions with supervisors, making a clinical diagnosis, referring to inpatient and outpatient teams and arranging ongoing follow-up.
- Several hours of complete adult patient cares (fractures, wounds, simple presentations).
- Up-skilling scope learning different types of suturing, fracture manipulation and plastering, neonatal cannulation and bedside ultrasound for upper limb fractures.
- Created and presented many educational workshops including the preventing hospitalisation program, paediatric point of care ultrasound and reducing antibiotic overuse and misuse within the paediatric area of the emergency department.
- Presented clinical case presentations at the nurse practitioner education day and workshop for the SCHHS on juvenile idiopathic arthritis and Steven Johnson syndrome.
- Joined SCHHS paediatric community of practice team.
Clinical Paediatric Nurse
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
QLD, Australia
04.2023 - 04.2025
- Full time and then part-time (36hours a fortnight) while concurrently working as a NPC, attending complete episodes of care, support doctors, educate staff and attend quality improvement projects.
- Distraction therapy quality improvement project.
- Take home gastro-pack quality improvement project.
- Assisted with teaching of paediatric advanced life support course.
- Multiple on shift education sessions on varying topics.
- Supported 7+ nursing staff on their first shift into the paediatric area with complete education on minimum standards of care and expectations.
- Attending complete episodes of patient care from first assessment, initiation of treatment, review of diagnostics and referral to inpatient team.
Registered Nurse
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
QLD, Australia
06.2019 - 02.2023
- Attended training and re-education on resus skills, enhancing trauma management skills.
- Completed my nurse-initiated x-ray and analgesia package.
- Involved in the Sunshine superstar’s project aimed at creating a more positive environment and improving department morale.
- Member of the department’s paediatric portfolio, a team aimed at improving paediatric care and fostering a safe environment of learning for others in paediatrics.
- Given role of paediatric coordinator; aimed at ensuring consistency of care in the paediatric area and modelling and supporting staff in all paediatric procedures and treatment.
- Attended the Coaching in practice workshop enhancing my leadership skills and ability to deliver education to my colleagues.
- Regularly involved in morbidity and mortality paediatric meetings with hospital paediatric team and disseminating education to staff.
- Up-skilling scope learning to attend wound care, suture, paediatric cannulation and plaster.
- Attended 50+ hours of unpaid placement solidifying head-to-toe assessment skills of the paediatric patient.
Clinical Research Nurse
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
QLD, Australia
05.2020 - 11.2022
- Worked over a two-year period part-time in a clinical research nurse role as site lead for nursing on two separate research projects, while concurrently working as a registered and clinical nurse.
- Adopted BUCKLED study; introduced into the study in its later stages. My role primarily in this was education of staff and post data auditing.
- Worked in conjunction with Michelle Davis on the SONIC project; involving funding/grants, budgeting, data collection, data analysis, patient follow up, patient/ parent and staff education and multi-site communication.
Registered Nurse
Northern Beaches Hospital
NSW, Australia
10.2018 - 06.2019
- Key contributor in paediatric team aimed and designing and structuring optimal patient flow of the emergency paediatric bays.
- Contributed to designing required check lists required for resuscitation bay.
- Helped educate, orientate, and support agency and new staff to both paediatric and resuscitation bays.
- Assisted in designing a policy for the development and implementation of Nurse initiated standing orders for Emergency departments in Healthscope.
- Involved in complete episodes of patient care from initiation of treatment, assessment, review of imaging/pathology and referral to inpatient teams.
- Collected data and completed a research project on the use of nebulized adrenaline in moderate to severe croup.
- Completed my Bachelor of Nursing with professional Honours (Acute Care) specialisation in paediatrics, with distinction average.
Registered Nurse
Mona Vale Emergency
NSW, Australia
01.2015 - 11.2018
- Trained in several areas including adult emergency, paediatric emergency, advanced life support and resuscitation, triaging and nurse initiation.
- Trained to be an in-charge nurse managing nursing staff, admitting patients, meeting key performance indicators and communication with doctors on the progress of patients.
- Selected as one of only six nurses to receive scholarship to do my Graduate certificate and honors in Emergency Nursing with a specialization in paediatrics.
- Able to apply my advanced educational knowledge to help refine unit policies and procedures in the areas advance life support using the LUCAS and the mixing of glucose into normal saline bags to make 10% glucose bags for pediatrics.
