Dedicated Registered Nurse with over 13 years of experience delivering compassionate, patient-focused care. Expertise in rural and Indigenous health, chronic disease management, wound care, and cultural sensitivity. Proven track record in improving health outcomes for diverse populations through exceptional clinical skills and patient education.
Graduate Registered Nurse - Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital
Acute Assessment Unit.
• Understand and implement basic nursing skills to a graduate level
• Perform head to toe assessments on patients upon admission and throughout each shift to assess for changes/abnormalities/improvement
• Confident in implementing telemetry monitoring
• End of life care- Caring for palliative patients- pain management, patient comfort, family support/advocate
Confident in the use and management of infusion pumps for patients experiencing chronic or acute pain.
• Time management skills adapted within a fast paced setting "AAU"- Prioritisation of patient care and transferring to their specialty for early intervention/investigation
• Preparing for patient discharges the day before estimated date of discharge
ENT, Plastics & Ophthalmology
• Pre & Post Op Care
• Wound Care- Complex dressing knowledge: VAC Dressings, silver dressings & wound packing
• Education from trained wound care specialists/senior nursing staff
• Airway management- Tracheotomy care- suctioning, dressings, airway patency and stoma care
• Pedicle & Free Flap surgery & Management- Nurse Specialling