Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Registered Nurse Experience
Personal Attributes
Clinical Placements
Timeline
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Georgia Kelly

Newcastle,NSW

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant in Nursing

John Hunter Children's Hospital
04.2022 - 01.2024


  • Provide patient centred nursing care within both my scope of practice and within legal and ethical parameters supported by local and state-wide policies and procedures.
  • Providing 1:1 observation to high-acuity patients, involving duties such as external ventricular drain and intracranial pressure monitoring, lumbar drain monitoring and running Meal Support Therapy sessions
  • Assist nurses and medical officers with routine technical support functions including setting up for procedures and cleaning equipment.

Skin Prick Test Technician

John Hunter Paediatric Immunology Team
02.2023 - 01.2024
  • Perform skin prick tests on children of all ages whilst following ASCIA (Australian Society of Clinical Immunology & Allergy) guidelines.
  • Confidently identify and manage clinical issues as they arise such as an allergic reaction and escalate as required.
  • Provide education and support to both the child and their family throughout the procedure, incorporating distraction techniques and relevant advice.

Assistant in Nursing

Family Planning Australia
11.2021 - 01.2024
  • Assisting doctors and clinic nurse specialists with IUD insertions and vasectomy procedures
  • Providing care to adolescents, people with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ clients, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and individuals requiring an interpreter service.
  • Supervising clients post-procedure, documenting their vital signs and progress notes while identifying any signs of patient deterioration.

Education

Bachelor of Nursing -

University of Newcastle
Callaghan, NSW
11-2023

High School Diploma -

St Francis Xavier's College
Hamilton, NSW
01-2020

Skills

  • Bubble CPAP - Hudson Prong & Flexi Trunk, High Flow 02 Therapy & Low Flow 02 Therapy
  • Newborn & Paediatric Basic Life Support
  • Medication Administration - IV, oral, IM, SC
  • Apnoea and bradycardia management
  • Nasogastric and orogastric tube insertion and management
  • Neonatal blood gas interpretation skills
  • IVC insertion assistance and management
  • Immunisation administration
  • Vital signs observations & escalation
  • HIE observation - SARNAT scoring
  • Mucous fistula / stoma management
  • NAS scoring
  • Top to toe neonatal assessment

Registered Nurse Experience

2024 New Graduate Program Position with John Hunter Children's Hospital


NICU - John Hunter Children's Hospital

01/2024 - 07/2024

Level 6 NICU within Hunter New England's major tertiary referral hospital


Special Care Unit - Maitland Hospital

07/2024 - 02/2025

Level 3 SCU within a rural referral hospital



Experience in caring for neonates with:

  • Prematurity - from 34 weeks corrected gestation
  • Respiratory distress
  • Thermoregulation management
  • Hyperbilirubinemia
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • IUGR / Low birth weight
  • Large for Gestational Age
  • Sepsis / Risk of Sepsis Pathway
  • Apnoea of Prematurity
  • Post-Pneumothorax care
  • Post-Surgical care
  • Genetic Diagnoses
  • Infectious diagnoses/precautions
  • Admission/Discharge care

Personal Attributes

  • Compassionate, holistic care with a family centered approach
  • Hospitable communication and interpersonal skills
  • Respect and empowering of every mother, carer and their baby
  • Highly motivated , innovative and determined worker
  • Stewardship in working autonomously
  • Strong, effective and decisive teamwork skills
  • Active listening with questioning skills
  • Physical, emotional, and academic resilience

Clinical Placements

John Hunter Hospital

5 weeks - Emergency Department

5 weeks - H3: Special Surgery/Trauma

2 weeks - G3: Cardiology/Gastroenterology

2 weeks - J3: General Surgery

8 days - Rankin Park North Ward: Rehabilitation

4 days - E2: Urology/ Rheumatology

2 days - F1: Orthopaedics

   

Wyong Hospital

2 weeks - Tamarind: Acute Mental Health Unit

1 day – Emergency Department Mental Health Team


Maroba Aged Care

6 days - Waratah: Dementia Unit

Timeline

Skin Prick Test Technician

John Hunter Paediatric Immunology Team
02.2023 - 01.2024

Assistant in Nursing

John Hunter Children's Hospital
04.2022 - 01.2024

Assistant in Nursing

Family Planning Australia
11.2021 - 01.2024

Bachelor of Nursing -

University of Newcastle

High School Diploma -

St Francis Xavier's College

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