- Assisted in the role out, implementation and education on paediatric sepsis pathway, holding multiple in-services and collecting data on its efficiency in recognizing early deterioration.
- Expanded my skill set, including being trained in; basic life support, advance life support, rapid sequence intubation, central venous access device handling, administration of nitrous oxide for procedural sedation, neonatal life support, detecting deterioration of pediatrics and adults, resuscitation for kids, bladder irrigation, in-dwelling catheter insertion, intra-venous cannulation and venepuncture, ECG interpretation, high flow oxygen administration in children and adults, CPAP and BiPAP, arterial line management and monitoring and nurse initiated medication and x-rays.
- Completed training in team building, management of aggressive behaviors in emergency and my foundations of clinical practice in critical care.
Assistant In Nursing (AIN)
Mona Vale Hospital
NSW, Australia
01.2012 - 11.2015
- Worked as an AIN part-time for one year on a day surgical and transit unit ward, then casual IAN in Emegergency.
- Prepared patients for day surgery by completing ECG’s, initial observations, and pre-operation checklists.
- Managed patients in the transit unit waiting to be picked by family members or transport to go back home.
- Hourly observations, organising discharge instructions, letters and medications and making sure patients were well educated before discharge to prevent re-admission.
Education
Master of Nurse Practitioner - specialisation in emergency paediatrics
12.2024
Graduate Certificate in Emergency Nursing - Bachelor of Nursing with professional Honours (Acute Care)
University of Tasmania
04.2019
Bachelor of Nursing - Specialty in paediatric Nursing
University of Technology Sydney
Ultimo, NSW12.2014
Higher school certificate -
Mater Maria Catholic College
Warriewood, NSW12.2011
Skills
- Basic life support
- Advanced life support
- Paediatric resuscitation
- Neonatal life support
- Nurse initiated medication
- Nurse initiated x-rays
- Paediatric and adult cannulation
- Capillary blood gas collection
- Access and de-access of central venous access devices
- Transcutaneous bilirubin assessment
- Indwelling catheter insertion
- Bladder irrigation
- Paediatric and adult nasogastric tube insertion
- Resuscitare set-up and management
- Infiltration of subcutaneous local anesthesia
- Closure of simple and complex wounds using sutures, skin glue and dressings
- Complex wound debridement, irrigation and management, ie burns
- Complex wound dressings
- Fracture and soft tissue immobilization using plaster cast, splints, slings, and braces
- Fracture manipulation under procedural sedation
- Ultrasound guided fracture manipulation
- Ultrasound guided foreign body identification
- Removal of foreign bodies in ear, nose and eyes
- Removal of skin imbedded foreign body, ie fishhook
- Reduction of humeral head dislocations
- Reduction of radial head dislocations (pulled elbow)
- Reduction of patella dislocations
- Eye examination under slit lamp
- Ear wick insertion
- Ear toileting
- Nasal packing
- Nail removal
- Subungual haematoma release
- Procedural sedation of the child for assessment and management
- Paediatric high-flow oxygenation set-up and management
- Central and arterial line set-up and management
- Chest drain set-up and management
- Cardioversion and cardiac defibrillation
- Cardiac compressions
- Nurse led cardiac arrest code
- Invasive and non-invasive ventilation set-up and management
- Pelvic binding
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Nurse Practitioner
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
04.2025 - Current
Nurse Practitioner Candidate
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
02.2024 - 04.2025
Clinical Paediatric Nurse
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
04.2023 - 04.2025
Clinical Research Nurse
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
05.2020 - 11.2022
Registered Nurse
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
06.2019 - 02.2023
Registered Nurse
Northern Beaches Hospital
10.2018 - 06.2019
Registered Nurse
Mona Vale Emergency
01.2015 - 11.2018
Assistant In Nursing (AIN)
Mona Vale Hospital
01.2012 - 11.2015
Master of Nurse Practitioner - specialisation in emergency paediatrics
Graduate Certificate in Emergency Nursing - Bachelor of Nursing with professional Honours (Acute Care)
University of Tasmania
Bachelor of Nursing - Specialty in paediatric Nursing
University of Technology Sydney
Higher school certificate -
Mater Maria Catholic College
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